We may all laugh and discredit Writers of the Future for its links to Scientology and the fact that Kevin is a judge on it. But Keep in mind that Frank Herbert himself was once a judge on the contest and now I just learned that Kevin entered the contest in the 80's.
I'll let Kevin speak for himself here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4-F32phjXw
Kevin Speaks!
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Lawliet
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Re: Kevin Speaks!
End of threadNebiros wrote:We may all laugh and discredit Writers of the Future for its links to Scientology and the fact that Kevin is a judge on it.
That contest is embarrasing to the genre.
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I thought KJA was the international man of mystery awards.
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Holy Crap! Another award he hasn't won! And he's proud of it! It's his openning joke!
It just dawned on me that i've known people like him, pilots who are afraid to fly, mechanics who don't know how things work...managers...
It just dawned on me that i've known people like him, pilots who are afraid to fly, mechanics who don't know how things work...managers...
Leto II is gone for good, except for OM. The "pearl" was just that; a miniscule portion of what Leto was, and not a compressed version of the whole. The pearl that the worms have do not make them Leto, or in any way similar to him.
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Apparently it didn't start out that way, back in the day they had seen fit to keep him out of the winners circle.Lawliet wrote:End of threadNebiros wrote:We may all laugh and discredit Writers of the Future for its links to Scientology and the fact that Kevin is a judge on it.
That contest is embarrasing to the genre.
Leto II is gone for good, except for OM. The "pearl" was just that; a miniscule portion of what Leto was, and not a compressed version of the whole. The pearl that the worms have do not make them Leto, or in any way similar to him.
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Re: Kevin Speaks!
AND Master(bator) of Universes!Ampoliros wrote:I thought KJA was the international man of mystery awards.
"Let the dead give water to the dead. As for me, it's NO MORE FUCKING TEARS!"
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It's not his opening joke, its his cleverer way of jabbing back at them: you never gave me the award now look where I am, don't you look foolish.
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Re: Kevin Speaks!
Watching this, I can understand why people think he's a nice guy. That opening little story was a bit trite, but it was entertaining, and he used a personal, self-deprecating story to get the point across - that the competition is as much about improving the writing of the contestants than about winning the prize.
(He then somewhat spoils it by listing all the awards that previous contest winners (but not he) have subsequently won, which undercuts that message, but what are you going to do? He's KJA. He loves his lists.)
For all our talk about his being socially retarded, I think he does know how to charm people in a controlled environment.
He's using a teleprompter, by the way.
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(He then somewhat spoils it by listing all the awards that previous contest winners (but not he) have subsequently won, which undercuts that message, but what are you going to do? He's KJA. He loves his lists.)
For all our talk about his being socially retarded, I think he does know how to charm people in a controlled environment.
He's using a teleprompter, by the way.
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Re: Kevin Speaks!
Well we know he certainly doesn't hold anything other than himself and his ego as sacred.
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