• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    a 17-year-old’s first attempt at a novel that somehow made it out into the world

    Oh, that does take away most of the humor. I'm happy that nothing I did as a teenager exists in the digital world. I'd die of cringe.

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      2 years ago

      I first discovered it when I was around that age, and thought it was the funniest thing ever, but that was more than half a lifetime ago so now I cringe somewhat on Theis's behalf rather than in mockery of him. But he died in 2002 so now it's the property of humankind, right? It's a conundrum.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
        hexagon
        ·
        2 years ago

        But he died in 2002 so now it’s the property of humankind, right? It’s a conundrum.

        I'll read it in a different way. I'll laugh at the text but not the author. I hate to think that in some alternate universe I wrote an equally awful sci-fi novel as a 17 year-old and everybody laughs at it.