The latest Twatter update:smugetsu wrote:KJA in a tux...comedy!
"Time to get the tux on for the Writers of the Future Awards tonight"
I wonder if it's worded just that way for our benefit? Sometimes, I think he reads every single word here ...
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The latest Twatter update:smugetsu wrote:KJA in a tux...comedy!
Pix or it didn't happen.TheDukester wrote:The latest Twatter update:smugetsu wrote:KJA in a tux...comedy!
"Time to get the tux on for the Writers of the Future Awards tonight"
I wonder if it's worded just that way for our benefit? Sometimes, I think he reads every single word here ...
discuss."In my mind and in my heart, as a fan, and for many fans, Paul Atreides is one of the greatest heroes of science fiction," Anderson says. "But Frank Herbert did some terrible things to him, and when you read how he acts in 'Dune Messiah,' a lot of the things he does are virtually inexcusable. How can you sympathize with him? ... You have to get into this character. What would change somebody so much? What would drive him to do that?"
Help me not to read WoD(I've already had enough of the rest)!Start with the main character, the young Paul Atreides, who becomes Paul Muad' Dib. Over the course of the novels he is transformed into a prophet, a messiah and a chillingly cunning tyrant. In "Winds of Dune," which falls chronologically after "Dune Messiah," his behavior at the end of Frank Herbert's last book — abandoning his just-born children and disappearing into the desert of Arrakis — is explained.
In my mind, Paul was never meant to be viewed as a hero, or for that matter, as a villain. At his base level, Paul is human like the rest of us, meaning he makes mistakes even when he's trying to do the right thing. He helped the Fremen, and overthrew the Empire by defeating Shaddam. Those might be considered the acts of a hero, but consider the consequences. Those same actions sparked a jihad that took the lives of thousands or millions, some of whom, no doubt, were innocent people.SandRider wrote:"In my mind and in my heart, as a fan, and for many fans, Paul Atreides is one of the greatest heroes of science fiction," Anderson says. "But Frank Herbert did some terrible things to him, and when you read how he acts in 'Dune Messiah,' a lot of the things he does are virtually inexcusable. How can you sympathize with him? ... You have to get into this character. What would change somebody so much? What would drive him to do that?"
And there you have it. To a writer of KJA's "ability" and less-than-average intellect, everything must be labeled, and preferably with very broad descriptions: good or bad; black or white; etc., etc.smugetsu wrote:The fact that KJA doesn't seem capable of making this particular leap in logic makes him an idiot.
discuss.Merritt, in KJA's ass, 2003, wrote: BM: Does your wife, Rebecca [Moesta], help inspire you during your writing? Does she give you feedback before sending stories out to your publisher/agent?
KJA: She's a best-selling writer in her own right, but she also raises the bar very high for my own work. As I get more popular and more successful, I try to improve my writing with each book. That means going through more and more research, more and more drafts, extremely careful editing. Rebecca is my sounding board for brainstorming, my closest editor, and a big dose of common sense.
Oh, bullshit.SandRider wrote:KJA: She's a best-selling writer in her own right ...
Freakzilla wrote:Pix or it didn't happen.TheDukester wrote:The latest Twatter update:smugetsu wrote:KJA in a tux...comedy!
"Time to get the tux on for the Writers of the Future Awards tonight"
I wonder if it's worded just that way for our benefit? Sometimes, I think he reads every single word here ...
4 straight to DVD movies have been release so you caught one of them.SandRider wrote:was that tonight ?
dangit, missed it - was watching "Futurama"
and was that a "new" one or four left over episodes ?
it was two hours, but broken up into 4 "to be continued" episodes.
there was one "Windows 7" reference, but that was the only
current thing I caught. coulda been edited in there, I guess.
but they were riding sandworms (Lynch-style) on mars ....
Exactly this. The man uses the 'Mad libs for Star Wars' to write and is adept at screwing that up. While Frank left gaps for us to fill in with our imagination, KJA is incapable of doing this: His gaps are incidental, not only apparent from his writing but from his philosophy: the man whines that Frank didn't show Dune getting blown up. Frank did that so that even the reader wouldn't know what the obliterator weapon was or did, he built tension by not showing something. Kevin is like an OCD kid forced to sit in a chair while people spread colored blocks apart, as soon as he gets permission, he starts putting the blocks back together. Unfortunately he is colorblind and dyslexic and his peer group takes pity on him and gives him a pat on the back rather than explain his mistake.TheDukester wrote:And there you have it. To a writer of KJA's "ability" and less-than-average intellect, everything must be labeled, and preferably with very broad descriptions: good or bad; black or white; etc., etc.smugetsu wrote:The fact that KJA doesn't seem capable of making this particular leap in logic makes him an idiot.
Talented writers and careful readers can each handle shades of gray, or morally ambiguous characters, or — God forbid — characters who actually develop through the course of a story. Kevin J. Anderson, being a talent-free HACK, cannot handle this sort of thing; his tiny little hamster-brain automatically categorizes everything it comes into contact with, and those categories never, ever change. Thus, he views Paul as a hero — and he always has and always will.
TheKJA likes to bore people with his "I've written 100 books!" nonsense, but what he fails to add is that in none of them does a single character undergo even a hint of development or change. It's just staggering how bad he is at his job.
Only child seems likely. I can't recall a single mention of a sibling, either in official marketing materials or interviews. Not even an off-hand comment like, "One day, my sister said ..."Ampoliros wrote:I don't know much about his family history but I would imagine he's either an only child or any siblings he has are much older or younger than he is.
I was an only child. I don't think it's the coddling that is hindering but the lack of interaction with siblings.Ampoliros wrote:I didn't mean to demean only children with a broad brush, simply pointing out that some children get coddled by their parents to the point that it hinders their development.