The descent of literary criticism
Natalie Luhrs will be live-tweeting her feelz about THE WAR IN HEAVEN, beginning June 11. I wonder if she'll like it?:
Before Theodore “Vox Day” Beale was the central figure in the Sad/Rabid Puppies Hugo Awards hacking, he wrote a series of religious-inspired fantasy novels for Pocket Books. And blogger Natalie Luhrs is going to live-tweet his debut novel, Eternal Warriors: The War in Heaven, for charity.Yeah, probably not. I'd be considerably more impressed if she'd chosen A THRONE OF BONES instead. And it's kind of a pity that she didn't choose THE WORLD IN SHADOW, I would have been genuinely interested to see her reaction to that. I'm rather dubious that 300 tweets that alternate between snarking about how bad the writing is and how stupid the author is will prove to be very entertaining for long.
Here’s how it works: You donate money to RAINN, a charity that operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline. (Or to a similar organization in your own country.) You send proof of your donation to Luhrs. And for every $5 you donate, Luhrs will livetweet a page of the book, starting June 11 with the hashtag #readingVD. She will also republish her tweets, with additional commentary, on a chapter-by-chapter basis, on her site, Pretty-Terrible. If people raise $2,000, she’ll do the entire book. (She is currently at $920.)
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Well, on the bright side, THE WAR IN HEAVEN does consist of gospel truths. So, in a way, she's spreading the gospel.
I mean, if you think about it, that's a win for us. You've gotten God's enemies doing our work for us.
Really neat how the rabbits dance to your tune.
If her tweets are more rigorous than "LOL", "ZOMG!", or "FAIL" I'll be impressed.
I am not expecting to be impressed.
Sparklepunter weighs in:
As someone who livetweeted Milo Yiannopolous’ “poetry” book, Eskimo Papoose, all I can do is wish her the best of luck. That shit is more toxic than Godzilla poop on a radioactive dump site.
Probability that this ends with her turning up in a Vegas brothel with a new name -- 66%
I actually really liked the "War in Heaven," but it definitely had the first novel vibe about it. It will be pretty easy to pick clunky spots I am sure. But, I totally stole one of the ideas from it for part of my setting in the novel I'm writing.
I thought she was just going to post her reaction to each page not the contents of each.
think of how much more money she could have raised by doing ATOB.
I liked Wrath of Angels best. Jehuel(sp?) really sticks in my mind for some reason. The scene where he transforms from mountebank back to archangel once he recovers his sword made a lasting impression.
Why not live-tweet on of the books nominated?
Keep a jug of eye bleach within reach and take a look at Natalie.
The horror... the horror...
A commenter marvels that some publisher paid him for it.
But the point is, some publisher DID pay him for it. So, by the only metric that matters, it was a successful book.
What's her claim to literary superiority? She can use Twitter?
I cannot imagine why I am not more impressed.
Keep a jug of eye bleach within reach and take a look at Natalie.
The horror... the horror...
I hadda go and look... ::shudder::
Keep a jug of eye bleach within reach and take a look at Natalie.
The horror... the horror...
Pretty Terrible. Seems appropriate.
What's her claim to literary superiority? She can use Twitter?
I cannot imagine why I am not more impressed.
It's all just SJW theater. Which in the end is all they have.
Hey let's live blog one of Natalie's books. Oh wait, she hasn't written any!
She must not know that the British government is hiring people to not write SF books. (Or can only Damien Walter have that job?)
I typed the title into google, having never read it. Ratings are 3.6/5 (Goodreads), 4/5 (Manybooks), 4.1/5 (Amazon) and 5/5 (Risingshadow).
So what's the point of this, exactly?
How do you live blog a book? The idea is silly in and of itself.
This would lend itself well to a drinking game...
Ilk, are we not entertained?
I don't care.
Bringing up literary quality is a very bad move for the SJW side. On the one hand, "Sarah/Sally", "the hoi polloi", or in VD's case "the Sun supported by rays".
On the other hand, "If You Were A Dinosaur My Love" or "The Day The World Turned Upside-Down".
Someone in the comments compared you to L. Ron Hubbard. Is that a first?
Ah, she used to be a book reviewer. Guessing she's unemployed now and attempting to capitalize on VD being the center of the maelstrom that's become the Hugos, crossing her fingers that io9 or some other SJW bastion of self-righteous twaddle will take notice and hire her.
Like those who can't do, teach, those who can't write, review. This should be interesting.
Hah.
Random thoughts:
* I *am* entertained. $40 wouldn't have bought nearly as much popcorn.
* There's no such thing as bad publicity.
* Yannamawanna or whatever was one of the first commenters on Lurtz's blog. No word on his progress in building a lifesized papier mache effigy of Vox though.
