Line #85 OneOfUs/WritingWonks


1	* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, author of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire,'' is a definite fantasy nerd. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJhmxc3Arw Listen to this]].
2	** Martin also based the ''Literature/WildCards'' series on the ''Superworld'' tabletop RPG[[note]]Published by Creator/{{Chaosium}}, of ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' fame[[/note]] campaign that he and fellow local writers were involved in at the time.
3	*** [[https://twitter.com/feliciaday/status/224286956434108417/photo/1 He likes]] WebVideo/TheGuild.
4	** Martin started out as a FandomVIP in silver age comic book fandom. His first published stories were for ComicBook fanzines, and he's even had letters printed in early [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] comics.
5	*** [[http://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/martin-LETTER.jpg Here's]] one from 1963.
6	* Every Author in the Literary Anthology ''Geektastic!'' is a self-proclaimed geek in one way or another.
7	* Creator/TerryPratchett, author of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels was known to be [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=143656 a fan of games]] such as ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and fan-missions of ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' and had a part in developing the early game versions of his books. Also his daughter Creator/RhiannaPratchett is a writer for video games such as the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series, ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' and ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge.'' Check out his review of the ''[[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Tomb Raider]]'' film on [[Quotes/VideoGameMoviesSuck the VideoGameMoviesSuck quotes page]]. The really big clue might have been the fact that he was the author of fantasy novels that parody other fantasy novels as well as other, nerdier, things.
8	** Pratchett was also a very serious fan of classic genre SF, and a fixture in British SF fandom for years before he became a famous writer.
9	** Also supposed to be a Music/TheyMightBeGiants fan.
10	*** Confirmed by the [[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html Annotated Pratchett File]]. In fact, Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase "millennium hand and shrimp" came about as the result of running TMBG lyrics and a Chinese restaurant menu through a Markov-chain text generator.
11	** About Pratchett as a gamer, there's the quote about the (terracotta) Red Army in ''Interesting Times'':
12	--> "What? ''VideoGame/{{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]]."
13	** There is also a suspicion, noted by fans versed in both ''oeuvres'', that Terry had more than a passing knowledge of the works of that great Gothic/heavy rock band, the Music/BlueOysterCult. The "[[DogLatin Latatian]]" family motto for the extended Mort family is in itself a dead giveaway: ''Non timetis messor'', or ''Don’t fear the reaper'' (later adapted as a motto in Terry Pratchett's own coat of arms, in proper Latin as ''Noli timere messorem''). 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 ''Literature/ReaperMan''. See here: [[http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Blue_Oyster_Cult]].
14	*** And of course, there's the Yetis, which in his world can meditate, live out the next few minutes, die, and then time-jump back into their meditative self with the knowledge of what is going to kill them. In other words, quicksave and quickload.
15	** He also had a hobby of growing carnivorous plants.
16	** And he claims he used to play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl''. The former is pretty evident in the earlier books.
17	*** The Luggage is based on a magic item he invented while DM'ing- a chest on legs with infinite storage space that does what you tell it. ''Exactly'' what you tell it. Wonderful, until you forget to tell it to stop at the cliff edge...
18	*** Well, there are a few stories, all originating from Pratchett himself, about the origin of The Luggage. Another version is that he was inspired by rolling suitcases at an airport that you tugged with a leash. He also claimed that even ''he'' doesn't really remember which version is true.
19	** He was also very much a fan of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and wrote a fair bit of dialogue for a mod or two.
20	* Creator/NeilGaiman writes {{fanfic}}. ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' mostly, he wrote a crossover fic featuring Literature/JeevesAndWooster as well.
21	** ''[[http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf A Study in Emerald]]'' (Franchise/SherlockHolmes[=/=]Franchise/CthulhuMythos crossover). He also wrote a DarkFic about Narnia [[spoiler:that shipped Jadis/Aslan]].
22	*** Speaking of Franchise/SherlockHolmes, Gaiman is apparently also a fan of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', if this [[http://thepaperplaneofexistence.tumblr.com/post/16143555329/neil-gaiman-one-of-us Twitter post]] is anything to go by.
23	** Not to mention at least three [[Literature/AmericanGods of his]] [[Literature/AnansiBoys works]] are pretty much {{Fanfic}}s that put mythology in our world, not to mention his book of Norse mythology.
24	** According to a recent blog post, he is apparently a fan of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''.
25	** He has also mentioned being a fan of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''
26	** He's also a ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan, as is pretty obvious in his episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]".
27	** He also wrote the only episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' in Seasons 3, 4, or 5 on which J. Michael Straczynski received no writing credit ("Day of the Dead").
28	** British [=RPG=] magazine ''Imagine'' was his first publisher with two of his early short stories, ''Featherquest'' in 1984 (#14) and ''How to Sell the Ponti Bridge'' in 1985 (#24).
