History OneOfUs / WritingWonks

** There is also a suspicion, noted by fans versed in both ''ouevres'', that Terry has more than a passing knowledge of the works of that great Gothic/heavy rock band, the Music/BlueOysterCult. The family motto Latinified for the extended Mort family is in itself a dead giveaway: ''Non Timetis Messor'', or ''Have No Timidity Towards He Who Brings In The Harvest''. The song itself is used as a running gag throughout Hogfather, and evidence has been garnered from the books that points to homage references to other BÖC songs. Interestingly enough, the band themselves may be aware of Pratchett and may have reciprocated the homage, or paid homage of their own. Take a look at the back cover of ''Cult Classics'' and then go read ''Discworld/ReaperMan''. See here: [[http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult]].

* No mention of JohnGreen? Between him and his brother Hank, they founded a community known as ''Nerdfighters''. So not only does he take ProudToBeAGeek to a high level, he uses the {{Vlogbrothers}} videos to teach you how to insult like Shakespeare, educate you about the French revolution/Giraffe sex/Obamacare/ect, and do other decidedly nerdy things.

** There is also a suspicion, noted by fans versed in both ''ouevres'', that Terry has more than a passing knowledge of the works of that great Gothic/heavy rock band, the Music/BlueOysterCult. The family motto Latinified for the extended Mort family is in itself a dead giveaway: ''Non Timetis Messor'', or ''Have No Timidity Towards He Who Brings In The Harvest''. The song itself is used as a running gag throughout Hogfather, and evidence has been garnered from the books that points to homage references to other BÖC songs. Interestingly enough, the band themselves may be aware of Pratchett and may have reciprocated the homage, or paid homage of their own. Take a look at the back cover of ''Cult Classics'' and then go read ReaperMan. See here:- [[http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult]].

* Australian writer Matthew Reilly definitely counts he, among other things, owns a Delorean as his day to day car, named a group in one of his books after a background character with no lines in 'The Empire Strikes Back' owns a life size Boba Fett helmet which sits on his writing desk and on the wall of his study is life size Han Solo frozen in carbonite.

* Creator/HPLovecraft himself was a voracious SpeculativeFiction reader before "science fiction" was even a term, wrote monographs on the subject, and spent much of his life corresponding and [[SharedUniverse trading ideas]] with other geeks who shared this interest. Moreover, he considered literary devices, stylistic techniques and allusions to be SeriousBusiness; had he been born a hundred years later, he'd probably be troping about CosmicHorror stories on this site right now!

* The reclusive American [[CosmicHorrorStory cosmic horror author]] ThomasLigotti once co-wrote a ([[SoCoolItsAwesome very impressive]]) ScriptFic for ''TheXFiles'' entitled "Crampton". He's also an admirer of early KingCrimson and the film ''ManOnFire''.

** ''[[http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf A Study in Emerald]]'' (SherlockHolmes[=/=]CthulhuMythos crossover). He also wrote a DarkFic about Narnia [[spoiler:that shipped Jadis/Aslan]].
*** Speaking of SherlockHolmes, Gaiman is apparently also a fan of ''{{Sherlock}}'', if this [[http://thepaperplaneofexistence.tumblr.com/post/16143555329/neil-gaiman-one-of-us Twitter post]] is anything to go by.

** He also wrote the only episode of ''{{Babylon 5}}'' in Seasons 3, 4, or 5 on which J. Michael Straczynski received no writing credit ("Day of the Dead").

** He is especially fond of ''{{Lost}}''.

* BrandonSanderson is a fan of, among other things, ''MagicTheGathering'' and ''TheWheelOfTime'', the latter of which [[PromotedFanboy he has now been chosen to complete]].
* Any Black Library writer grew up on ''{{Warhammer}}'' and all its [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} variants]]

* HPLovecraft himself was a voracious SpeculativeFiction reader before "science fiction" was even a term, wrote monographs on the subject, and spent much of his life corresponding and [[SharedUniverse trading ideas]] with other geeks who shared this interest. Moreover, he considered literary devices, stylistic techniques and allusions to be SeriousBusiness; had he been born a hundred years later, he'd probably be troping about CosmicHorror stories on this site right now!

* LarryNiven, multiple Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and HPLovecraft Award winning science fiction author, space-program booster, and generally all-around nice guy, has publicly stated that of all the projects he's been involved in, writing the "bible" for the post-''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' ''GreenLantern'' comic book series is probably his favorite, because it let him play with a lot of the "toys" he enjoyed "playing with" when he was younger.

