Daily Archives: October 29, 2007
Just to Freak You All Out
Posted on October 29, 2007 30 Comments
A comment about sports: Is it just me, or does it seem like this year’s World Series was over in, like, a game and a half? I looked up one day, and suddenly they’d played three games, and then this morning, bam, it was done. I mean, really, totally missed it. I realize you folks […]
Things You Didn’t Know About John Perry
Posted on October 29, 2007 66 Comments
Persuant to the previous entry, I’ve decided now, in my authorian splendor, to inform you of things you didn’t know about John Perry, the protagonist of Old Man’s War and The Last Colony. These are not in the text! But they’re true. Oh, yes. 1. He’s distantly related to Ike Eisenhower. 2. He once nearly […]
What Authors Know About Their Characters
Posted on October 29, 2007 127 Comments
In a New York Times piece on Dumbledore’s homosexuality, critic Edward Rothstein suggests that J.K. Rowling, Dumbledore’s creator, might not know what she’s talking about: But it is possible that Ms. Rowling may be mistaken about her own character. She may have invented Hogwarts and all the wizards within it, she may have created the […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying