He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus
Yea but he is a very nice person so I’d expect him to say nice things. I know he didn’t like Perrin killing his wife. Well him having a wife at the beginning is dumb anyway
Yea, I’ve heard that as well. Makes zero sense and that is a drastic change from the source material. I hate it when people who’ve read the books defend the show
Sounds like some hack "reporter" is pissed that no one wants to read his "great american novel" on the depressing life of a transgender jewish person who's addicted to drugs, pornography, and other forms of self harm but is held up as a Christ figure for taking breaks between their autogyniphiic fantasies to think about how they would totally sacrifice themselves to save some person who hates them. Not actually doing it. just thinking about it. like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye.
Of course. I remember an article showing how the Hugos and other awards snub writers who actually sell. Sanderson and Orson Scott Card were two that I remember them mentioning
Larry Correia is another one. Mormon too. They fucking hate him. He was a firearms instructor and dealer before his writing career took off. He just put out a great book on the second amendment.
Most of his stuff is more fantasy than scifi depending on how you define them. His main series is Monster Hunter International. It's about a band of mercenaries that hunts monsters for the bounties paid by the feds or private parties. It's good fun. He has an epic fantasy series hes working on, Saga of the Forgotten Warrior based in an world with an indian like caste system. There is a diesel punk sorcery trilogy set right before ww2 that is a bit more series than his monster hunter series but not quite epic fantasy. Hes got a few Mech books out too. I havent read those yet. Hes big into gaming and has a miniatures board game on kickstarter based on his MHI series.
Baen is his publisher. If you're looking for non-cucked military scifi they have a ton. I'll usually pick up anything with a baen logo I see at a used book store even if I havent heard of it.
Sounds good. I’ll be sure to look for his books. I’ve noticed that about Baen as well. I guess they are run by people who actually are fans of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Makes me want to buy his books even more. I remember seeing him get attacked because he didn’t have gay characters.
Has he given any opinions on the Wheel of Time show?
I think I remember reading that he makes himself think that the show is not about the books but something unrelated.
Might misremember, could even be a different author and a different IP
He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus
Yea but he is a very nice person so I’d expect him to say nice things. I know he didn’t like Perrin killing his wife. Well him having a wife at the beginning is dumb anyway
Yea, I’ve heard that as well. Makes zero sense and that is a drastic change from the source material. I hate it when people who’ve read the books defend the show
Sounds like some hack "reporter" is pissed that no one wants to read his "great american novel" on the depressing life of a transgender jewish person who's addicted to drugs, pornography, and other forms of self harm but is held up as a Christ figure for taking breaks between their autogyniphiic fantasies to think about how they would totally sacrifice themselves to save some person who hates them. Not actually doing it. just thinking about it. like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye.
What you describe sounds like the modern day books or shows that win awards
They win awards but they dont generate the millions that Sanderson can get from a month's work writing.
Of course. I remember an article showing how the Hugos and other awards snub writers who actually sell. Sanderson and Orson Scott Card were two that I remember them mentioning
Larry Correia is another one. Mormon too. They fucking hate him. He was a firearms instructor and dealer before his writing career took off. He just put out a great book on the second amendment.
He writes military sci- fi? Either way I’ve been meaning to get some of his books
Most of his stuff is more fantasy than scifi depending on how you define them. His main series is Monster Hunter International. It's about a band of mercenaries that hunts monsters for the bounties paid by the feds or private parties. It's good fun. He has an epic fantasy series hes working on, Saga of the Forgotten Warrior based in an world with an indian like caste system. There is a diesel punk sorcery trilogy set right before ww2 that is a bit more series than his monster hunter series but not quite epic fantasy. Hes got a few Mech books out too. I havent read those yet. Hes big into gaming and has a miniatures board game on kickstarter based on his MHI series.
Baen is his publisher. If you're looking for non-cucked military scifi they have a ton. I'll usually pick up anything with a baen logo I see at a used book store even if I havent heard of it.
Sounds good. I’ll be sure to look for his books. I’ve noticed that about Baen as well. I guess they are run by people who actually are fans of Sci-Fi/Fantasy
It's Wired they have, like what, 10 readers left...
I just saw a video on that.
https://youtu.be/g4cqq0G2El8