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ZING!!!

Redbugpest, you stand accused of being a complete tit. How do you respond?

reverendmotherQ. wrote:

TheDukester wrote:

Hunchback Jack wrote:My surprise came from that quote looking like a satirical summary rather than something Keith would actually write.

Oh, man, if only I could write comedy that good. I'd quit my day job.

KJA, the bastard that he is, makes me wonder how the hell bad writing manages to succeed. OH, right, cause its all about mountain peaks, voice recorders, and some poor lady typing up what you vomited out when she plays back the tape.

That formula doesn't even make any sense.

it's a game where one of the pieces can't be moved

TheDukester wrote:Exactly right. And there's quite a few of them, and most of them are completists.

So very true. Probably as great a reason for KJA's success as any other. Also: "If there are 10 books in the series, and they keep publishing more, it *must* be good."

D Pope wrote:An embarrassing fact, I continued to buy Cards Ender books even after the poor guy lost interest in writing them. Optimistically, I guess you could say it's the power of that one great book. I'm not sure I want to examine the darker reasons.

I thought the most recent one was actually pretty decent. Not sure it was *necessary*, exactly, but not a bad read.

HBJ

massive ego
or
massive beer gut ?

The gut holds his ego, that's why it's so large.

the beer egut!
I hate his eguts!
egut trollop
keith "don't call me Blob" mcdune, the egut has landed

and many others far less funny so I'm sure you'll agree I should stop now