February 25, 2008

A fine rant - the Science Fiction Writers of America

BoingBoing has a link to a wonderful rant from Science Fiction writer John Scalzi about a self-styled SF writer (who self-published his only novel) who has been VP of this organization before and who now wants to be the President. Scalzi's rant is here: A Gut Check Moment for SFWA Two excerpts:
As for Andrew Burt, I think he would be a fine president too, as long as what SFWA members want to do is publicly and enthusiastically cut the organization’s throat.
and:
The fact Burt wants to be president of SFWA after jamming the organization into a wall twice in the last year suggests to my mind either an Aspergian lack of cluefulness, or a grim, committed drive to prove that the Peter Principle is wrong, and that, indeed, one can rise beyond one’s level of incompetence, perchance to explore heretofore unknown, virgin realms of incompetence none have ever seen before. Alas toward the latter, SFWA would be chained to him and dragged along as he frisked about these new lands.
Whatever you do, do not get a writer pissed off at you -- especially a writer of Scalzi's caliber... Posted by DaveH at February 25, 2008 7:01 PM | TrackBack
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