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http://fandomania.com/interview-author- ... -anderson/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

seems like an old one- says @dragoncon 2008

but they have the new cover of WoD
and only one comment, a link from July 2009

anyway, virgin comments, boys -
go violate it ... :twisted:
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Kevin J. Anderson: I develop imaginary worlds in which to set my stories; I create the characters, the government, the cultures, the history, the politics and beliefs
mouahhahahahahahaha!!
So, working with ProgRock Records, I have created a rock music CD companion to the novel, The Edge Of The World. I wrote all the lyrics with my wife, bestselling author Rebecca Moesta, for the 13 tracks on the CD, which adapt one storyline from the novel.
mouahhahahahahahaha too!!

Now listening to the myspace link for Roswell Sex(Becca and the beast, or beast²)
Anyone like progressive rock? A bit over the top style for me... sounds like an old Rocky soundtrack on spacecake...
(plus knowing beks wrote the lyrics I just can't help imagining them both singing along with spiked leg warmers :think: )
KJA: Brian and I are deep in the initial writing of our new SF series, Hellhole — colonization on a rugged planet barely recovering from a recent catastrophic asteroid strike… an exiled rebel general, complicated galactic politics and the remnants of an alien civilization destroyed in the impact.
yeah right complicated politics you'd know about that would you?
deep in the (...) Hellhole
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lotek wrote:Anyone like progressive rock? A bit over the top style for me... sounds like an old Rocky soundtrack on spacecake...
(plus knowing beks wrote the lyrics I just can't help imagining them both singing along with spiked leg warmers :think: )
:laughing-rolling:

(I have no idea what spacecake is, but it just struck me as hilarious. :lol: )

Plus SMELLHOLE! :lol:
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space cake=hash cookies :)

you know that drug that makes you think everything you do is soooo cool when it's usually utter shite ;)
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No, I've never tried that. But I think we have someone here now who is a regular user. ;)
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I wonder who could THAT be :)
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:hand:

:naughty:

:think:

Wanna play 20 questions? :dance:
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1. man or woman?
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Again, man or woman? :P
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Serkanner wrote:Freakzilla
ha ha give away!
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did they pick up all the hobos on the street to act as fans for the photo?
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lotek wrote:1. man or woman?
Vegetable.
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i should have known
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Blog of the Hack wrote:That afternoon, while out walking, I was wearing my LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON t-shirt. From a block away, someone shouted at me, “Hey, I’m reading that book!” I stopped and chatted with the reader, who introduced himself. He wanted to know where the t-shirt had come from, and was surprised to learn I had written the novel. He promised to come to that evening’s signing, and he did.
Anyone else think this story is actually and encounter with Brian?
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:lol:

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Dumbfuck Hack wrote:Two continents (like Europe and Arabia)
Wonderful. What a moron.
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He actually has to explain his own book has "complicated politics."
Guess it must be if the story takes place on two continents like Europe and Arabia.

Reminds me of the quote from the South Park Movie...

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I listened through the 2008 interview again, and it was just one self-promotional answer after another. For example:

First question: What drew you to SF initially, as a genre.

KJA answers:
- saw war of the worlds at 5
- read H G Wells at 8.
- "as soon as he could read adult books" he read Clarke, Asimov.
- started writing in 9th grade
- first published as junior in HS
- first novel published before leaving college
- 20 years later, he's written over 100 books, 46 of them are bestsellers.

Had to get that last impressive-sounding stat in.

This is my favourite, though:

What *one book* would you recommend to someone who has never read you?
- Well with over 100 books it's hard to choose just one.
- If star wars fan, Darksaber.
- From "my own stuff" pick up first seven suns (and then read the rest). That's "my masterpiece".
- If they're Dune fans they could pick up Paul of Dune (they could "start right there").
- "The catchphrase of Paul of Dune is 'How did a Hero turn into a Tyrant?'"
- You could start with House Atredies and that trilogy
- You could start with Butlerian Jihad and that trilogy

Thanks KJA, that's a big help.

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There is so much comedy gold in there ... it's hard to pick what might be the most obnoxious thing on that list. Really, I keep changing my mind.

Bottom line, though: a living author referring to a recently released — and poorly received — series as "his masterpiece" comes perilously close to defying description. That is just self-obsessed jackassery on a galactic scale.
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MASTERPIECE OF UNIVERSES!!!

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Yeah, the whole interview is really something to behold. Although I wouldn't waste your time :).

Every question gets a long meandering answer which inevitablly morphs into:
- how KJA was a child sf prodigy
- how he's written x pages, sold y copies, or has had z bestsellers
- a promotion for the latest book he's trying to foist on us.

... And sometimes all three. It's painful, sad, and hilarious all at the same time.

It's KJA, in other words.

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oh, and yeah, the masterpiece thing is just unbelievable.
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that master of universes rang a bell...
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I love that masterpiece bit. It's like he thinks that word means "the thing I am proudest of," instead of a perfect story that drives it home. The way he says "it's my masterpiece," like everyone who writes gets to have one to their name.
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