* Creator/TerryPratchett, author of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels is known to be [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143656 a fan of games]] such as ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' and fan-missions of ''{{Thief}}'' and has had a part in developing the early game versions of his books. Also his daughter Rhianna Pratchett is a writer for video games such as the ''{{Overlord}}'' series, ''HeavenlySword'' and ''MirrorsEdge.'' Check out his review of the ''TombRaider'' film on [[Quotes/VideoGameMoviesSuck the VideoGameMoviesSuck quotes page]]. The really big clue might have been the fact that he is the author of fantasy novels that parody other fantasy novels as well as other, nerdier, things.

* CharlesStross ''invented'' several iconic ''DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters such as the death knight, the githyanki and githzerai, and the slaadi. Geekdom gets multiple nods in ''TheLaundrySeries'', including a short story where protagonist Bob Howard playing ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' (to keep the modding community from accidentally summoning {{eldritch abomination}}s with it).

* Creator/TerryPratchett, author of the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels is known to be [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143656 a fan of games]] such as ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' and fan-missions of ''{{Thief}}'' and has had a part in developing the early game versions of his books. Also his daughter Rhianna Pratchett is a writer for video games such as the ''{{Overlord}}'' series, ''HeavenlySword'' and ''MirrorsEdge.'' Check out his review of the ''TombRaider'' film on [[Quotes/VideoGameMoviesSuck the VideoGameMoviesSuck quotes page]]. The really big clue might have been the fact that he is the author of fantasy novels that parody other fantasy novels as well as other, nerdier, things.

* Any Black Library writer grew up on ''{{Warhammer}}'' and all its [[{{Warhammer40000}} variants]]

* Andrzej Sapkowski, creator of ''TheWitcher'' books is huge fan of KingArthur and everything related to it. Once he and another writer took over a panel at convention and turned it into a duel who can prove to have greater knowledge about ''SienkiewiczTrilogy''. He also has a recommendation list of fantasy novels he thinks every true fan of the genre should give a try. Said list consiste a one hundred positions at this point and all series, even the long running ones like ''{{Discworld}}'', are listed as just one position. And that's just books he liked.

* Columnist David P. Goldman has read and liked ''LordOfTheRings''. He also cites elements from MontyPython and Creator/MelBrooks movies in his articles. He also knows HarryPotter and WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda, but doesn't like them too much.

* TerryPratchett, author of the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels is known to be [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143656 a fan of games]] such as ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' and fan-missions of ''{{Thief}}'' and has had a part in developing the early game versions of his books. Also his daughter Rhianna Pratchett is a writer for video games such as the ''{{Overlord}}'' series, ''HeavenlySword'' and ''MirrorsEdge.'' Check out his review of the ''TombRaider'' film on [[Quotes/VideoGameMoviesSuck the VideoGameMoviesSuck quotes page]]. The really big clue might have been the fact that he is the author of fantasy novels that parody other fantasy novels as well as other, nerdier, things.

* StephenKing is pretty nerdy. He loves comic books, writes fanfiction (check out ''Nightmares and Dreamscapes'' -- it has a SherlockHolmes story, one or two [[HPLovecraft Lovecraft]]-themed stories, and a story based on a picture in a Chris Van Allsburg book), and plays in a band composed entirely of authors, including DaveBarry and AmyTan.

** Any given Stephen King work name-checks Creator/JRRTolkien, HPLovecraft, even ''WatershipDown''.

* All right, we expect science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors to be geeks, but how about purveyors of "Proper Literature"? During an interview with Paul Gambaccini (see below), UmbertoEco expressed a wish to write ''GreenLantern''. Thus far, DC haven't taken him up on it.

* Columnist David P. Goldman has read and liked ''LordOfTheRings''. He also cites elements from MontyPython and MelBrooks movies in his articles. He also knows HarryPotter and KungFuPanda, but doesn't like them too much.
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--> "What? ''{{Lemmings}}''? Merely because the red army can fight, dig, march and climb and is controlled by little icons? Can't imagine how anyone thought that... Not only did I wipe ''Lemmings'' from my hard disc, [[JustOneMoreLevel I overwrote it so's I couldn't get it back]]."

