They may well have a point.
He's famous and prosperous and old, and not very fit.
If you were those things, would you be spending all your time figuring out how to resolve complex plots and sub-plots, or would you resolve to get the maximum enjoyment from the life you worked hard to obtain?
Read some of his sci fi stories years ago about an interstellar trader called Havilland Tuff. They were collected in a paperback called "Tuff Voyaging", a good read well worth seeking out.
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