Why no author section for Salman Rushdie?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Possibly the greatest (and certainly the most controversial) author practising his craft in the world today - Why is Rushdie absent from the authors forum? - Do you need to be dead to get a section? - If so, why is "anonymous" in there? He's still churninig out erotic thrillers as far as I am aware - Can Anna Sewell really be of more interest to those of a literary bent than the Booker of Bookers winner?

Come on Lit Net, correct this injustice!

[Logos]

It's not an `injustice', he's not here basically because he's not dead yet and his works aren't legally in the public domain (http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.htm).

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I was asking about a section in the forum - surely an author doesn't need to be dead and in the public domain in order for interested parties to discuss them?

Also - there are a number of authors who's work is most definitely NOT public domain that have forums - Agatha Christie, Somerset Maugham, George Orwell - for example - they may be dead but I think their estate holders would dispute any claims of public ownership of their works!

Other notable omissions include Steinbeck, Camus, Beckett - all Nobel Laureates - all with a huge legacy to world literature - all dead (the first 2 died prior to Agatha Christie, in fact).

I'm not criticising the site - It's great to have a place to discuss literature and on the whole it's very well set up - I just feel that there is scope for a massive enlargement of the author-specific sub-forums.

And, being selfish, I'd like them to start with my favourite author, to whit, Salman Rushdie. But I have a llllllloooooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg list after that. ;)

[Logos]

Well, you can always start a topic about the guy :)

Edited to add: there is a lot of work involved in adding a new author to the site, don't worry, it is in the plans to add more.

[Admin]

Author death isn't always relevant, date of first publication and country are what matters as far as copyright goes.

But like Logos said, you can always start a topic in General Literature.

[Admin]

see here

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/search.php?