What does an author do when they get a negative review?

[seawasp]

... well, I talk about what I do, anyway, in today's post on my site!

Comments

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I am a bit more cynical about that; I think what led to sequels to Ringworld was that Ringworld was one of his huge successes and probably THE biggest success he had that wasn't a Pournelle collab.