* Natalie Lurtz looks like a fat Paul Giamatti
* Lurtz's blog comments are full of legbeards snarking at the YA themes of a book they haven't read. The same sort of legbeards who gobble up YA nonsense like Twilight. Legbeards gonna beard-leg.
* That shit is more toxic than Godzilla poop on a radioactive dump site. - kiddie-rape chortler Chris Kluwe
* Charlie Jane Anders would make an awesome second-string Batman villain, called He-She.
Does Christianity have the only social doctrine unacceptable to SJWs? Not hardly Reformers want to Erase Confucius's Influence in Asia. That's a Mistake
Interpretations of Confucius have to better accommodate the modern imperative for gender parity and the desire for greater individual freedoms. Such reassessments have taken place many times before; Confucianism has never been a corpus of indelible strictures but a living, breathing doctrine that has been debated and reinterpreted to serve different needs in the past 2,500 years, in much the same way Christianity had its Reformation and Judaism made its own accommodations to the modern world. Now Confucius, who was every bit as important to East Asian civilization as Jesus was to the West, requires his own renaissance. After all, his influence can still be felt (for good and bad) within families, corporations, schools, governments and human relations of all types across East Asia.
For a minute you had a fan, and then she remembered, it was Thrones and Bones she liked, not A Throne of Bones. Oh the confusion.
This would lend itself well to a drinking game...
My thoughts exactly. Ilk more clever than I could certainly draft up a list of predictable comments/reactions to drink to.
Isn't live-tweeting your thoughts about things you are doing normally just called "tweeting?"
300 tweets that alternate between snarking about how bad the writing is and how stupid the author is will prove to be very entertaining for long.
Wow, Vox. You are so wrong.
Well... not exactly, but the things I could show you on the internet... twilight sporkings, 50 shade sporkings, slacktivist has even been doing the Left Behind sporkings. (even I tried my hand at a few, but I always tried to avoid bringing the author into it - it was my philosophy that a work should be mocked on its own)
There is an entire world out there you haven't even BEGUN to know about.
But I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
* Yannamawanna or whatever was one of the first commenters on Lurtz's blog. No word on his progress in building a lifesized papier mache effigy of Vox though.
He's having trouble finding a big enough strap-on and getting the pelvic thrust actuator to work reliably.
Of course she would choose your first novel, not something later that might be a bit more polished.
* Charlie Jane Anders would make an awesome second-string Batman villain, called He-She.
Not really. He's just another pink-haired faggot.
She's so twittarded that she is offended by angels fighting against demons? I'm so triggered right now.
Have none of these people heard the old show biz maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity"? Bit by bit, Tweet by Tweet, they are making Vox the most important person in SF.
Super boring. Quit cluttering up my twitter feed.
Super boring. Quit cluttering up my twitter feed.
I don't drink, but here's what I would have done in my drinking days:
* "creepy", "horrifying" - one sip
* "problematic" - one dram
* "*eye roll*" - one dram
* "Wow... just, wow." - two drams
* "So that’s a thing that happened." - two drams
* Any reference to Natalie eating - no drinking, I don't want anybody to die of liver failure
BTW her blog is a treasure trove of social justice legbeardery.
This post, in which she explains why Monster Hunter Nation commenter James May is engaged in nefarious "ongoing surveillance of women, persons of color, and other marginalized voices in the science fiction and fantasy community", is a classic of the genre.
May collects quotes that SJW's publicly broadcast on the internet. Apparently that is "surveillance" and it's NOT OK.
"Someone in the comments compared you to L. Ron Hubbard. Is that a first?"
Was it supposed to be derogatory? LRON lived on a yacht with hot chicks dressed up in sailor outfits and screwed with the IRS. Sounds pretty bad-ass to me.
Danby - He's just another pink-haired faggot.
Sure, but so was Jim Carrey's Riddler. And King Tut was just a fat guy who loved Egyptology.
Batman only looks good because most of his enemies are retarded. It's not enough for them to just rob a bank, they have to don improbable disguises and leave behind a series of easily-decyphered penguin-based clues or whatever. Anders would fit right in.
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social justice legbeardery
First I've read the expression.
I'm stealing it for future use (likely just offline).
@Steve
I followed the link and read the post you linked to. I guess that means I'm engaged in surveillance now too.
Apparently the difference between surveillance and reading someones public writings is whether or not they agree with you.
@Steve
"Batman only looks good because most of his enemies are retarded. It's not enough for them to just rob a bank, they have to don improbable disguises and leave behind a series of easily-decyphered penguin-based clues "
So true, so true.What's the point of hiding your identity when you're wearing an inch of white pancake and a Glasgow smile, purple velvet tails and striped pants? You're afraid a name is going to help people track you down?
You should have a sale, just so people easily can follow along. To be helpful.
