Comments on: It’s Gray in L.A.

By: walkinghbomb

walkinghbomb — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:35:29 +0000

“I wonder if those fall equally along gender lines, or if there really are a lot of angry men out there?”

Coming soon to theaters: “12,000 Angry Men–The story of hate and flame… on the internet.”

By: ltwilson4047

ltwilson4047 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:19:15 +0000

I had the pleasure of hearing Lev speak as part of a panel on “Anger and the Internet”. In a nutshell, the problem is one of anonymity, and its evil twin, lack of accountability. My sense is that there are a lot of disenfranchised, unempowered folks out there who cowardly hide behind the protection of anonymity to throw spears of invective at the innocent. I wonder if those fall equally along gender lines, or if there really are a lot of angry men out there?

By: Brew

Brew — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:48:00 +0000

See, I knew(!) you would understand. Dude, I know Junot has geek cred, but those NYT book peeps will never get nerdy Junot or Michael.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:39:08 +0000

Damn, that’s pimp. I wish I had a right hand man named Fish Fong. Of course, I’d have to be a Golden Crescent warlord to pull it off, but still.
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Other than that, I am interested in this “anger on the Internet” business. Is it in a good or a bad sense?

By: Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:21:09 +0000

Junot has teh geek cred! “He was our Sauron, our Arawn, our Darkseid, our Once and Future Dictator.”

By: Brew

Brew — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:09:57 +0000

It has to be real. I met Michael Chabon at a book signing last year and we had the coolest discussion. He actually went to Austin last year to accept his Nebula Award! And then we had a discussion on Science Fiction novels and about our nerdiness. And yes he’s a total nerd.

And as long as we’re on the subject of nerdy brilliant writers: JUNOT DIAZ. I know every book critic in the country may see it as a sidenote or an afterthought, but in all seriousness, his nerdiness in Oscar Wao was so awesome and overlooked. Junot references not only LOTR, Star Wars, and the usual geek culture, but DALGHREN. That’s just hot. I wish more people recognized/acknowledged it.

Sorry this was long and rambling. You know I was going to comment on papercuts last night about Chabon but then thought no one would appreciate this kind of geek/nerdiness on there.