Stay classy, Orson

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NOM Board Member Pens Homophobic 'Hamlet' Rewrite

A publishing house is getting a lot of attention for a new printing of a homophobic Hamlet rewrite called Hamlet's Father by science fiction author and NOM board member Orson Scott Card.

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[someidiot]

tbh I feel like this post belongs in fanficrants.

[baked_goldfish]

[lady_deirdre]

I don't know who that is, but that gif is so versatile! Context can make it mean anything from "I'm so done with this" to "I just laughed so hard I can't breathe" to "Don't worry, still atent dead".

[baked_goldfish]

It's poor Bruce Springsteen, who grossly misjudged the number of stairs between him and his audience one time.

[lady_deirdre]

Hah! Poor Boss :D

[jasonbeast]

As much as I love some of his early writing, his attitudes have turned me off from reading anything new by him for many years.

[sephystabbity]

ikr, I used to love Ender's Game back when I found it in Gr.7, and then a couple of year later I got on the internet and BAM! a whole host of unpleasant truths came down on me.

[maladaptive]

Just reading further Ender/Bean books makes OSC's opinions really obvious. I didn't even find out he was a scuzzbucket until after a couple Bean books made me go "that is wrong and terrible, what's wrong with you, author?"

It's like, he can't not be a horrible human being.

[teacup_lotus]

I still love the Ender/Bean books despite full acknowledgment that OSC is absolutely a scuzzbucket. May I ask what you found objectionable in the books? Now I'm wondering if there's subtext I missed.

[evewithanapple]

Wow, this got big enough to make ontd_p? I'm kind of shocked.

Also, I really want to sic Geoffrey Tennant on him

[romp]

? What's not big enough about it?

[evewithanapple]

Generally, this kind of thing stays in the author blogosphere- like that Wicked Pretty Things controversy from a few months back, or various racebending cover shenanigans. I've never seen one big enough to hit the mainstream news.

[romp]

In which case it's surprising that it got to the Guardian. Me too but I'm even more pleased.

I think it's safe to say that ontd_p will amplify most gay stories.

[bathstone]

Oh, Orson Scott Card. I remember when they used to laugh at you on fandom_wank. Stay pressed.