Maybe offer Nathalie an affiliate coupon with a kickback, like "use VFM20 to get 20% at checkout". She gets 10% to her charity or wherever she wants. It's a great deal, right?
I haven't read the book yet, but talk about playing on the easy setting: "review a debut novel for writing maturity." Most of my favorite author's early books are... hm... obviously earlier books.
This has as much traction Pox Vay's lifeless blog. Bald tires screeching on the moistened talladega racetrack of SJW futility and tears.
Loved this quote, "Ugh,Vox Day. I only learned of this guy recently but by god, is he a vile, repulsive human being. As such, I don’t think I ever want to read any fiction he ever wrote."
Too bad...not only will it not read Vox's fiction but there alwo wont be any naughtiness in the bedroom either.
@JDC
There mad at Vox because they secretly want his babies, but know that can never happen.
Just kiddin, I'm a kidder.
How do you live blog a book?
If you're not capable of writing a 7th-grade-level book report with a logical structure and a comprehensive treatment of the work, you instead flip through it skimming for things that catch your fleeting attention, while posting whatever disconnected thoughts pop into your head to a communication service that's designed to scatter and forget them as soon as possible.
She sounds like a hate filled individual.
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Natalie Luhrs is proof of that old aphorism about feminism existing to give ugly women purpose. Holy cow.
Keep a jug of eye bleach within reach and take a look at Natalie.
The horror... the horror...
Ugly bitch only has one advantage over Ruth Bader Ginsburg, namely, fewer wrinkles.
As she most likely only gets tentative attention from Gammas and Omegas, no wonder she hates men and goes on about sexual assault.
* Yannamawanna or whatever was one of the first commenters on Lurtz's blog. No word on his progress in building a lifesized papier mache effigy of Vox though.
He's having trouble finding a big enough strap-on and getting the pelvic thrust actuator to work reliably.
I guess he's having trouble getting it hooked up to the chair.
OTOH, how many people who would not otherwise have been exposed to the book will now be getting a chance to see it?
Napoleon once said something to the effect of "never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake".
How little focus does she have to be able to tweet once per page? I can go 5 chapters without even stopping to blink. I certainly wouldn't notice turning pages.
Bad timing for the announcement on her part.
Twitter has better things to talk about today.
Wheaties might be the Breakfast of Champions, but they never talk about the side effects.
Hey according to the experts on 770 Vox isn't a Christian. In addition to being experts in literature and film they are apparently well versed in theology.
Mr. Wright isn't a Christian either because he once wanted to punch someone. If desiring to punch someone is a bar to salvation then I will be left behind for sure. If I am not thinking about punching someone it's because I am asleep.
Twittering Throne of Bones could be amusing, though.
Why doesnt she just post a link to Somethingawfuls review of the video game
I'm amazed that she could get more than $2.50 for this stupid and embarrassing superiority dance. The idiocy, cravenness, and cruelty of these noble SJWs never ceases to amaze.
I'm almost tempted to reclaim my Twitter ban, were it not that I really don't like liver.
> Napoleon once said something to the effect of "never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake".
Having thought about that for a while, why not figure out a way to lubricate their way?
More activist.
"Wheaties might be the Breakfast of Champions, but they never talk about the side effects.".
Lol. Nearly spewed claret all over the screen.
"BTW her blog is a treasure trove of social justice legbeardery."
Legbeardery..........that term just screams "fat, annoying lesbian".
Ugh.
I have two things that are bothering me.
Does War in Heaven have a Chapter 4?
And
Is there a virtual equivalent of a Nevada Whorehouse?
That would be awesome.
Is there a virtual equivalent of a Nevada Whorehouse?
Second Life?
Is there a virtual equivalent of a Nevada Whorehouse?
Tumblr
Really?
I hereby request Natalie Luhrs to read TIA via youtube video posted forevermore.
I suggest making sure she reaches the financial level where she has to read the entire book. Then hold her tweet-per-page promise up to scrutiny. Chances are decent she'll dodge reading it at all; chances are pretty good that she'll lightly skim it, and one can nail her on inconsistencies.
The flip side is that RAINN gets two grand, which will probably go to ATT bills.
In the meantime, let us never forget that Natalie Luhrs valued reading a book at $2,000. She could have picked any number, but that's what she came up with--entirely on her volition.
Somewhere in that is an SI unit--the Luhr.
"Hey according to the experts on 770 Vox isn't a Christian. In addition to being experts in literature and film they are apparently well versed in theology."
Oh obviously they can add that distinction. For example, they already go by the well-known maxim 'hate the sinner, love the sin'.
So, at least her web site title is accurate... I don't think eyebleach will fix what I've seen though.
Vox - this HAS to be devastating. I mean for someone like Natalie Lurch to threaten to publicly shame you... well it will be hard to make a come back from this. Sorry. You might want to seek counseling pro-actively.
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