tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4233059284248219319..comments2024-03-28T04:53:22.941-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Most interesting . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6576688348379837202015-06-13T14:17:45.148-05:002015-06-13T14:17:45.148-05:00I hope there is considerable "sturm und drang...I hope there is considerable "sturm und drang" against the SJWs that are denigrating Tor books. Hopefully it will mean a housecleaning takes place. A much needed housecleaning.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59420176392276649642015-06-13T13:27:22.685-05:002015-06-13T13:27:22.685-05:00Peter, as an aside to the actual issue, I haven...Peter, as an aside to the actual issue, I haven't heard the term "sturm und drang" since 1963, when a very nice yet very demanding university professor, Dr. Doshe, used it in a mathematics class. He spoke with a *very* heavy German accent and immediately after exiting at the end of session, some of us gathered in a "what did he say?" flock. Nobody knew and only a handful were interested/concerned enough to pursue the matter, lest we miss an apparently obscure mathematical term.<br /><br />Two or three days later, having scoured the text and a couple of others for any term that might match what we thought we heard and found nothing close, I was elected to ask the professor to repeat what we thought we heard and to explain its mathematical meaning.<br /><br />He was puzzled at first as I, and then others, we were pronouncing what we *thought* we had heard. When he realized what it actually was, he laughed a soft laugh and kindly explained that we might forgive his accented speech and use of terms well known to him but not necessarily to us, followed by an explanation of the term's meaning.<br /><br />We had a good laugh, forgot about the unnecessary research in the books, and from that point on, there seemed to be an even better relationship between Dr. Doshe and many of us in the class. It is a nice memory to have.<br />BobFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37783149138207664332015-06-13T11:28:48.730-05:002015-06-13T11:28:48.730-05:00Watching with great anticipation,
I am.Watching with great anticipation, <br />I am.Bobhttp://thegundeck.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89577135815147290562015-06-13T11:17:34.269-05:002015-06-13T11:17:34.269-05:00Very interestingVery interestingRedJack #22noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8391234078904957452015-06-13T10:57:58.017-05:002015-06-13T10:57:58.017-05:00Given the reddit posts from another claimed employ...Given the reddit posts from another claimed employee that said that the company stands with Gallo, I'm taking all backchannel leaks with a grain of salt. We'll see what Macmillian and Tor actually do.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-31818535566753168492015-06-13T10:54:00.939-05:002015-06-13T10:54:00.939-05:00Here's hoping Tor/Macmillan are "shaking ...Here's hoping Tor/Macmillan are "shaking things up," and in a positive direction. <br /><br />Disagreement over politics - and even a willingness to argue them - is one thing. <br /><br />Openly expressing contempt for anyone who doesn't agree with you, especially when they happen to be your clients, customers and authors (!) is something quite different...and there's a bunch of people over at Tor and Tor.com who crossed that line a long time ago. And Irene Gallo isn't even the worst offender over there, by far.<br /><br />That said, whatever happens to Gallo (and/or PNH, Liz Bourke, etc.), I'm thinking John C. Wright's days as a Tor author are numbered, especially after the way he was treated in the Tom Doherty apology thread over at Tor.com. (And especially if Gallo and some of her like-minded fellows are shown the door.) It started with accusations of homophobia by the Torcommers and quickly escalated to the point of anti-Christianity, with a side order of "payback" for our daring to criticize Gallo. <br /><br />For that matter, I'm wondering how much longer Brandon Sanderson will last over there, absent some major changes in Tor's editorial staff. Didn't he face some nasty accusations of being anti-gay a few years ago, based on his being LDS?<br /><br />--Wes S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52481164823923022532015-06-13T10:28:41.990-05:002015-06-13T10:28:41.990-05:00Yes! "I'll be baack."Yes! "I'll be baack."Reddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084989411936052457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-39321070859600513942015-06-13T10:18:45.718-05:002015-06-13T10:18:45.718-05:00I'll have my popcorn ready! :-DI'll have my popcorn ready! :-DDave W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17241177379214416053noreply@blogger.com