Coraline author Neil Gaiman received ‘hate mail’ for liking Rudyard Kipling
18th November 2009
“People would tell me, ‘How could a writer like you – that we like – like a fascist, an imperialist dog?’ ”
Gaiman, who started his career as a graphic novelist steeped in fantasy and science-fiction, commented: “They usually had not read any Kipling, and had been told not to like him by legions of right-minded people.”
If you stray an inch from the Party Line, they will throw you off the cliff, no matter who you are.