Howdy all! Just curious if anyone else noticed this randomly at some point long ago...
My two favorite authors of all time and eternity are OSC (obviously, or I wouldn't be here) and Douglas Adams. I'm assuming many of you are pretty avid sci-fi readers and have read some of Adams' works, most notably the HHGTTG. Anyway, I make a point of posting a little memorial at all sites which mention his passing. While checking up on my posting at douglasadams.com, my eye caught a heading reading "I'm Glad He's Dead." Unable to resist, I opened it. The posting read "Personally, I'm glad he's dead. Now there's more room on the market for the rest of us." It went on for a while, even calling Mr. Adams a "worthless piece of scum." This was all rather offensive to me as a great fan of his, and I was appalled to think someone would post such a comment in a forum meant to commemorate his life, but I was even more dismayed to find that the author of the posting called himself OSC, and closed with a link to Ender's Game with a P.S. suggesting we read "his" book.
I'm not sure whether the posting was actually written by Mr. Card, or if it was just some smart aleck kid trying to provoke response. It certainly doesn't seem like the kind of thing Mr. Card would say, particularly in a memorial forum. Anyone else seen this, or have an opinion on the subject? I'd be terribly disillusioned to learn that Mr. Card actually DID author the posting...I've been a tremendous fan of his now for years...
Thanks! -Melissa
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
I don't know OSC personally or anything, but I can say with absolute certainty that it was NOT really him.
Posted by adamsfrood42 (Member # 7464) on :
Didn't think so. I couldn't picture him saying something like that in reference to a man many of his own fans enjoy reading the works of.
Even if it WERE him, you could technically have construed him as being sarcastic. Douglas would have appreciated the humor.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
OSC would never post anything of the kind.
Posted by kacard (Member # 200) on :
OSC absolutely did NOT post anything like that. Nor would he ever. We would really appreciate a link to that site so we can at least ask them to take that incredibly offensive impersonation down! Thanks, Kristine Card
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
Wow, it seems like people really have it in for OSC. First, the racist thing, now this?
Posted by adamsfrood42 (Member # 7464) on :
I thought most people would agree with me. It's nice to know I don't have to suffer through disillusionment.
By the way, Mrs. Card, I just feel like mentioning that I think it's awesome that your son Charlie Ben is disabled. I have two brothers with autism myself and appreciate any reference portraying the disabled community in a positive light, especially through one of my favorite authors (i.e., in the acknowledgements at the end of SotH) Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Charlie Ben passed away a couple of years ago. I have a number of disabled relatives and while I love them very much, I'm not sure "it's awesome" is quite the sentiment I would go for. It is awesome how OSC has incorporated his experiences into sympathetic characters. I think that may have been what you meant.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
The scary thing is...people might actually think it's him
quote: Come on folks. Orson and Douglas were good friends and both had a great sense of humor. Take it for the good nature between authors that it was meant.
That scares me.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*blink* I find it hard to believe that Orson Scott Card and Douglas Adams were good friends. Although Kristine is welcome to correct me if I'm wrong, two more different people are difficult to imagine. Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
What I meant was that people are actually talking as if it was really OSC saying those things.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Wow. Sometimes you just have to sit back and look at some folks like they're part of a fascinating sociological experiment, rather than being actual people. Cause then you'd get mad Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
Adam[edit: Melissa], you seem to have picked a weird first topic about Card.
I like Douglas Adams also, and didn't know he was dead, I'm sorry to hear that. Morbo
[Edit:I copied this from another thread that adam=melissa was on, because I was DWP--Drunk While Posting: wouldnt u like to read... Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Jeeseee I'm Dumb!!!! It took me reading this entire thread to go "wait a minute, wasn't Douglas Adams the guy that wrote the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?" Even though it was mentioned in the first post!!! I didn't recognize it first because it was only its anitials.(HHGTTG) I'm feeling slow now. I've been saying it for years, School rots our brains.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
P.S. I didn't know he was dead. That's to bad. How recently did this happen?
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
mothertree said:
quote:Charlie Ben passed away a couple of years ago.
[ March 08, 2005, 03:28 PM: Message edited by: AntiCool ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I never knew Douglas Adams.
But even if he had been my worst enemy, I wouldn't have made such a crude and tasteless post. Even if I were that much of a jerk, I'm not a stupid jerk - I know how it would make me look.
