So, I've recently discovered this side of the writing forum...which, I must admit, is nice. I read a few places where Orson Scott Card wrote back to people. Does he really? Is it he?
Posted by Kent (Member # 7850) on :
Christmas in April! Yes he does condescend to speak with us, though who knows when he will get back to doing other things again? Anyway, hopefully it isn't today.
Posted by Mr_Megalomaniac (Member # 7695) on :
No, actually it's a crazed fan who created this site and only thinks that he is OSC. All of us are just humoring him. j/k of course. Tis him. Tis him.
edit dang, guess I took too long figuring out what to say, and now I'm not first. Thanks alot first poster intiative person.
second edit aparantley I can;t tipe nither
[ April 25, 2005, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Mr_Megalomaniac ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
If you call it "condescending" again, I'll stop.
Which is exactly your evil plan, I know it.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
*chuckles*
Mr Card is ALOT more active in recent weeks on Hatrack then in previous months thoughI wonder if he is using it as a form of procrastination to distract him from writing the next Ender's Game books.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
He's doing it cause he <3's his fans Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
y'know it took me 2 minutes to figure out that <3 formed a hearts.
Posted by Moonshine (Member # 7893) on :
Dude...this is soooooo beyond cool. Although I s'pose it's a bit strange when all that a 16 year old girl wants in life is to read and write and then get uber excited about Orson Scott Card.
Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :
It took me to read your post Sid to figure that one out! and I work in IT!! Where's that cup of coffee when you need it?
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Personally, I'm sort of sad that 'condescend' no longer means what it meant when Jane Austen wrote it.
Posted by delusional1 (Member # 7896) on :
i think it's very admirable that Mr. Card takes time to communicate with the people who admire him so much . . . of course we do help support him
anyway, i think he is ubersmart for realizing that getting to know your audience is the best way to make sure you keep their interest and keep them coming back for more. unfortunately, once most people reach a certain status, they forget that they were once the ones curled up with a book that might as well be glued to their hand while wishing they could pick the brain of such a fabulous mind.
wait, is that just me who feels that way??? oh well, i admit it. of my top 5 people, dead or alive, who i would like to have an in depth conversation with, OSC is definitely at the top.
Posted by wiggin105 (Member # 7897) on :
At the top? Maybe 4 or 5, but the top? what about Newton or Plato or Einstein or even Jesus? don't get me wrong, I think OSC is a great author, but I don't think I’d put him a my #1 on my top 5 list of people I’d like to talk to.
OSC, Plato, Einstein, Newton, Jesus, and me (the one with a balloon) Posted by wiggin105 (Member # 7897) on :
ouch
and I, not me.
and i'm posting on an author's website...
Posted by delusional1 (Member # 7896) on :
let me address the grammatical error first. i know, trust me i know. i had to edit my first entry on the "ponderings" post after the fact because i had mistyped one word and used another incorrectly.
second, i am not interested in the theoretical ideas of how the universe works, so no plato or einstein. i don't believe in jesus as the messiah, so no jesus, either.
my interests lie in discussing the thoughts of a mind that can so clearly communicate a world he sees in his own head and raise such questions and debates on morality and human nature, without all the scientific explanation BS.
call me crazy, but that's what i dig. Posted by delusional1 (Member # 7896) on :
and, actually, in the context of what your sentence would have been had you made it full length and had the complete intent, me would have been correct i believe.
Posted by wiggin105 (Member # 7897) on :
in reply to all that you typed: ok, i respect that
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
There's no verb to show what the case of that long noun phrase is. If all that is the subject, then it's "I". If it's the object, it's "me".
"OSC, Plato, Einstein, Newton, Jesus, and I (the one with a balloon) are all dancing."
"Come join the party with OSC, Plato, Einstein, Newton, Jesus, and me (the one with a balloon)."
For my part, I have no particular interest in a conversation with Plato, Einstein, or Newton. Socrates, perhaps. I don't believe in Christ as the Messiah either, but I do believe that Jesus of Nazareth existed and was an important philosopher. So that would be interesting. I'd also really like to have a conversation with Desmond Morris.
So here's my own party. It consists of OSC, Desmond Morris, Jesus of Nazareth, Marcus Aurelius, Isaac Asimov, and me (the one with a balloon).
Posted by Mr_Megalomaniac (Member # 7695) on :
I'm bored sooo... I'm gonna throw a party too!
Nobdoy came...
Though it would have been cool to "party" with: OSC, Dante Alighieri, Hayao Miyazaki, (say what you will,) and ol' Leonardy, (not the turtle,) and Leonardo, (yes the turtle.) Though I don't know how many of these people discussed are much into partying. Eh, I'm sure Mr. Card is a party-animal. Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
Uber?
I'd pick Jesus. And I'd give him a hug. *awww*
Posted by delusional1 (Member # 7896) on :
uber as in extremely. i'm sorry, i'm used to my friends who use the term all the time.
Posted by Moonshine (Member # 7893) on :
I use that word too. It's german for super...I think.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Actually, it means "over". But yeah, in context, it's the same basic thing.
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