Just sayin' ...
that someone's Lex Luthor cosplay is getting more on point every day.
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
hippocampus - Apr 14, 2015 4:45:58 am PDT #23197 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2015 8:06:12 am PDT #23198 of 28342
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
that someone's Lex Luthor cosplay is getting more on point every day.
He took forty* Hugo nominations. He took 40 Hugo nominations. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.
*Actually 57.
Amy - Apr 14, 2015 4:04:35 pm PDT #23199 of 28342
Because books.
I want to understand about Sad Puppy, but I'm a little worried it might give me rage.
Dana - Apr 14, 2015 4:05:11 pm PDT #23200 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It will definitely give you rage.
sj - Apr 14, 2015 4:16:19 pm PDT #23201 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Can anyone link to a good summary of the Sad Puppy thing? I've only read people commenting about it, but not giving a lot of details.
Ginger - Apr 14, 2015 4:25:45 pm PDT #23202 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Here's one - [link] If you really want rage, read the comments.
Amy - Apr 14, 2015 4:38:27 pm PDT #23203 of 28342
Because books.
I read as far as GRR Martin's remarks, for which I wanted to hug him, and decided to stop there.
Lots of back-channel stuff goes on in the romance world, but I can't imagine RWA allowing that kind of thing to go on. I actually can't imagine many members I know even considering doing something like that.
sj - Apr 14, 2015 4:48:49 pm PDT #23204 of 28342
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Ginger. I'm not going to read the comments. The article was enough.
Consuela - Apr 14, 2015 5:47:48 pm PDT #23205 of 28342
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I can't imagine RWA allowing that kind of thing to go on.
The problem is that this was according to the rules. They did nothing technically illegal, just nasty, especially the way they pushed honestly great work off the ballot (like, fr'instance, The Martian, which I figured was going to win the Hugo).
But I bet there are people even in the RWA who are angry and full of bitterness at not getting their brilliance recognized, and willing to blame it on the successful people being in a nasty political clique, just like high school. It's all about who you know, right?
But perhaps the RITAs aren't as easily gamed as the Hugos.
Ginger - Apr 14, 2015 6:23:07 pm PDT #23206 of 28342
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ironically, The Martian is the kind of SF they claim has been marginalized. He's practically channeling Heinlein and Hal Clement.