Talk:Robin Hobb

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Why is there very little biographical information for Robin Hobb here? I have just started to read Ship of Magic and have already noticed that Robin is a bit of a philosopher. To the point where I'm not sure if she is theistic, atheistic, anti-theistic or open-minded. Naturally, I came to Wikipedia to find this out, but... It shouldn't (in theory) be important as to whether I enjoy the rest of the book or not. But I hope she hasn't used her ability to write to spread a subtle message of anti-theism.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.240.229.7 (talk • contribs) 12:55, January 15, 2006

I know her, and she's a Christian. However, she doesn't use her writing to shove religion down other people's throats. I, for one, prefer it that way. Ladlergo 15:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I deleted the comment (which has been restored by somebody else) because I was a bit embarrassed by my wording. I've been reading a bit more through the book, and there hasn't been anymore philosophy so far. There was some very early on with Wintrow, and although he has reappeared, the philosophy hasn't. I'm assuming it is a minor interest of the author's now and it won't take on a prominent role in her writing. Perhaps a good thing, although I did quite like the philosophy. Tomid 21:46, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree the biographical information about Megan Lindholm is a bit poor. On her own website she describes a lot more information about who she is and why she is writing. Here are some other links with information about Megan:

• SFSite biography (see left column)
• Harper Collins Biograph (written by Megan herself) tip!!
• 5000 words about herself by Megan Lindholm

Maybe this information can help everyone out a bit to write a better biography about Megan Lindholm. In the Netherlands the biography is already updated. 82.171.83.20 15:17, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ISBNs on main article page?

I'm about to remove the ISBN links (at least to the books that have article pages) added by 68.178.4.146; I had a quick look around a few other author articles and this seems to be the norm. Feel free to revert to the previous version. What are peoples thoughts? - PdDemeter 23:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

As normal for a self-supporting author, you should contact Megan/Robin's publishers with questions. Obviously she does not want to waste time writing email answers for thousands of strangers, as words are money and she does have deadlines. Nevertheless it is rather "cheeky" for so many to write her publishers asking if her story worlds and characters will available to new writers given that she is in her middle 50s and so close to death. 82.171.83.25 05:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC) fake —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.124.142 (talk)