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Sad to hear Asimov was such an rear end in a top hat. I fear to ask about Pratchett. Please, please let him not be a bigot sex bug.
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Cowslips Warren posted:Sad to hear Asimov was such an rear end in a top hat. I hate to be the one to have to tell you this but ………………………………………………………………….…… he was British 
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Jun 28, 2022 04:36
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Someone recently tried to say he was a terf and his daughter shut that poo poo down real quick.
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Jun 28, 2022 04:37
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I think it was this very thread that taught me that Arthur C Clarke wasn’t a gay dude who fled the UK like I thought, but a child rapist who was expelled.
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Jun 28, 2022 04:38
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Cowslips Warren posted:Sad to hear Asimov was such an rear end in a top hat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnubfRy8Ws&t=1s
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Jun 28, 2022 04:56
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I AM GRANDO posted:I think it was this very thread that taught me that Arthur C Clarke wasn’t a gay dude who fled the UK like I thought, but a child rapist who was expelled. God loving dammit
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Jun 28, 2022 05:10
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This is why I only trust sci-fantasy authors. All that hard science attracts sex pests. Something about general relativity and time dilation, maybe.
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Volcott posted:This is why I only trust sci-fantasy authors. All that hard science attracts sex pests. man I have bad news for you about China Mieville
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Jun 28, 2022 05:17
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MZB was at least more well-known as a fantasy author.
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muscles like this! posted:Someone recently tried to say he was a terf and his daughter shut that poo poo down real quick. well it was a terf saying he was a terf, so that tracks
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Rockman Reserve posted:man I have bad news for you about China Mieville Oh no, he's British as well?  E: actual context: a blog post was made 10-ish years ago, alleging emotional abuse on his part. He confirmed that he was involved with the author of the post, and that he was in an open relationship at the time, and that the involvement stopped after a short time, apparently due to emotional issues. From what I can gather, she loved him, he didn't love her back. I'm not sure there ever was a full conclusion or explanation of exactly what happened, aside from the original post and a short comment from China Mieville. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 05:55 on Jun 28, 2022 |
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Jun 28, 2022 05:44
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KozmoNaut posted:Oh no, he's British as well? i mean that and he's good buddies with and wrote a book with known rapist Zak Smith who once shat his pants in a Chik-fil-A and sued Ettin from TGD so hard that they had to step down from moderation, yeah
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muscles like this! posted:Someone recently tried to say he was a terf and his daughter shut that poo poo down real quick. Reading almost any of his Discworld novels would have put paid to that really quick. So many have the central theme of being your true self no matter what the world tells you you're supposed to be.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Reading almost any of his Discworld novels would have put paid to that really quick. So many have the central theme of being your true self no matter what the world tells you you're supposed to be. TERFs would interpret that message in a very different way than you did.
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I cannot fathom Pratchett viewing anyone's choice about themselves with disdain. The man wrote so many strong characters who viewed themselves however they wished with perfect conviction even knowing others might judge them. I'd buy him being a pedophile before I'd buy him being a TERF and I don't buy either.
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Everything I know about Terry Pratchett tells me that he was an absolute saint. He had hatred only for bigots and anger only for needless suffering. He was explicitly accepting of trans people, despite being British. Everyone who has ever met him describes him as kind and sweet (and righteously angry at the injustices of the world). If we ever find out that he was a sex pest of any kind, it will also be the day we find out that the Pope has renounced Catholicism and bears have started using flush toilets. That he died at age 66 while Henry Kissinger still lives at age 99 is proof that there is no kind and loving God.
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DontMockMySmock posted:Everything I know about Terry Pratchett tells me that he was an absolute saint. He had hatred only for bigots and anger only for needless suffering. He was explicitly accepting of trans people, despite being British. Everyone who has ever met him describes him as kind and sweet (and righteously angry at the injustices of the world). If we ever find out that he was a sex pest of any kind, it will also be the day we find out that the Pope has renounced Catholicism and bears have started using flush toilets. That he died at age 66 while Henry Kissinger still lives at age 99 is proof that there is no kind and loving God. Or if there is, he's very selfish.
