Hitch et all,
My usual... read.
On Nov 27, 1:58 am, "Hitch" <hi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Oh, hell, I don't even bear KA any grudge. He's been a writing hack for
> years, doing SW novels and everything else. Everyone deserves to eat,
and
> if he could earn bigger bucks doing a derivative copyright Dune book,
rather
> than a derivative copyright SW book, who can blame him?
I agree to a point. If he was such a major fan of the DC wouldn't he
for the sake of decency just leave well enough alone?
>
> BUT, that hardly excuses BH; I mean, riding one's father's coattails is
one
> thing...riding them in such a blatantly self-aggrandizing way, and then
> dimini****ng your father's legacy in such a derisive fa****on...well, that
is
> JUST hellspawn-ish. The really tawdry part is that it's likely that a
> top-notch SF writer might, just MIGHT, have been able to craft a decent
> series of novels to "flesh out" (couldn't resist a ghola pun) some of
the
> Duniverse..but now that possibility is utterly quashed by this pabulum
being
> peddled to the Ignoscenti.
Brian Herbert is a hack writer who betrayed his father's legacy.
'nough said on that point.
>
> I've been skimming the "threads" around here...seeing some of what has
been
> written about the prequels, the sequels, and all the other trash is just
> brain-bending. I stopped reading them at that Star Trek-rip-off
plotline
> with the invisible ****p in the belly of the Navigator ****p. I think -
and
> this is a good, what, 8 years ago? - that drivel was the second book,
> although it might have been the first. Don't know, and admit I don't
care.
>
> And what do you MEAN you are flattered I remembered? How's YOUR "K"
doing?
> (See, that gingko must be working). I responded to your initial "I'm
back"
> post somewhere around here...taking due umbrage at the "old gal"
comment.
> :-)
Well do tell! You be, with the exception of both my grandmothers, the
only "old gal" I know that has larger genitial than yours truely. And
I take umbrage at your umbrage!
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Hitch
John
>
> "JohnK" <jken...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
> news:99eaba43-4685-4aec-93f7-4b7d503c2e9b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> > On Nov 24, 3:51 am, "Fred" <> wrote:
> >> Hitch said,
>
> >> > EGAD!!
>
> >> > Beware, John Kenny: You summon The First Ones, you GET The First
Ones.
> >> > I
> >> > can't believe you are chumming the infamous "hero or villain"
waters.
> >> > You must
> >> > be bored spitless, dear boy, or, I suppose, you could just be
looking
> >> > for
> >> > newbies to chew on. It seems as though Gunnar is still about; is
he
> >> > not the
> >> > keeper of the FAQ these days (and a damn nice one, too, Gunnar,
> >> > wherever thou
> >> > art)? I had a quick note from Daniel the other day, which prompted
me
> >> > to drop
> >> > in on you miscreants.
>
> >> > So, John: What the HELL do you want? :-)
>
> >> Welcome back Hitch. Grab up a chair and sit down a spell. I
understand
> >> that you
> >> liven up a conversation ...
>
> >> --
> >> Fred
>
> > Hitch,
>
> > Haha! "First Ones" indeed. I'm flattered you remember.
>
> > What do I want? How about reading that a certain two hack writers were
> > last seen consummed by a strange creature from the deep Sahara?
>
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