John Scalzi
American science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has run the blog Whatever since 1998.
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Their wordsI regret to say we have a two-party system where third parties act as spoilers, not legitimate competitors — there’s a reason why pro-GOP political action committees funded a huge mailer push for the socialist senatorial candidate in my state — and all the ways to fix that fact are beyond the purview of this particular election.
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Their wordsThe Googlebook is a fine little machine, and I’m mostly happy to own it, but it is not entirely baked, and it shows.
↗Further Thoughts on the Googlebook, in Comparison to the MacBook Airwhatever.scalzi.com
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Their wordsThere have been other books that have been finalists that have had speculative elements to them (most notably Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton), but it’s safe to say that straight-up science fiction is a rare bird in terms of Thurber Prize consideration.
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Their wordsmany processes currently lumped into the “AI” rubric are going to be put into the workflows of creative people whether we actively want/use them or not.
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A person with a wide enough reach can sculpt bespoke truths for a whole society very quickly.
Their wordsIt was fascinating to observe that it takes hardly any time at all for a person with a wide enough reach to sculpt bespoke truths for a whole society.
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Their wordsBut “Deceived” doesn’t work very well, largely because the script and the direction aren’t up to the level of complexity they need to pull it off. In a genre like this, where plotting and direction are everything, it’s hard to overcome that handicap.
↗And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviewswhatever.scalzi.com
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Their words“The Fisher King,” Gilliam’s splendid new effort, achieves that balance, muting the directors’ baroque visual edge and using that reclaimed, calm space to allow its characters depth. The result is synergistic: It is Gilliam’s best film.
↗And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviewswhatever.scalzi.com
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The things that excite adults are different from what excited them when they were younger.
Their wordsGetting new major appliances was also a reminder that as an adult, the things you get excited and happy about are very different from what you’d get excited about when you were younger.
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Their wordsWe don’t need an LED screen or phone alerts, and recent news has shown that “smart appliances” can mess you up with a bad update.
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Their wordsIt's rare to have a rock group of any sort keep all the same members all the way through their run.
↗50th Anniversaries and When I’ll Hit Themwhatever.scalzi.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsno, I don't think AI will keep me from hitting any of these anniversaries as a working writer, unless it triggers the apocalypse, in which case we have other problems.
↗50th Anniversaries and When I’ll Hit Themwhatever.scalzi.com 2nd of 2 in this piece