* {{Lois McMaster Bujold}} started out writing ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic as a teenager. Later she published a fanzine. Until she became afraid of confusing her ideas with readers, she regularly read fanfics of her own work. She used to hook up a reel-to-reel tape recorder to record the episodes, audio-only (mother: "You girls are going to be so embarrassed when you grow up and remember how you acted over this program.")

* If DouglasAdams was still alive with his wholly technologically obsessed self, he would be more than a match for StephenFry in the race of {{fanboy}}ing over Apple products - according to Fry, he was the owner of the first ever Apple computer in the [=UK=] (though some say Fry bought the first one). And before that, he was a huge fan of ''Series/DoctorWho'', having written affectionate parodies when he was younger before actually writing for the show, and if his books aren't referencing a band (particularly {{the Beatles}}), then you probably aren't reading Douglas Adams. Perhaps his nerdiness was just too much for the space-time continuum and he had to be removed.

* {{Lois McMaster Bujold}} started out writing ''StarTrek'' fanfic as a teenager. Later she published a fanzine. Until she became afraid of confusing her ideas with readers, she regularly read fanfics of her own work. She used to hook up a reel-to-reel tape recorder to record the episodes, audio-only (mother: "You girls are going to be so embarrassed when you grow up and remember how you acted over this program.")

* TerryPratchett, author of the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels is known to be [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143656 a fan of games]] such as ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' and fan-missions of ''{{Thief}}'' and has had a part in developing the early game versions of his books. Also his daughter Rhianna Pratchett is a writer for video games such as the ''{{Overlord}}'' series, ''HeavenlySword'' and ''[=~Mirror's Edge~=].'' Check out his review of the ''TombRaider'' film on [[Quotes/VideoGameMoviesSuck the VideoGameMoviesSuck quotes page]]. The really big clue might have been the fact that he is the author of fantasy novels that parody other fantasy novels as well as other, nerdier, things.

** Any given Stephen King work name-checks JRRTolkien, HPLovecraft, even ''WatershipDown''.

* BrandonSanderson is a fan of, among other things, ''[=~Magic: The Gathering~=]'' and ''TheWheelOfTime'', the latter of which [[PromotedFanboy he has now been chosen to complete]].

* JRRTolkien and CSLewis were both huge fans of epic fantasy and grew frustrated that no one seemed to be writing it anymore. Finally they both decided "If no one else is going to write the books we want to read, we'll just [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter write them ourselves]]."

** And the real kicker: claimed in one interview that he learnt how to write by reading TVTropes.

** Plays Dnd and has even DMed campaigns.

* Sportswriter BillSimmons is a massive nerd, and spent so much of his column crossing over sports and pop culture that ESPN spun off Grantland.com so that he and others could continue. He's written lengthy articles on ''JohnMaddenFootball'' (coining the page quote for RubberBandAI), ''TheWire'', ''JerseyShore'', ''{{Survivor}}'', ''Film/{{Rocky}}'', and ''Film/TeenWolf''. The latter being notable because he actually ''calculated the stat lines for the basketball scenes.''

* The reclusive American [[CosmicHorrorStory cosmic horror author]] ThomasLigotti once co-wrote a ([[SoCoolItsAwesome very]] [[NightmareFuel impressive]]) ScriptFic for ''TheXFiles'' entitled "Crampton". He's also an admirer of early KingCrimson and the film ''ManOnFire''.

** According to a recent blog post, he is apparently a fan of ''{{xkcd}}''.
** He has also mentioned being a fan of ''GunnerkriggCourt''

* Neil T Stacey, author of ''Trespasser's will be prostituted'', ''Delicious Pandas'' and ''Literature/KillTimeOrDieTrying''

* The reclusive American [[CosmicHorrorStory cosmic horror author]] ThomasLigotti once co-wrote a ([[SoCoolItsAwesome very]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel impressive]]) ScriptFic for ''TheXFiles'' entitled "Crampton". He's also an admirer of early KingCrimson and the film ''ManOnFire''.

* Sportswriter BillSimmons is a massive nerd, and spent so much of his column crossing over sports and pop culture that ESPN spun off Grantland.com so that he and others could continue. He's written lengthy articles on ''JohnMaddenFootball'' (coining the page quote for RubberBandAI), ''TheWire'', ''JerseyShore'', ''{{Survivor}}'', ''{{Rocky}}'', and ''Film/TeenWolf''. The latter being notable because he actually ''calculated the stat lines for the basketball scenes.''