I don’t think MZB or Breen ever lived in Oregon. They moved to Berkeley for grad school in the mid 60s and except for some time on the east coast, lived in the Bay Area for the rest of their lives.
Yeah, I think I misremembered that point. I think it might have been that there was a SFF convention held in Salem that LeGuin regularly attended because she lived in Portland. Conventions are funnels where content creators interact with fans, so some sexual grooming happens for scenes that involve children fans. MZB and Breen were the case where it was widely known among other authors what was going on, and people were downplaying it instead of exposing it. Major pedophilia issues among golden age authors eg Heinlein and Clarke.
I don’t think MZB or Breen ever lived in Oregon. They moved to Berkeley for grad school in the mid 60s and except for some time on the east coast, lived in the Bay Area for the rest of their lives.
Yeah, I think I misremembered that point. I think it might have been that there was a SFF convention held in Salem that LeGuin regularly attended because she lived in Portland. Conventions are funnels where content creators interact with fans, so some sexual grooming happens for scenes that involve children fans. MZB and Breen were the case where it was widely known among other authors what was going on, and people were downplaying it instead of exposing it. Major pedophilia issues among golden age authors eg Heinlein and Clarke.