At a guess she'd support the Iraq war, support torture, and think the worst racist problem was prejudice against white people. Her positions on gay rights would probably be sufficiently reactionary and insensitive to offend most Buffistas. Her feminism per se would probably be within buffistas norms. And I know there may well be Buffistas who hold those views. But you will note they don't express them on the board. I'm pretty sure this board is not a comfortable place to express those particular views. (The reason I use anti-gay views, is that I suspect homophobia holds approximately the same sway in the U.S. today as anti-semitism did in the UK of her time. )
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
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."
Typo Boy - May 01, 2008 8:07:53 am PDT #5627 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ginger - May 01, 2008 8:32:08 am PDT #5628 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is it common knowledge that Larry Niven is nuts?
Yes. And any guy who can make Jerry Pournelle sound like the voice of reason is really nuts.
erikaj - May 01, 2008 9:21:24 am PDT #5629 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, maybe we wouldn't be sworn bunkies, but she'd get the joke after a little TV when I say "Lupus? It's never lupus." Although I don't really think she's "someone I could have a beer with," after all. But I'd owe her lunch, I suppose.
Connie Neil - May 01, 2008 9:24:56 am PDT #5630 of 28344
brillig
Pity Niven and Pournelle are nuts, I love the books they write together.
Nutty - May 01, 2008 10:36:48 am PDT #5631 of 28344
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Yes. And any guy who can make Jerry Pournelle sound like the voice of reason is really nuts.
I was going to say: recently when Jerry Pournelle said something staggeringly racist and stupid, a la "kill them all and let god sort 'em out", I asked, vaguely, Wasn't that the perfect opportunity for Larry Niven to stand up and swear eternal enmity? And the answer, from people who know better, was that actually Niven's views were probably the more extreme of the two.
DXMachina - May 01, 2008 11:16:35 am PDT #5632 of 28344
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yeah, I read that statement from Niven awhile back and was stunned by the incredible meanness of it (if he was serious) and/or stupidity (if it was meant as a some kind of sick joke).
Laga - May 01, 2008 4:42:58 pm PDT #5633 of 28344
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Reason and talent are not usually related. I love Harlan Ellison stories.
Miracleman - May 02, 2008 4:08:54 am PDT #5634 of 28344
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Reason and talent are not usually related. I love Harlan Ellison stories.
Actually, after reading An Edge in My Voice, his collection of columns from the L.A. Weekly, I find Ellison to be extremely reasoned.
Not reasonable, mind, he's a colossal asshole. But you can't say he's as wackaloon as Niven.
Laga - May 02, 2008 7:47:06 am PDT #5635 of 28344
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
you can't say he's as wackaloon as Niven.
Ok yes.
Consuela - May 02, 2008 5:14:16 pm PDT #5636 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Has anyone here read Cory Doctorow's new book, Little Brother? It's getting lots of traction out in the SF/F blogosphere. I ordered it today, along with Maggie Helwig's latest novel, Girl Falls Down.