You're obviously correct, Farseer. That's what's unfortunate of being a great writer, actor, or actress, say, 50 years ago. Let's pick the beautiful and talented, Nicole Kidman for example, and compare her with Betty Davis.
Nicole's biggest check was $17.5 million. Betty's biggest check was in 1989, and it was for $250,000. I'd like to post Meryl Streep's, but it's not offered on imdb.com. Anyway. Nicole, even with inflation, has earned more than Betty or Meryl. All three actresses are icons, and phenomenoal. Yet, even with inflation, Nicole makes more. Is it fair? That's good for discussion, even though it's not the topic. (The topic is me!
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Now, SRD didn't sell out like his contemporaries, and I'm proud of him for that. I've told him so. Covenant could have been reeped for riches, but he chose to tell a logical story, a story in which one came logically from the other. When I read The Wounded Land, I was breathless. I had never - and still have never - read a book that so absolutely *logically* came from the one before. It was brilliant. (OK, The Last Chronicles may eclipse that, but we've yet to see...but I trust him. I think they will.) The Shanarra stories are crap, as are the ridiculous Sword of Truth. To be honest, I've fallen away from fantasy because the same writers are writing the same crap. There are few that hold my interest. Obviously, SRD does. Immensely. From the day he told me (he doesn't remember, of course, but I do, i was 14), that he had a 3rd trilogy mapped out, I've been holding my breath. Thank God I could let it out two years ago. Whew. That was a world record.
SRD may not be as rich as they are in terms of assests, but he eclipses them in terms of excellence.
No other author of fantasy that I've read (other than Gene Wolfe), writes sequels that follow *LOGICALLY* from "what has come before". SRD doesn't compromise himself, and that's why he's my favorite author of fantasy. Running closely with GRRM. He's writing some phenomal fantasy. But he wasn't finished it yet, so it's impossible to comment.
So...the main theme of this whole thing is not SRD, not market shares, but that I was robbed by a corrupt insurance company who thought that my writing reviews on Amazon meant [insert personal information here], and they lost, big time. Not only did they spend several thousand dollars trying prove the were right, they have lost several thousand in their, well, loss. Because they were wrong. Sorry to not share that personal info here, but it's quite personal. I think if I did, most people would rush to Amazon just to flip off this insurance company. Doesn't matter though. I've already won.
I don't care if you like my review or not - yes or no is great. So vote!
And thanks to all that did.
The title of the review is really stupid. I don't know where I came up with such a ridiculous title. Anyway.
