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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by thimkerbell on Friday January 05, 2024 @09:48PM (#38887860)
"Tyrants, not books, kill authors."

Has anyone done a quantitative analysis of whether some publication patterns do correlate with a higher mortality risk even today?

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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by bmulcahy on Friday January 05, 2024 @09:52PM (#38887890)
Investigative journalism, I'd wager.
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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by carso on Friday January 05, 2024 @10:22PM (#38888073)
War correspondent in Gaza

https://cpj.org/2023/12/israel-gaza-war-takes-record-toll-on...

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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by hutzlibu on Saturday January 06, 2024 @06:52AM (#38890675)
Even fantasy stories about religion, can be quite dangerous, too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses

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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by davidw on Friday January 05, 2024 @11:35PM (#38888462)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia
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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by waterhouse on Saturday January 06, 2024 @04:57AM (#38890064)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_and_media_...
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Re:Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895) by thimkerbell on Saturday January 06, 2024 @12:55AM (#38888837)
Also I wonder if it would vary by region, in the U.S.
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