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Expert in western Necrophilic Consciousness, Misanthropic fuck, Malicious obsequio In face stultitiae.
The Heights of Despair Katılım Mart 2009
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The headline is that TradPub tried to excise guys like this and largely succeeded. I don’t like his prose, but I would’ve rather had the whole industry be The Martian than what we have now. Instead, Andy Weir is going to be an exception and few will follow in his footsteps.
Trung Phan@TrungTPhan
Andy Weir describing how he wrote The Martian and film got made is very entertaining. He said, “I wanted to make sure dorks like me would enjoy it, so made it as scientifically accurate as possible” Here the play-by-play: ▫️started writing full time in 1999 after getting fired from AOL (which had just merged with Netscape) ▫️he was a programmer and had a ton of stock options…because he was fired, had 6 months to excercise them and sold at AOL’s peak before bubble popped ▫️spent 3 years on book ideas that got “no traction” (and no agent wanted to sign him) ▫️went back to work as software engineer and wrote online as a hobby (webcomics, short stories, serials) ▫️The Martian was one of three serials he was working on 2009 (other one was about alien invading earth, another about a mermaid in 19th century New England) ▫️sent stories to a mailing list of 3,000 readers he had built up over a decade ▫️took 3 years to write The Martian, “posting a chapter at a time [every] 2 months” or so ▫️ “spent more time researching than writing, because researching was more fun than writing” (very relatable) ▫️readers corrected him along the way and when he was done, a bunch of them asked if he could make a Kindle version because reading it on his website sucked ▫️Weir didn’t want to charge because was making solid living as programmer…but Kindle has minimum of $0.99 ▫️all his fans started buying the Kindle book and leaving positive reviews ▫️this “sales spike” pushed book up charts and hit bestseller lists and just snowballed after that on Amazon ▫️within a short span, major book publisher reached out…then Matt Damon expressed interest on a film project…then Ridley Scott threw his hat in the ring ▫️Weir negotiated these deals while “debugging code” on his day job Described the process as “one of those things where everything just snuck up, bit by bit” before boooooooooom!! Film came out in 2015: made $630m on $105m budget (and Project Hail Mary might pass that now). *** Link to vid (2017): youtu.be/EXD3b6OLtsg?si…
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What, an open doss house for the dregs of humanity?! How delightful!
The Labour Party@UKLabour
Pride in Britain, everyone who calls it home, and our place in the world. Vote Labour on 7 May.
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But what if the many are moralistic arseholes whose deranged preferences should be mocked continuously? 🤷🏻♂️
prof Lord Sir Timothy Jardin Trasch KC #FBPE@GaardenTrasch
@CptHastings1916 Comedy should obviously be subject to the strategic direction of the state, via OffCom, and run for the benefit of The Many, Not The Few.
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And said conglomerate is probably the only reason any of us outside of Florida have ever heard of it.
Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Sad to see this happen to beloved local restaurant Red Lobster which has literally been part of a corporate conglomerate since 1970.
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This quite long BBC article on the idea of state funding for comedy - which reads much more like advocacy than reportage - contains not a single sceptical voice. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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My how funny, I wonder what could possibly explain this?!
Chris Rose@ArchRose90
Look at how differently the police handled young football fans yesterday in comparison to the young looters in Clapham. They remembered how to use the batons again!
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Weir is exactly the kind of tech-obsessed, vaguely libertarian nerd who used to be an SF mainstay but science fiction publishing at some point decided they wanted to move beyond. But it turns out there's still an enormous audience for his brand of problem-solving techno optimism.
Steve Skojec@SteveSkojec
Andy Weir is one of the most successful novelists of our generation. Both The Martian and Project Hail Mary have gone on to be successful Hollywood films at a time where new stories aren’t getting a lot of play in cinema. PHM is already one of the most successful films of all time. So it fascinates me to see a bunch of amateur writers or those with a fraction of his success taking pot shots at his prose. He’s a master storyteller. You don’t reach that level of breakout success if you’re not. Stop criticizing the people who have already proven their skill and work on your own!
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Can we just check what else this daft whelp has signed?
That said, can't be any worse than the deal his boss signed with Mauritius
ollie cole@ProducerOllie
sorry what?
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Disappointed to find YMO's Propaganda is no longer freely available on YouTube.
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If migrants are net contributors, why are so many in poverty? Me for @thetimes on how Emily Thornberry blew up the Left's case for mass migration times-comment.com/thornberry-mig…
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The first sentence applies broadly to swathes of our political class.
Robbie@Robbie_Reasons
This man is a dangerous lunatic and shouldn't be anywhere near government. If he is not stopped he will destroy every last shred of manufacturing in the UK and plunge us all into darkness.
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