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This is awesome Salman. Glad to have you on the platform. ❤️

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Sep 1, 2021Liked by Salman Rushdie

This is awesome. It is... It is... It is undescribubble!

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Your Masterclass was illuminating for writers. Thank you. When my youngest son was a wee lad we wandered into a bookstore in Georgetown (DC). He wasn’t interested in what all the other kids were reading. He had devoured the mainstream and wanted something new. The bookstore owner was a gem. He asked Ry a few questions and handed him Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Luka and the Fire of Life. There is nothing more magical than watching a child become a reader.

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Looking forward to your posts! I've long wondered why the serialization of novels hasn't been revived in newspapers and magazines, so curious to see how this works out for your new novel.

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True. While reading about Dickens and his contemporaries, I often wonder how 'the novel' would feel like reading in a serialised manner.

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I wait on pins and needles to see how this will turn out for you and for the rest of us Substack fiction writers who hope to make it a safe and inviting place for both writers and lovers of fiction.

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You are absolutely my favorite author - and I have spent my entire life reading. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Wow! To think that the author of one of my favourite books “Midnight’s Children” is on here— better still, within communicable reach—is nothing short of phenomenal! Thank you, o’ Gods of Literature. And thank YOU, Salman, for your generosity!

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Brilliant, I look forward to hearing the stories you have to share

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....p.s.: delicious memory... standing outside an NYC theater waiting to go see a production of "Midnight's Children" when out of the Harlem night a ghost appears and glides up to the ticket booth.

"Two tickets for Auster, please."

"Full name sir?"

"Paul Auster."

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Salman Rushdie needs practically no introduction whatsoever, but starting today I’ll be adding him to my blogroll because he writes so damn well and WHAT he writes is so damn important. Take a look at his first post below.

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Really looking forward to your razor sharp wit

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Thank you Salman, I’m here for our journey.

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If you allow me, I will translate some of your posts in Persian for reader in Afghanistan. I have a platform called Afghanistan Explainer.

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I only just discovered this newsletter, page, collection of posts by the great Sir Salman Rushdie after reading about the upcoming release of Victory City. Looking forward to that and to catching up on the all the posts here. A long time fan.

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It's really amazing as always, Salman sir. Glad to see you on this platform. 😍

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I am not on Twitter so reached here a little late. But I am so pleasantly surprised at seeing you here.

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