I agree that the mob response is ugly, and getting uglier (and I hadn't seen the reviews that speculated about her late husband, which is certainly uncalled-for). But Rice's response is so self-congratulatory and over-the-top that it's hard for me to muster sympathy for her, particularly since she has a history of rhapsodizing about how editors are not allowed to come between her and her deathless prose.
I'm not a writer, and I've written a few unnecessarily cruel reviews in my day, so I'm on the other side of that divide. I'm also a reader, and whatever the sins of the Amazon reviewers who pushed Rice over that ledge, they paid $17+ for the privilege.
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Date: 2004-09-22 02:28 am (UTC)I'm not a writer, and I've written a few unnecessarily cruel reviews in my day, so I'm on the other side of that divide. I'm also a reader, and whatever the sins of the Amazon reviewers who pushed Rice over that ledge, they paid $17+ for the privilege.