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Oh man, this reminds me of the guy I was trying to get closer with in undergrad. He was writing a vampire book with an obvious self-insert as the gothic protagonist. I think he had black wings. Anyway, godspeed. 
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"Women will sleep with you if you write a book?" "Women will sleep with you if you write a bad book."
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HopperUK posted:China Mieville is hot to a degree that startled me the first time I saw a pic of him. However even if I could, I would not sleep with him, because apparently he's a bastard. What did China Mieville do to make him a bad person? Can't remember much about him?
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BattyKiara posted:What did China Mieville do to make him a bad person? Can't remember much about him? http://bidisha-online.blogspot.com/2012/12/emotional-violence-and-social-power.html
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This topic of relationships and terrible writing reminds me of a relationship I was in back in undergrad. She wanted to show me her book, and I was curiously excited, so we both sat down in the library together so I could read it. It was about a young woman whose parents were divorced and she wasn't happy with how they were nervous about her going to college and meeting boys. There was a section dedicated to her talking about how she just needed to live her life, mom, and I kinda figured it was her way of working through some feelings? Anyway, the protagonist got to college, and then she sees the man of her dreams. Specifically, the elf-lord of her dreams. The specific sentence introducing said elf-lord, which I will remember until the day I die, was "I saw the Elf-Lord's glistening six-pack in the doorway." I don't remember anything about what she wrote beyond that. I'm thinking about reaching out to her and asking about it.
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That's definitely a sentence that makes the reader ask questions. Questions like: 1. Where's the rest of the elf-lord 2. Why is he in college 3. Why is he oily
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Elf oil is a natural byproduct of the elf's glossy coat and it is actually quite unfortunate that they are often subject to poaching as a result as the substance is highly sought by boutique shampoo companies.
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Spermando posted:4. Why is he shirtless 4a. Is he shirtless or just carrying shiny booze?
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Gats Akimbo posted:http://bidisha-online.blogspot.com/2012/12/emotional-violence-and-social-power.html That article is all about Western Ellis, not China Mieville.
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nonathlon posted:That article is all about Western Ellis, not China Mieville. No, that article mentions an article about Ellis but is about Mieville.
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nonathlon posted:That article is all about Western Ellis, not China Mieville. that article posted:I first read the women's account when I was approached by several of Ellis's victims as well as journalists covering the story, asking if he was the same individual as the one I'd written about. He isn't, although their strategies are the same and their worlds overlap somewhat. I am also writing in the wake of revelations about... No, it isn't. The update references the Ellis accusations, but the original article is about someone who made very serious and credible legal threats in order to get his name removed from it and other discussions of his abuse. And that's China Mieville.
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A true socialist crusader beloved by our forums, who hires expensive lawyers (or his own expensive legal education?) to shut up abuse victims  gently caress Mieville puissantly
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Beloved by the forums?this is the first I’ve ever heard him brought up
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I only know him as the sex creep guy, personally.
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I've heard Mieville's name dropped by the sort of people whose political alignment is basically "Pretentious Left", and I know he wrote a book about the Bolshevik revolution that I will never bother to read.
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He was all over the forums from like 2012-2016 or so.
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Sorry, for the politix I remember him being pretty well liked because he wrote good books (with a strong political bent) but came across as a down to earth tough guy rather than a nerdy keyboard warrior.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I've heard Mieville's name dropped by the sort of people whose political alignment is basically "Pretentious Left", and I know he wrote a book about the Bolshevik revolution that I will never bother to read. Edit:never mind, don't want to give him even a little praise. gently caress that dude Ambitious Spider has a new favorite as of 00:03 on Apr 2, 2021 |
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I'd like to know more about the elf-lord.
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Sisal Two-Step posted:3. Why is he oily Spelling error. Supposed to be elf lard.
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The Lone Badger posted:Spelling error. Supposed to be elf lard. So Gimli basically thinks elves smell like bacon. Mmmm, bacon. The way to that dwarf's heart is through his stomach.
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The Seinfeld vore episode through a fantasy lens.
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Carnival of Shrews posted:This is a question for the ages. Which would I rather be told by someone I myself fancied: Depends on which one comes from Frasier and which from Niles
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HopperUK posted:China Mieville is hot to a degree that startled me the first time I saw a pic of him. However even if I could, I would not sleep with him, because apparently he's a bastard. Multiple people have told me that Kevin J. Anderson is the nicest guy ever and absolutely the quality of person you want being at a con. Just as long as you don't have to actually read his books.
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Kevin J. Anderson is a master of generic-ness. He sits down, outputs 400+ pages of interesting yet unmemorable work, and gets paid. No difficult plots, no weird characters, nothing that might make an author struggle. I read one of his books, and it kept me going to the end, but after I'd finished it, I couldn't recall anything about the plot or characters. So of course, he wound up "helping" with the expanded/rebooted/extorted Dune Universe, a series which is primarily KNOWN for strange characters and places. But somehow, the Dune prequels sold well despite EVERYONE hating them, so something he does works.
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Cobalt-60 posted:Kevin J. Anderson is a master of generic-ness. He sits down, outputs 400+ pages of interesting yet unmemorable work, and gets paid. No difficult plots, no weird characters, nothing that might make an author struggle. I read one of his books, and it kept me going to the end, but after I'd finished it, I couldn't recall anything about the plot or characters. They were easy reads and he can set up a plot hook that’s juuuust interesting enough that it’s like “I hated that book but I may as well see where it goes”. They’re fluff so even if they’re long you can power through them quick.
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I remember enjoying his X-files novels when I was a kid.
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You see a lot of talented authors with a movie novelization, authorised sequels or even video game tie-ins on their resume. I get it - it's easy money and you don't have to bring your A game. The book sucks, no one blames you
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I think I read the book of Alien 3 and there's a reasonable chance that was better than the film.
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I'm pretty sure I've read the novelization for each Star Trek movie and both Ghostbusters movies, and they honestly lent a lot of clarity to their associated films and settings. For instance, I learned that Data is meant to be gold, and now his makeup looks lovely instead of bad.
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I never got around to watching Star Wars Episode I and had the novelisation instead, which I'm pretty sure is the vastly better experience. Movie novelisations can get weird, since they're generally released as tie-ins to the movie and may be based on earlier scripts incorporating deleted scenes, exposition and things that were changed before the theatrical release.
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I paid actual money for the novelisation of Re-Animator and it's actually very good? I mean, for a novelisation.
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One of my favorite contemporary authors, Catherynne Valente, did a Mass Effect Andromeda tie-in novel that was pretty good, for a Mass Effect book, but it also served to highlight just how boring Mass Effect was. She's done another book recently, Space Opera, and while that's also not her best work (it's a pretty light Eurovision/Douglas Adams pastiche) it managed to paint a way more interesting sci-fi world than Mass Effect's bland cover-shooter militarism.
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The back to the future novelization is insane and north's takedown of it is great
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Tunicate posted:The back to the future novelization is insane and north's takedown of it is great I ordered this book when I was 13 back when you had to go to actual bookstores and place an order and they imported it from the US for me. At GREAT COST (for baby me).
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HopperUK posted:I paid actual money for the novelisation of Re-Animator and it's actually very good? I mean, for a novelisation. A funny novelisation thing is how Max Alan Collins wrote the comic book Road to Perdition, which turned into a movie. Collins then wrote the novelisation of the movie. So he did an adaptation of an adaptation of his own work.
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