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"For twenty years now--yes, twenty--John Scalzi has been writing on his blog Whatever, writing about, well, whatever: Politics, writing, cats, the internet and the great social and cultural events of our times. In that time he's gone from being just another crank online to being a bestselling, award-winning crank, i.e., the very best kind of crank there is. With Virtue Signaling and Other Heresies, Scalzi looks back on the years 2013 through 2018. In this volume, Scalzi delves through the final term of Obama and the ushering in of the Trump years, surveys the increasingly-hostil online landscape, goes to the movies, and talks on subjects ranging from #MeToo to the teachers who shaped him growing up. Through it all, Scalzi's distinct voice -- funny, sarcastic, passionate, sometimes angry, and honed by two decades of daily writing served up to hundreds of thousands of readers monthly--is on full display"--Jacket. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I’ve read a little of Scalzi’s fiction, and I really like it. The military sci-fi books are not so much my bag, but I still love the way he writes. In his fiction, you can tell he’s a smart, funny guy. In his blog, he reveals more—about his childhood, his writing process, his family, and his thoughts on the issues of the day. It’s still a public version of himself, and he says as much in some of his entries, but it makes me like and appreciate him on a different level. He’s a good egg. He writes reasonably and intelligently regardless of topic, and I appreciate the open-mindedness and fairness at the heart of what he writes. I put one of my favorite quotes from the book in a status update, but I’ll repeat it here.
This is the type of thing that rings so true to me, I highlight it, along with things like his repeated assertion that “the failure mode of clever is ‘ass-hole,’” which doesn’t have quite the same ring as the first quote, but is no less true. He does have a knack for the memorable phrase.
His posts about his wife and daughter are incredibly sweet. Although my life experience is very different from his, I think the fact that we’re about the same age and have been married for the same number of years makes me relate more to him.
Recommended whether or not you’ve read his fiction. ( )