tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post8349201652175935527..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Some Thoughts On Writing Science FictionRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85676445631578857512014-06-03T19:36:23.693-04:002014-06-03T19:36:23.693-04:00I find myself in firmly in the camp of "Avoid...I find myself in firmly in the camp of "Avoid meeting them, and for god sakes don't read about them." <br /><br />Out of all the authors I've met, only two left me wondering if I was going to keep reading their work. Finally, I decided their work was no less valid because I couldn't stomach the author. <br /><br />I won't mention names, but best keep your hero's at a distance :)<br /><br />PS: Borepatch - I'd pay good single malt to hear that story!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391535113209714025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90575702143232591012014-06-01T23:56:19.304-04:002014-06-01T23:56:19.304-04:00Damn fine post, Roberta. If I ever get to Indy I&...Damn fine post, Roberta. If I ever get to Indy I'd like to tell you about installing a firewall at Chaos Manor.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-28874535287797941802014-06-01T17:47:28.599-04:002014-06-01T17:47:28.599-04:00"This is the world we've got -- it's ..."This is the world we've got -- it's no utopia, nor are any of us saints."<br /><br />Amen to thatCarteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-56418254239756388542014-06-01T12:59:33.026-04:002014-06-01T12:59:33.026-04:00Now I have to go dig through boxes to see if I hav...Now I have to go dig through boxes to see if I have that collection...<br /><br />I do have several copies of "Survival of Freedom", or whatever it was called, though. It includes Chesterton's "Story of Jones", or whatever <i>it</i> was called.<br /><br />(Not being too lazy to look stuff up, sitting here in y bathrobe with a cat AND a laptop in my lap, drinking my morning coffee and getting ready -- "steeling my nerves", IOW -- to go into the Salt Mines.)Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.com