Twitter Wars!
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- Ampoliros
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The And Kevin J Anderson awards!
-Most Books Delivered On Time.
-Largest page count to content ratio.
-Ultra use of the term Ultra Award
And of course, the coveted 'Hellhole Vineyard' Award for Logical Fallacy.
-Most Books Delivered On Time.
-Largest page count to content ratio.
-Ultra use of the term Ultra Award
And of course, the coveted 'Hellhole Vineyard' Award for Logical Fallacy.
Semper Fidelis Tyrannosaurus
- Sardaukar Capt
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I wonder if in the middle of Navigators the setting will inexplicably and illogically switch to a new water world or sea-side setting because Kieth was dicta-hiking there that day. He'll probably introduce a new character named Reddy Toosevelt also.
I wonder if in the middle of Navigators the setting will inexplicably and illogically switch to a new water world or sea-side setting because Kieth was dicta-hiking there that day. He'll probably introduce a new character named Reddy Toosevelt also.
The name Atreides was also consciously chosen. It is the family name of Agamemnon. Says Herbert, "I wanted a sense of monumental aristocracy, but with tragedy hanging over them--and in our culture, Agamemnon personifies that."
Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reilly
http://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/
Ghanima said. "We Atreides go back to Agamemnon..."
Distracted, Irulan asked: "Who's Agamemnon?"
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
WTF? A BG forgets the Titans?!
Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reilly
http://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/
Ghanima said. "We Atreides go back to Agamemnon..."
Distracted, Irulan asked: "Who's Agamemnon?"
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
WTF? A BG forgets the Titans?!

- lotek
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How you can witness such beauty and still produce crap is beyond me.
Spice is the worm's gonads.
- Sardaukar Capt
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I'll give it to him, that he's got a talent for vomiting out work that people actually pay to read.

Would be fascinating to read that outline for "120 KICK-ASS CHAPTERS" he did on a plane flight and get a glimpse into that "wonderful" mind at work.Kevin J Anderson @TheKJA
After MANY hours on the plane to and from Puerto Rico, headphones on, I have mapped out 120 kick-ass chapters in Book 3, ETERNITY'S MIND.
9:35 AM - 7 May 2015
I'll give it to him, that he's got a talent for vomiting out work that people actually pay to read.


The name Atreides was also consciously chosen. It is the family name of Agamemnon. Says Herbert, "I wanted a sense of monumental aristocracy, but with tragedy hanging over them--and in our culture, Agamemnon personifies that."
Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reilly
http://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/
Ghanima said. "We Atreides go back to Agamemnon..."
Distracted, Irulan asked: "Who's Agamemnon?"
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
WTF? A BG forgets the Titans?!
Frank Herbert by Tim O'Reilly
http://tim.oreilly.com/herbert/
Ghanima said. "We Atreides go back to Agamemnon..."
Distracted, Irulan asked: "Who's Agamemnon?"
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
WTF? A BG forgets the Titans?!

- Ampoliros
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Lets See
120 * 3.75 = 450.
450 * .75 = 337.5
So taking his average page count and the ratio of repetition, each chapter will have about 2.8 pages worth of new content.
And while I made up those numbers, its sad that they probably aren't that far off.
EDIT: Scarier thought: anyone of us could write a KJA quality novel as fast as he could. Even scarier, I'd bet most of ours would be better. Hugo Please.
120 * 3.75 = 450.
450 * .75 = 337.5
So taking his average page count and the ratio of repetition, each chapter will have about 2.8 pages worth of new content.
And while I made up those numbers, its sad that they probably aren't that far off.
EDIT: Scarier thought: anyone of us could write a KJA quality novel as fast as he could. Even scarier, I'd bet most of ours would be better. Hugo Please.
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- lotek
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- Hunchback Jack
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Assuming a 10-hour flight, that's a chapter outline every five minutes.Sardaukar Capt wrote:https://twitter.com/TheKJA/status/596322518920630272
Would be fascinating to read that outline for "120 KICK-ASS CHAPTERS" he did on a plane flight and get a glimpse into that "wonderful" mind at work.Kevin J Anderson @TheKJA
After MANY hours on the plane to and from Puerto Rico, headphones on, I have mapped out 120 kick-ass chapters in Book 3, ETERNITY'S MIND.
9:35 AM - 7 May 2015
HBJ
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- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Ampoliros
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- Redstar
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There's a lot of Twitter-based programs. Some calculate how many "fake" followers you have to real ones.
@TheKJA's audit via Twitter Audit is 85% with 8,519 real/1,456 fake.
@TheKJA's audit via Twitter Audit is 85% with 8,519 real/1,456 fake.
- Ampoliros
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- Sandwurm88
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Well, KJA didn't win the Hugo at least!
- Robspierre
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Sandwurm88 wrote:Well, KJA didn't win the Hugo at least!
Yet, thanks to the puppies, he now is part of the illustrious Hugo Losers group, which he would not have been part of if the whiners had not tried to game the Hugos.
Rob
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- Omphalos
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Amen. I like to think that his inclusion doubly-fucked that whole movement.
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KJA being nominated made sure that we can never ever take this award serious any more.Omphalos wrote:Amen. I like to think that his inclusion doubly-fucked that whole movement.
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“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
- Freakzilla
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Rumor has it this is being made into a TV series by Nick Dudman.Sandwurm88 wrote:I've only read the Many Colored Land, which was really good, Freak.
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