And the giveaway is that I would never, never, never ask people to read or buy Ender's Game. That's just pathetic.
So whoever posted it was deliberately trying to make me look like a stupid self-promoting jerk.
This is wrong. Because I'm a completely different kind of jerk. I'm a devilishly clever, deceptively benign, conspiratorial jerk who plans to take over the world within the next five years, but to do it so deviously that no one will ever know that I did it. Nor will anyone notice when I relinquish control only a few days later, after I have subtly crushed all my enemies under my feet in ways that they think are the result of their own foolish choices.
Nyah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I always knew you were Peter.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
I'm confused. Is "peter" OSC, and is OSC the actual guy?
*screams into nearest pillow*
ok, I'm done.
Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
quote: - OSC's goal in life. To write and direct a romantic comedy that's even better and more successful than You've Got Mail. And no, I'm not joking.---OSC in another thread.
I'm a devilishly clever, deceptively benign, conspiratorial jerk who plans to take over the world within the next five years, but to do it so deviously that no one will ever know that I did it. --OSC, this thread.
You've out-smarted yourself, Mr. Card--now the whole world will gasp in shock at your fiendish plot to conquer the world using romantic comedy.
Morbo
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
That's what they'll THINK I'm doing.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
*collapses*
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Y'know, initially I was skeptical of OSC's plans... But then I noticed his posting times. 2:30AM is prime plotting-to-take-over-the-world time.
Why else do you think all Ronco infomercials air on almost every channel at that time?
-Bok
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote: Why else do you think all Ronco infomercials air on almost every channel at that time?
Because it's so hard to remember things then. It's much easier to just set it and forget it.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Mr. Card you will have to take it away from Mickey Mouse first. I mean Disney has a piece of everything out their from TV to toothbrushes. Mickey rules the world and we just don't realize it. So I ask you...Are you prepared to face that kind of enemy? Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
quote:I'm a devilishly clever, deceptively benign, conspiratorial jerk who plans to take over the world within the next five years, but to do it so deviously that no one will ever know that I did it.
While you're at it, could you please force the Kozy Shack company to sell their flan in 18-ounce tubs instead of those tiny little single-serving cups that you have to eat six or seven of in order to feel full?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
So...do you routinely fill up on flan Yozhik?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Flan that is not homemade, that you buy in a plastic cup at a grocery store, is an abomination. I'm quite certain Mr. Card agrees with me on this.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
**Eagerly awaits arrival of homemade flan from Icarus**
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Just don't fill up on it!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:FLAN
½ taza azúcar blanca 5 huevos 1 lata leche condensada 1 taza leche 1 cdta de vainilla
Ponga al fuego la media taza de azúcar hasta que se derrita y bañe con ese caramelo in molde de flan. Bata los huevos, claras y yemas, y añádelas la leche condensada, de la vaca, y la vainilla. Únalo todo bien y póngalo en el molde acaramelado. Cocínelo al baño de María hasta que al introducirle un palillo salga seco. En una olla de presión cocínelo a 15 libras de presión con tres cuartos taza de agua durante 20 ó 25 minutos.
Enjoy!
Posted by Swede (Member # 7560) on :
Tack för receptet! Planerar en kupp för att ta över marknaden! Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
If anyone is going to take over the world, I will rule the world. With the swift hand of iron dictatorship the world shall bend to my rule. And then I can munipulate grammar to fit my own means so that way cheese means death. The world shall crumble. And Monty Python, OSC, and Douglas Adams will become required material for everyone in the known universe to be familiar with.
Posted by Swede (Member # 7560) on :
Sounds like the best plan ever. You might consider not telling everyone about your secret plans, however. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
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Anyway, I make a point of posting a little memorial at all sites which mention his passing. While checking up on my posting at douglasadams.com, my eye caught a heading reading "I'm Glad He's Dead." Unable to resist, I opened it. The posting read "Personally, I'm glad he's dead. Now there's more room on the market for the rest of us." It went on for a while, even calling Mr. Adams a "worthless piece of scum." This was all rather offensive to me as a great fan of his, and I was appalled to think someone would post such a comment in a forum meant to commemorate his life, but I was even more dismayed to find that the author of the posting called himself OSC, and closed with a link to Ender's Game with a P.S. suggesting we read "his" book. ![[Angst]](graemlins/angst.gif)
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