'Lineage'
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."
The words "Harlan" and "likes" cancel each other out. I have no idea what noise you just made, Jilli, but it doesn't register as language.
Having had lunch at his house at his invitation, I can vouch that he likes lots of people. He was not only very nice to me, he did me kind favors.
I think he's sort of the loyal friend/bitter enemy type.
I think he's sort of the loyal friend/bitter enemy type.
(I agree.)
Having had lunch at his house at his invitation, I can vouch that he likes lots of people. He was not only very nice to me, he did me kind favors.
The test of whether someone is a good person is not that he's kind to his friends.
Harlan called a very smart and rising star in the SF field an NWA. Among other things.
I still think he's one of the great short-story writers of our time. But having been to Birmingham or befriending Octavia Butler doesn't give you a pass on calling someone the N word and not apologizing for it. And you don't get feminist cred for supporting the ERA (thirty years ago) if you are seen groping women in public.
The test of whether someone is a good person is not that he's kind to his friends.
I didn't say he was a "good person." I said he was capable of liking people. That may be a low standard but that's all I said.
Yeah, I'm sorry, that was a bit stronger than I needed to be.
Yeah, I'm sorry, that was a bit stronger than I needed to be.
That's fine. I recognize the larger issues swirling around right now between media fans and an older generation of science fiction writers. It does feel a bit like people are talking past each other anymore and there's no common ground for discussion.
When Harlan Ellison is the worst racist in America we'll be living in a freakin' paradise.
When Harlan Ellison is the worst racist in America we'll be living in a freakin' paradise
Trudat. He at least isn't insisting on seeing the President's birth certificate.
Anyone else read and enjoyed Stephen Fry's 'Making History'? On one level it's a light read, but I ended up talking quite deep ethics with The Girl afterwards. The quantum physics angle, although not using real science much (I don't think), is also both fun to consider and potentially mind-screwy. Good book.
OMG I love that XKCD. So true. If it weren't, Hilzoy from ObWi would be running the country by now.