Alexandra Erin

So here's the thing. This is funny. You only really get what is going on here if you have followed John Scalzi's blogs/twitter accounts and seen some of the mess thrown at him there and also via taunts on (I refuse to say that guy's name, he's a wanker) website where he has a list of things that he emphasizes all of the time that he always claims that John Scalzi has lied about.

I personally don't take Social Justice Warrior as an insult. Some people use it that way because apparently people actually giving a shit about something is somehow wrong? I don't know. I just know that SJWs was thrown around a lot last year during the whole Rabid Puppies insanity that became the science fiction community's focus for about 6 months. I am hoping we don't have a repeat this year. I am sure that's too much to hope for.

I didn't shell out the money for the narration (now I wish I did) but just cracked up at the chapter titles like "John Scalzi Does Not Understand Satire As Well As I Understand Satire" and "John Scalzi's Blog Is Not That Interesting And No Reads It."

The way the whole thing is written is just a stream of consciousness from someone who is 100 percent obsessed with John Scalzi and doesn't see how he is totally out of his depth with some of his conclusions.… (mehr)

I feel a bit bad to add this as a read book, since those 13 pages will now count towards my reading challenge, but oh well.

Acronyms are my pet peeve. I cringe every time someone talks of "EC Cash" or an "ATM Machine". So, this short story was obviously gold for me. I especially like the view of the future shown in this book, and had to laugh often in the dialogues, when people made exactly the mistakes this book was about.

It is kind of hard to explain what this is about, so you may just want to take the plunge and read it. This story used to be freely available on the internet, perhaps you can still find a version floating around...… (mehr)