In case you were wondering why Vox Day is trolling the heck out of John Scalzi (other than the known fact that Vox is a hateful human being who trolls in the same way he takes a dump: regularly and pungently), all is now made clear.
Scalzi is the current president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Theodore Beale aka Vox Day is now running for office. He’s got to make himself known to the voting public, and since his sole talent is to be an embarrassing sphincter, he’s going with his strengths.
By the way, that link will take you to Jim Hines blog, who does a marvelous job of documenting Vox Day’s revolting ideas.
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David Gerard
5 February 2013 at 7:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh dear, and I thought “vote carefully or you’ll get aburt” was a dire enough warning.
whheydt
5 February 2013 at 9:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sheesh… It’s not like the *public* gets to vote for SFWA president.
Ing:Intellectual Terrorist "Starting Tonight, People will Whine"
5 February 2013 at 9:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
dare I want to know what Vox has written that is judged of value? Intersteller Bum Pirates?
dianne
5 February 2013 at 9:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Calling Vox Day VD seems vaguely unfair to spirochetes. And Scalzi versus VD…it’s not even really a Bambi versus Godzilla situation. More of a small cockroach versus Godzilla situation: VD’s so badly outclassed it’s pathetic. Even more pathetic is the fact that VD will never realize it. Glad Scalzi came up with a way to make some good come out of the situation anyway.
Marcus Ranum
5 February 2013 at 9:56 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
dare I want to know what Vox has written that is judged of value?
Perhaps he’s a shoo-in for the L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi prize for most prolific author suffering from verbal diarreah. I imagine anything Vox produced would read like a “Gor” novel written by Hubbard while he was sick at sea.
dianne
5 February 2013 at 10:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I imagine anything Vox produced would read like a “Gor” novel written by Hubbard while he was sick at sea.
I doubt it’s that good, actually.
Ing:Intellectual Terrorist "Starting Tonight, People will Whine"
5 February 2013 at 10:05 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@Marcus
So he’s Piers Anthony?
David Marjanović
5 February 2013 at 10:06 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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That is all.
ChasCPeterson
5 February 2013 at 10:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
How anybody manages to discuss the guy without linking to this worth-a-thousand-worder is beyond me.
Marcus Ranum
5 February 2013 at 10:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
How anybody manages to discuss the guy without linking to this worth-a-thousand-worder is beyond me.
When your Great Big Sword is on fire like that, it’s usually a fungal infection. Hmmm…. Is that the origin of the expression “flaming asshole”?
Marcus Ranum
5 February 2013 at 10:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So he’s Piers Anthony?
Imagine if one of Piers Anthony’s toenail clippings was able to reach a keyboard…
mythbri
5 February 2013 at 11:21 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@Ing
Vox Day’s “work” is discussed in the comments on the Jim C. Hines link. Some kind of Christian dystopic fantasy, from what I could gather, co-written with one or more other people.
I was frankly surprised to learn he was a member. It kind of makes his obsession with John Scalzi a little less random.
Ing:Intellectual Terrorist "Starting Tonight, People will Whine"
5 February 2013 at 11:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’d hope one would need more than one work to be president
d.f.manno
5 February 2013 at 12:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@ Ing:Intellectual Terrorist (#13):
One work could do it. SFWA Active Members are eligible for office, and the publishing requirements to be an Active Member are:
pixelfish
5 February 2013 at 2:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I know who RSHD reminds me of now: The Monarch, insisting to Dr. Venture that he is his Nemesis. (Except the Monarch is kind of adorably dopy in his desperation and the RSHD is not.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBSlxIYMmW0 – “He’s my arch-enemy!” “I’ve never even heard him mention you!”
See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8IspjFLnk “It must be dreamy to have a costumed nemesis! Chasing you, wringing his gloved hands in concern over you every move…”
Jadehawk
5 February 2013 at 3:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
someone out there published, at a cost, something VD wrote? And someone somewhere bought it?
O.o
This sort of raises the question though: does this mean Left Behind is in fact NOT the world’s worst book?
Stacy
6 February 2013 at 5:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
HA ha!
The Guardian picked up this story–and they don’t name Beale! He’s just referred to as “one particular individual.” :D
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/feb/05/trolls-prompt-author-charity-donation
David Marjanović
6 February 2013 at 8:54 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
:-D
They’re trying not to feed the troll! FOR SCIENCE!
…Wwwwwell, Left Behind in any case isn’t the worst theoretically possible book. Imagine Left Behind written in the style of The Eye of Argon.
Or, y’know, rather don’t.
Louis
6 February 2013 at 9:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Vox Day is truly a Fractal OmniDouche. There is no area, and no level, which, upon further examination, he is not a colossal arsehat.
I defy anyone to find one single redeemable feature for the excrescence.
Louis
strange gods before me ॐ
6 February 2013 at 9:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am fond of his nym. I suppose it might be redeemable for 1/10¢.
strange gods before me ॐ
6 February 2013 at 9:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
On further consideration, though I am fond of the pun, it can still be said to be douchy and arsehattish. I suspect it is not at all tounge-in-cheek, or not very.
Ing:Intellectual Terrorist "Starting Tonight, People will Whine"
6 February 2013 at 9:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Permutations in his nym pun adopted by others could be funny to watch him go ballistic.
Vox Gay
Vox May
Vox Play
Vox Gray
Vox Drea (Dr)
Louis
6 February 2013 at 11:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hasn’t our beloved Josh already taken Vox Gay in a manner of speaking?
Louis
John Morales
6 February 2013 at 2:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Louis, I’d say so.
Chris Clarke
6 February 2013 at 3:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Vox Day. Vox Day. Where do I remember that utterly inconsequential name from?
Oh, right. This.