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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 161
Message ID: 42
#42, RE: Acceptance of the Notion of Artificial Sentiance
Posted by Wedge on Oct-21-01 at 11:06 PM
In response to message #40
>>Actually I've never read any of Niven's works; I bear Mr. Niven
>>himself a personal animus which prevents me from having any interest
>>in doing so.
>>
>I'm curious about that story, but (as always) it's your call...

It's been taken care of in a previous thread. I'd link to it, but it's the recently locked 'least likely' thread, and I'd not wish a time bomb like that on anyone, so I'l cut and paste the text, as it's Venom!Gryphon at his best and deserves to be shared. :)

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Originally posted Jul-29-01 AT 05:43 PM (EDT)
>>That would be because Larry Niven can just fuck right the hell off.
>
>Like, have some venom?
>(wonder why...)

Well, it could be because his writing isn't enjoyable. Or it could be because his theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, his methods are sloppy, and his conclusions are highly questionable. Or maybe it has to do with his misogynistic streak, though admittedly that has been eclipsed on my personal contempt scale by that of Dave Sim (which isn't so much a streak as a load-bearing member). Or it could be because he destroyed the WPI Science Fiction Society's con, Technicon, back in the 80s, and nearly destroyed the SFS itself in the process.

Or you could boil all that down and encapsulate it in the more concise phrase, "he sucks."

--G.
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