(Almost) takes one to know one.

Doris Lessing has a web site, though it's not maintained by her, and is basically a simple promotional site. It's maintained by a fan who simply thinks that information about a writer of her stature should be available on the internet - something about which she's undoubtedly correct. Perhaps more interesting is that Lessing also has a MySpace profile. This site is operated by the same fan who maintains her web site. Of course a promotional web site is a bit different than staking a claim in MySpace where there's an expectation to actually interact. That being the case, and remembering Lessing's basic disapproval of things internet, we shouldn't be surprised to find there a disclaimer that tells us that:

Doris Lessing is aware of this MySpace page which is an extension of her web site www.dorislessing.org. She is not online and does not access this page but messages will be forwarded to her periodically.

That basically seems like a warning, lest we think that she really approves of this sort of thing. Still, she's accumulated 372 friends via that site.

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