Comments on: Strange Horizons Friday: I’m Matching Donations

By: rick

rick — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:53:03 +0000

“…and totally scared for what might happen if Scalzi ever decides to use his powers for evil.”

Yeah. He could start taping bacon to cats and who *knows* were that will lead.

By: Christopher Hawley

Christopher Hawley — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:09:29 +0000

Cyan @102: I haven’t tried the Coke Zero, so the comparison may be lopsided… but in my own experience fifty bucks worth of Red Vines is more fun than five hundred of the other stuff.

Lasts longer, too. :-)

By: AJ Shephard

AJ Shephard — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:02:19 +0000

OK, this has got to stop. My “beer budget” for the month is now even less.

Yesterday I donated to SH, today I purchased the limited edition of Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded from Subterranean Press.

By: mythago

mythago — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:33:19 +0000

I’d like to see the $500-based cost/benefit ratio comparison between Red Vines & Coke Zero vs. hookers & blow.

Clearly we need some sort of write-off. Maybe that Scalvi guy would get in on it.

By: Keith_Indy

Keith_Indy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:07:25 +0000

totally scared for what might happen if Scalzi ever decides to use his powers for evil.

I expect it would mean free bacon…

Also some credit (a little at least) ought to go to I09 which linked to this post. That’s where I saw John’s matching challenge.

http://io9.com/5337829/take-john-scalzis-money-and-help-keep-the-science-in-short-fiction

By: Regina Franchi

Regina Franchi — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:13:54 +0000

Whateverites Rock: The current update shows “$11655 donated so far!” compared to the $1565 when JS wrote this post…I realize it wasn’t all us, but dayum…I agree, if JS ever decides to use his powers for evil……..

By: William Schafer

William Schafer — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:40:45 +0000

Susan @111: I’m afraid John has used his powers for evil, and I am the result. Ineffectual, derivative evil, but the honest effort is there.

Bill
SubPress

By: Ceri

Ceri — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:11:05 +0000

I donated yesterday and went and checked the donation total first thing this morning. “Wouldn’t it be cool,” I thought “If they got all $7000?”

HOLY CRAP.

What an amazing, amazing thing you’ve done with this matching drive. Thank you, from a fan of short fiction, and someone who just likes to see people helping one another.

I agree with what’s posted above – I hope you always use your powers for good.

By: Susan Marie Groppi

Susan Marie Groppi — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:00:59 +0000

So up there in Scalzi’s post when he said “What I would say would be an even better outcome, however, is an even larger pile of donations sent along to Strange Horizons, for which my and Krissy’s $500 is just the cherry on the top.” You guys far exceeded any reasonable expectations for that “better outcome.” I’ve just finished doing all the tabulating, and the grand total for the 27-hour Scalzi Challenge period came to $9590. When you add in the matching funds from John and Krissy, that’s just over ten thousand dollars raised.

I don’t think I can possibly express how much this means to Strange Horizons, and to all of our staff members. We’re going to keep the fund drive open for a while longer in case anyone else wants to donate, but we’ve totally met and passed our overall fundraising goal. I’m totally overwhelmed by the generosity all of you have shown, and totally scared for what might happen if Scalzi ever decides to use his powers for evil.

By: Hobbyns

Hobbyns — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:52:17 +0000

I missed this, but I’ll see what I can do to help. Strange Horizons reviews are some that I respect highly, even when they make me so mad I want to spit. It’s a worthy site that emphasizes quality over quantity, and it needs to stick around.