Yeah, I just moved to the area, and I agree, eggman: this place rocks! The natural beauty, the lovely green backlighting in Richland at night... heh.
I have a friend who grew up here and then moved to Western WA... she had all the kids at school convinced that her dog had two tails and that she glowed in the dark.;)
Yes, I actually had this article pop up on my Google Desktop.
But... there's no drawers in the desks!
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Geez, where am I gonna hide my secret food stash and my tissues and my caffeinated mints and my antacid and my can of Whoop Ass (no wait, that goes on TOP of the desk as a warning) and my extra candy and my hand lotion and my pens and pencils and comb and hairspray and chapstick and cold medicine and headache remedies and scotch (no, nm, didn't say that) and purse and pda cables and sewing kit and book....?
Spider may not be a hardcore science fiction writer. Whatever, YMMV. What he HAS done is bring the issue to the forefront by actually SAYING something about it! Yeah, those of us who have libraries in our homes, who attend sci-fi conventions for the purpose of meeting the writers and not for who can accurately reproduce Legolas' costume or who is wearing the skimpiest chainmail bikini, we can grouse all day and night about the "State of Science Fiction", but Spider is trying to DO something about it!
That is the point Spider is trying to make.
Oh, and BTW, the "Stardance" trilogy (by Spider and his wife Jeanne) is fantastic sci-fi. Great characters, mostly set in space on artificial satellites or habitats, the science figures directly in the plot.
"Runny-cheese fake science fiction author", indeed. Check your facts next time you post.
Yes, you are absolutely correct about going out and buying the good stuff.
Tolkein: been there, done that.
I would add Kay Kenyon to the list as well. And, although NOT a newbie, try John Dalmas for fantastic military science fiction
My vote goes to "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress"
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It's my favorite Heinlein book, hands-down. Only one condition: I get to oversee or write the screenplay, so it isn't butchered like "Starship Troopers".
My personal title for that movie is "based on a script that at one time may have been in the same room as a copy of the book 'Starship Troopers' but likely never was".
Let's set the Wachowski brothers on it, shall we?
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Oh, no! Heinlein had an ego! Say it isn't so, man, say it isn't so.
Have you ever met an author? Most of them are antisocial: that's why they write. It's their way of expressing themselves without having to actually deal with people. Not saying it's a bad thing, but authors tend to be excessively shy, or don't have any social skills to begin with.
And as for Mr. Kemp's article, it mostly sounds like sour grapes to me: a big fish in a small pond runs into someone with as big an ego as himself and doesn't like it, so must be a bad person.
My advice is to ignore the article (with prejudice: I am a rabid Heinlein fan myself).
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Yeah, I just moved to the area, and I agree, eggman: this place rocks! The natural beauty, the lovely green backlighting in Richland at night... heh. I have a friend who grew up here and then moved to Western WA... she had all the kids at school convinced that her dog had two tails and that she glowed in the dark. ;)
Yes, I actually had this article pop up on my Google Desktop.
Geez, where am I gonna hide my secret food stash and my tissues and my caffeinated mints and my antacid and my can of Whoop Ass (no wait, that goes on TOP of the desk as a warning) and my extra candy and my hand lotion and my pens and pencils and comb and hairspray and chapstick and cold medicine and headache remedies and scotch (no, nm, didn't say that) and purse and pda cables and sewing kit and book....?
That is the point Spider is trying to make.
Oh, and BTW, the "Stardance" trilogy (by Spider and his wife Jeanne) is fantastic sci-fi. Great characters, mostly set in space on artificial satellites or habitats, the science figures directly in the plot.
"Runny-cheese fake science fiction author", indeed. Check your facts next time you post.
Tolkein: been there, done that.
I would add Kay Kenyon to the list as well. And, although NOT a newbie, try John Dalmas for fantastic military science fiction
My personal title for that movie is "based on a script that at one time may have been in the same room as a copy of the book 'Starship Troopers' but likely never was".
Let's set the Wachowski brothers on it, shall we?
And as for Mr. Kemp's article, it mostly sounds like sour grapes to me: a big fish in a small pond runs into someone with as big an ego as himself and doesn't like it, so must be a bad person.
My advice is to ignore the article (with prejudice: I am a rabid Heinlein fan myself).