KJA in London Friday 4th Feb 2011

[SadisticCynic]

I'd forgotten all about that.

[lotek]

[merkin muffley]

unbelievable


I hope KJA comes to Texas so that we can send Sandrider's reenactors to kick the shit out of these dweebs.

[Freakzilla]

unbelievable


I hope KJA comes to Texas so that we can send Sandrider's reenactors to kick the shit out of these dweebs.

No, The Posse.

[Drunken Idaho]

Lotek, you should maybe team up with Chanilover on this one. Not sure how close to London he is though.

I'm not sure what a good plan would be to straddle the line of putting-Keith-in-his-place and not-getting-kicked-out... Maybe just bug him to publish the notes again? Or maybe focus on Hellhole or Terra Incognita, and how much they suck.

[lotek]

yeah why not ?
has anyone heard from him lately ?

As for the angle I don't care much about smellhole really, it can't stink away for all eternity, sell or not sell I couldn't care less.

Dune is an entirely different matter.

I'd like to find a way to ask the hack something he will know is a jibe at mcdune but cannot be called as such without admitting they suck.

Yes, I know I'm asking a lot but aren't we full of evil geniuses here ?

I'll only be able to leave work at 4am though so I hope he stays there long enough for me to get to FP.

It will be tough to prepare any props so I'll have to rely on my wits(in other words I'm fucked)

[Tleszer]

It probably won't mean anything to Anderhack, but you could always remind him that he has damp hands. It shouldn't immediately get you thrown out...

[lotek]

that's pretty good

[SandChigger]

And if you also yell it in Fremen, you could probably get yourself arrested as a terrorist!

[SandChigger]

"Because I feel a great affinity for the great English writer Charles Dickens," Anderson told the people gathered at the Norwich Waterstones to take advantage of a beginning of the month sale, "I've decided to commemorate my first full frontal foray into the horror/mystery genre with a new novel featuring Dickens as the central character..."

[lotek]

is that for real ???

[merkin muffley]

"Because I feel a great affinity for the great English writer Charles Dickens," Anderson told the people gathered at the Norwich Waterstones to take advantage of a beginning of the month sale, "I've decided to commemorate my first full frontal foray into the horror/mystery genre with a new novel featuring Dickens as the central character..."

Oh, man, that's awesome. That scared the shit out of me.

[lotek]

I actually considered it might be real that's how much trust I have in the hack's capacity for raping the classics...

And it seems I won't make it to the book signing of smell hole...

[TheDukester]

I like the "beginning of the month sale" part, too ...

[SandChigger]

is that for real ???

If you ever wonder why I like you, remember this moment.

I like the "beginning of the month sale" part, too ...

Yeah, I tried a couple of different things, like "Anderson told Norwich Waterstones shoppers obviously trying to ignore him," but liked the version I went with best.

[lotek]

yeah I am still naive at heart that's me !

then again if Jules Verne why not Dickens

At least they have the dick factor in common

[Sev]

Keith's just blogged about attending the SFX Weekender - he sat next to China Mieville on a panel, would love to have heard their small talk!

Keith - "I've never actually managed to finish one of your books."
China - "Not bothered, mate, I've never started one of yours!"

Decent panel, all-in-all - Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Gary Gibson, China Mieville...and Keith

[lotek]

Keith - "I've never actually managed to finish one of your books."
China - "Who are you and why are you talking to me ?"

[Sev]

In a hotel built in the 1200s and remodeled in the 1400s, EVERYTHING creaks.

Everything except the bed springs - which cried out in sheer fucking terror.

[SandChigger]

Is Jabecca with him this trip? OH GAWD, that's right, she is! Ooops, screwed that up!

[TheDukester]

Keith — "I've never actually managed to finish one of your books."
China — "Security! Impostor on stage!"

[TheDukester]

Let's count the number of happy people in this photo ...



I'm stuck at zero.

Man, being around Spanky McDune is such a joy!

[Nekhrun]

He just won't accept the face that he's bald will he? Also, is he pregnant?

[SadisticCynic]

Seeing as Mieville and Kevin are coming up in the same breath, can someone explain to me what the phrase "critical darlings" even means?

[Ampoliros]

Small desk in a badly lit corner...I can only imagine people walking by:

"Hi, I'm Kevin J Anderson!"

"Who?"

"Don't you mean 'And Kevin J Anderson?'"

"oh so this isn't the info desk? I was confused because there is no line and the only people here getting things signed are people who work here."


"Critical darlings" is the term Keith uses to describe people who actually craft their writing and win all the awards with their measly one book while his yearly half-dozen are produced on-time and hit the bestseller lists and have probably never even made it onto a short list for a prize of any seriousness.

Translation: Pasty White Hack Complains about Merit based Awards.

here you go AKJA, i here by award you the WORLD'S FIRST HUGE-O award for the largest library of soon to be forgotten books. We've even attached a Golden Cluster to the award which means that your published works have the largest printed to un-read/un-completed ratio of any book published this year! CONGRATULATIONS KEITH!

[Prize]