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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:06 PM Original message |
Poll question: Most bitter science fiction writer? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Harlan Ellison would kick your ass if you said he was bitter. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Russell T Davies |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. True |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. That too. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. L. Ron Hubbard. |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Tom Cruise will kick your ass |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No no the phrase is |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well, that would solve my financial problems. |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. incoming law suit in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Heinlein. Trust me. n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ah--good call! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think you nailed it |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Good call. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been told that Orsen Scott Card is a full-bird douchebag with oak-leaf clusters. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I have met him... |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Talent and personality are unrelated. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yup, I've read that as well. n/t |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rudolph Bitter Rucker |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've met and had dinner with Harlan Ellison. He is VERY angry, but I wouldn't call him bitter. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Is he sitting on your lap in that photo? |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. No. I'm kneeling behind his chair. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with others - Ellison isn't bitter, he's angry. Heinlein, I think, was bitter. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Does Mark Twain count? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. He wrote a couple of fantasys so it's only a little stretch |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Tales of Wonder is a nice collection of his speculative fiction |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I dunno |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. If Kilgore Trout was real, |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. Does Alan Moore count as a sci-fi writer? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That's another good call |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Ah well. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. Saul of Tarsus |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Does neurotic & bat-shit crazy count as bitter? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. John of Patmos. nt |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Piers Anthony |
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