My first Jeremiad column has gone live over at Fantasy. In it, I challenge the nature of the geek heirarchy and the ridiculousness of geeks picking on other geeks over their particular intellectual kinks. Let me know what you think.
Writing
Upcoming Fiction
My story “Groob’s Stupid Grubs,” a story of a goblin’s hopes for his idiot children, is available in Black Gate 15.
Currently Writing
I recently finished the first draft of a YA novel called Takedown Notice set in the net-mage universe of my stories “Captain Blood’s B00ty” and “One Click Banishment.” What happens when the Magical Association of Atlantis finally gets the upper hand against the net mages in the spell program copyfight?
Thanks for the well-reasoned commentary. I’ve always found it interesting how Sjöberg’s Geek Hierarchy started out as “just a harmless joke” and ended up being endlessly parroted as a some Universal Truth among less-secure geeks. Probably the main reason for this is some people (deliberately?) misinterpret the chart as those on the bottom being “lamer than” instead of “geekier than.”
Furry fandom has gotten a lot of unwarranted flak in recent years from geeks who ought to know better. On the bright side, though, there are geeks out there who know how to Play Well With Others.
Old And Busted: The Geek Hierarchy
The New Hotness: Furries vs. Klingons Bowling
–Xydexx