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He's a writer I admire distantly without wanting to read any more of.

A silly story in some ways, resonant in others.

Didn't mean either of you John Scalzi and Harry Turtledove!

Understandably.

I doubt he wants to be drawn into the latest Stancil row.

Good grief! This is just stupid.

*Bad*, doesn't mean *not having politically correct views*.

Take no notice! The guy's a fool.

Even then, before I'd given up on R4, I tried to avoid their news programmes.

I was, and I didn't.

I agree. He's first post was pretty bad, but he's acknowledged that.

Fair enough. You probably didn't read the loathsome copy he wrote. I definitely wish I'd read less than I did.

I can't remember him being other than completely vile but it's true I only became aware of his existence in the last 10 years or so.

There is that.

After RoP I think of *Sauron* as a beautiful deceiver. I forgot how looked at the beginning of FoTR.

"Wanna play The King of Mycenae? You get to wear a huge helmet so no one can see your face and you speak three lines." "Sure boss! As long as I get to stand outside a gate looking awesome."

*Benny Safdie. Damn you autocorrect!

Perfectly fine. I hope Scylla wasn't too disappointed in being kept so much in the background. The Sirens were treated even worse.

I thought Agamemnon was great. What unselfish acting by Benny Sadie!

Oh I mean it's sad he died young. I found.*Lord of Light* unreadable, but he wrote other things that I liked.