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the lesson you should have learned from finding out someone you idolized is a bad person is "don't idolize people," not "idolize someone else"
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Pratchett was by all accounts an excellent person all around: https://twitter.com/thetallulahhh/status/1422487507413917698
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moonmazed posted:the lesson you should have learned from finding out someone you idolized is a bad person is "don't idolize people," not "idolize someone else"
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TbF pratchett seems like the kind of guy whod agree you shouldnt idolize him
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DontMockMySmock posted:Everything I know about Terry Pratchett tells me that he was an absolute saint. He had hatred only for bigots and anger only for needless suffering. He was explicitly accepting of trans people, despite being British. Everyone who has ever met him describes him as kind and sweet (and righteously angry at the injustices of the world). If we ever find out that he was a sex pest of any kind, it will also be the day we find out that the Pope has renounced Catholicism and bears have started using flush toilets. That he died at age 66 while Henry Kissinger still lives at age 99 is proof that there is no kind and loving God. Yeah, if there were any justice in the universe, Pterry should have had at least like 20 more good years. But he didn't so there isn't.
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I feel like the destruction of idols gets real misanthropic really quickly. it's fine to admire people, good and desirable even. Just treat the way you admire them like you appreciate their expertise. A physicist can be a great scientist but expertise in physics doesn't make them an expert in biology or theology. Generalizing "they are good at one thing so they are good at everything" is how you get engineers shelling ivermectin.
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Groke posted:Yeah, if there were any justice in the universe, Pterry should have had at least like 20 more good years. But he didn't so there isn't. He left when it was his time to bow out. Considering everything that followed, he may have been in a constant state of rage if he lived.
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I AM GRANDO posted:I think it was this very thread that taught me that Arthur C Clarke wasn’t a gay dude who fled the UK like I thought, but a child rapist who was expelled. Do you have more details on this? All I've read was that he was once accused, investigated, and cleared.
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There were some FW:FW:FW chain mails from the 90s that said he claimed to it in an interview but they were all rubbish. The idea he was unofficially expelled is another stretch considering he had moved to Sri Lanka a few years before being knighted.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:There were some FW:FW:FW chain mails from the 90s that said he claimed to it in an interview but they were all rubbish. I guess he definitely did it then
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This is when it was previously brought up in this thread:pentyne posted:The golden age of SF wasn't golden for everyone Digging through leads to two important points of information: this Vice story which is clearly a thinly-veiled reference to the writer's father protecting him from Clarke, and the suppressed story itself. More details here about the story, an earlier story by NotW that was preemptively spiked, leading the Mirror to form its own investigation, and more.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:This is when it was previously brought up in this thread: This is the stuff I remember seeing before posted in this thread.
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Rockman Reserve posted:i mean that and he's good buddies with and wrote a book with known rapist Zak Smith who once shat his pants in a Chik-fil-A and sued Ettin from TGD so hard that they had to step down from moderation, yeah Oh yuck
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DontMockMySmock posted:Everything I know about Terry Pratchett tells me that he was an absolute saint. He had hatred only for bigots and anger only for needless suffering. He was explicitly accepting of trans people, despite being British. Everyone who has ever met him describes him as kind and sweet (and righteously angry at the injustices of the world). If we ever find out that he was a sex pest of any kind, it will also be the day we find out that the Pope has renounced Catholicism and bears have started using flush toilets. That he died at age 66 while Henry Kissinger still lives at age 99 is proof that there is no kind and loving God. I've read most of Discworld in order from the beginning (stuck on Going Postal because I saw the movie first and reading it bores me somehow) and his worldview is extremely good and sound. Just a great positive message for everyone about dealing with the intolerant and unjust things that permeate our world. Standing up for what's right and being true to one's self. Alzheimer's be damned. Take care of your teeth, people.
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I think you'll find that, according to wikipedia, that Arthur C Clarke "immigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving.[10]" So there.
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He especially enjoyed "snorkeling"
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jazzyjay posted:I think you'll find that, according to wikipedia, that Arthur C Clarke "immigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving.[10]" Scuba diving certainly seems to be the hobby of choice for people with dubious reputations.
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Jedit posted:Scuba diving certainly seems to be the hobby of choice for people with dubious reputations. Alright Elon
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Ok elon E: dagnammit!
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sick of Applebees posted:Alright Elon I was thinking of Leni Riefenstahl, actually.
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jazzyjay posted:Ok elon 
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Jedit posted:I was thinking of Leni Riefenstahl, actually. Notable people in Scuba diving: 1. A nazi film propagandist 2. That French guy 3. Fish, I guess? end of list
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