I can't recall seeing this in books I read years ago, but it sure jumps out at me now, after a few years' reading fic in txt-based format, where * marked italics, or /, or ~. To see ~dialogue~ in a printed format (Bujold uses it to designate non-english dialogue), or :dialogue: (Lackey uses that to indicate shared thoughts) just bugs the crap out of me, for some reason.
I would think that harming the readers' eyeballs and causing them to, oh, maybe NOT SPEND ANOTHER PENNY ON YOU would be far more convincing an argument for an author. Sigh. Oh, and the kittens.
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Date: 8 May 2006 03:19 pm (UTC)I would think that harming the readers' eyeballs and causing them to, oh, maybe NOT SPEND ANOTHER PENNY ON YOU would be far more convincing an argument for an author. Sigh. Oh, and the kittens.