Get rid of him, next stop selling his books, then why stop there - burn the suckers. This *is* America, and last time I checked we were supposed to be above that.

I'm with you Bil.

The one area I would be concerned is where it does have an impact on his job at audible. Science fiction is a genre that a lot of folks turn to when they are feeling alienated, isolated, and not a part of the world around them. And that's a common experience among LGBTQ folks.

There's a bunch of science fiction with queer and/or trans characters, dealing with issues of homophobia and transphobia. Somehow I don't think that Card will be recommending them. I don't think firing him is necessary to fix that, though. Just make sure he isn't the only one recommending sci-fi. Maybe get a queer sci-fi writer on board as well.

You're right, Bil. Stuart has a point though. By giving Audible.com his business, he's indirectly contributing an anti-LGBT cause. But, it seems to me that the best solution is to just take his business elsewhere.

I fully agree with you, Bil, and for exactly the same reasons. Card's opinions certainly are fair game, but his job, which is (presumably) unrelated to his opinions on LGBT rights, is not.

That said, there's also nothing wrong with the time-honored practice of proactively boycotting the work or product of someone like Card, nor with publicly encouraging others to do so.

He certainly does have the right to make a living, but we just as certainly also have the right to choose not to allow our own money to be a part of his income.

Hey how come I don't get a nifty picture next to my name like you and Tobi?

If Audible were donating to the Prop 8 campaign, I'd raise a huge uproar and never again use the site. But Card is only one of many authors they sell and promote.

Moreover, I believe Card has a right to his opinion and a right to his livelihood. As well, however, I have a right to decide NOT to contribute to his personal upkeep. I stopped buying his books long ago not only because they weren't that good, but due to his connection to the LDS.

I suppose Bil will have a similar stance concerning the Manhunt fiasco.

Anyways, these kinds of requests are useless. First, because I highly doubt that the LGBT sci-fi community visits this blog often to catch the message. Second, because such community is already minimal, meaning zero influence in the sci-fi market. Third, because we're talking about a superstar of science fiction; they won't punish him for demonizing a very small population that few people understand or care to get to know.

Well, he is a columnist, and, as Tobi pointed out, his views on LGBT people aren't unrelated to his work. Science fiction is political and he holds political views many of us find offensive.

That said, I'd never even heard of audible.com before today. And while I fully willing to stop buying Bolthouse Farm even though they don't sell juice in France, I think I'll abstain from this one.

I live with a science fiction addict and I still don't get it. Why read fantasy when there is so much reality to learn? I take it his homophobia is not represented in his writing, we just don't exist.

I think every Gay person in his publishing house should let him know that they aren't going to do him any favors.