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03-28-2017, 01:09 PM
This author's 1975 letter shutting down a fan is so hilariously blunt
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In the age of Twitter, authors like J.K. Rowling shut people down pretty much every day.
It's **t a new thing, though.
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Back in 1975, British **velist Kingsley Amis was shutting people down with the best of them. The only difference was the medium.
On Monday, the Twitter account @LettersOf**te (https://twitter.com/LettersOf**te) shared a response Amis sent to a fan who had requested a signed photo.
He really didn't mince his words.
Be off with youpic.twitter.com/qcTDl3F2wq (https://t.co/qcTDl3F2wq)
— Letters of **te (@LettersOf**te) March 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/LettersOf**te/status/846446616970248192)
What a total badass. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/kingsley-amis-1975-letter-to-fan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In the age of Twitter, authors like J.K. Rowling shut people down pretty much every day.
It's **t a new thing, though.
SEE ALSO: J.K. Rowling and Ricky Gervais join forces to shut down Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/2017/02/06/j-k-rowling-ricky-gervais-donald-trump-fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Back in 1975, British **velist Kingsley Amis was shutting people down with the best of them. The only difference was the medium.
On Monday, the Twitter account @LettersOf**te (https://twitter.com/LettersOf**te) shared a response Amis sent to a fan who had requested a signed photo.
He really didn't mince his words.
Be off with youpic.twitter.com/qcTDl3F2wq (https://t.co/qcTDl3F2wq)
— Letters of **te (@LettersOf**te) March 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/LettersOf**te/status/846446616970248192)
What a total badass. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/kingsley-amis-1975-letter-to-fan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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