Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social

I'll check my Le Guin essays and see what I can find.

This one is from a Guardian Q&A.

www.theguardian.com/books/2004/f...

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Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

A Redditor (weedshrek) says it is from her essay Genre: A Word Only a Frenchman Could Love

www.reddit.com/r/TheAdventu...

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Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 19:34 UTC

It was *so* frustrating when HP came out. So many news articles said how great it was that JKR was getting excited about reading. Booksellers who knew the fantasy genre like Le Guin talks about were ready to steer them to the Good Stuff when readers ran out of HP. But the kids wouldn't go there.

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