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Charlie Stross

Yikes.

Just got an all-authors email blast from the publisher at Penguin Random House, expressing their support for authorial freedom of expression and explaining what they're doing to push back against censorship, including lawsuits against book bans.

So this is all good stuff, right?

What's alarming is that PRH executives feel they NEED to tell their authors they've got their backs because they're under attack.