29	** Really, as per [[JustForFun/OneOfUs the main page]], Gaiman probably doesn't need to be included here because, well...it's pretty obvious that he's a geek of gigantic proportions, just like Pratchett.
30	* Mystery novelist and conservative commentator Andrew Klavan has made it clear that he enjoys videogames, and occasionally [[http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/07/28/super-mario-galaxy-2/ reviews them]] [[http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/07/08/god-of-war-3/ on his website]]. He's also made a reference to ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7stz35gN44 one episode]] of his TV show, Klavan on the Culture.
31	* Creator/StephenKing is pretty nerdy. He loves comic books, writes fanfiction (check out ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'' -- it has a Franchise/SherlockHolmes story, one or two [[Creator/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 Creator/DaveBarry and Creator/AmyTan.
32	** He is especially fond of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
33	** Various Stephen King works name-check Creator/JRRTolkien, Creator/HPLovecraft, even ''Literature/WatershipDown''.
34	** He's praised the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, and named Creator/JKRowling as his favorite writer (though the relationship between the two [[https://consequence.net/2020/06/j-k-rowling-stephen-king-trans-women/ isn't what it used to be]] since her views on trans people have come to light).
35	** There's a reason ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' has Music/{{ACDC}} for its soundtrack: it's his favorite band.
36	** And he only allowed a movie adaptation of his novel ''Literature/PetSematary'' if Music/TheRamones would write the soundtrack. They did!
37	** He's also an ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' fan, and co-wrote an episode.
38	* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold 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.")
39	* Jennifer Rowe, aka Creator/EmilyRodda, is best known for writing the ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' series. As an interview with [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation The ABC]] [[http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1226076.htm reveals]], she and her children are also die-hard anime fans. That and Creator/OLMIncorporated promising to keep the books' storylines fully intact were the primary reasons why she gave the go-ahead for adapting her books into an anime series.
40	* 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), Creator/UmbertoEco expressed a wish to write ''Franchise/GreenLantern''. DC never took him up on it, and given he's passed away, they never will.
41	* Another "Proper Literature" one: A. S. Byatt is a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fan.
42	** But she has expressed the opinion that adult Literature/HarryPotter fans should read a real book already. And went on to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/opinion/harry-potter-and-the-childish-adult.html?pagewanted=3&src=pm blatantly insult the intelligence]] of adult fans:
43	--->Ms. Rowling, I think, speaks to an adult generation that hasn't known, and doesn't care about, mystery. They are inhabitants of urban jungles, not of the real wild. They don't have the skills to tell ersatz magic from the real thing, for as children they daily invested the ersatz with what imagination they had.
44	** Eight years on and it's approaching NeverLiveItDown status, unfortunately; it's still brought up in discussions about literary snobbery. Telling millions of adult readers that their lives must be confined to "the worlds of soaps, reality TV, and celebrity gossip" was not the best way to express her disapproval of the books.
45	** She's more moderate in her intro to the Pratchett short story collection ''A Blink of the Screen'', where she explains why she prefers Sir Terry to other fantasy authors. Her personal difficulty with ''Harry Potter'' is apparently that she ''went'' to boarding school, and can't engage with any work that [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors reminds her of it]].
46	* Scottish thriller writer Ian Rankin wrote an arc for ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', named "Dark Entries".
47	* Daniel Suarez gets so many of the technical details right in his novel ''Literature/{{Daemon}}'' that he's obviously an accomplished hacker in his own right. So much so that you have to wonder how much practical research he may have done on how to write a Daemon like the one in the book...
48	* If Creator/DouglasAdams was still alive with his wholly technologically obsessed self, he would be more than a match for Creator/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 Music/TheBeatles), 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.
49	** Or perhaps the universe decided to make him a true PromotedFanboy.
50	* Creator/JimButcher, of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', qualifies. He quotes on the forums. He's clearly researched everything. He's a big fan of Tolkien. In fact, he even mentioned that if Balrogs were to appear in the Dresden Files, they would have wings, since that's more annoying for Harry. That's not what makes this. No, what makes this is that he hangs out in boffer {{LARP}}s, and had already made Harry Dresden on ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', along with Murphy and Marcone.
51	** He was also involved in a very hands-on capacity in developing a Dresden Files pen-and-paper RPG, and specifically added mechanics to the novels before he intended to so they could be added to the game. He's also gone on record that, despite being an avid RPG gamer, he will never play in a Dresden Files game as he would be ''that guy'' in the game. "That IS how it works and I'll put it in the next book just to prove it!"
52	** Several of the Literature/CodexAlera books are dedicated to his old {{MUCK}}.
53	** He also named a character in the Dresden Files after one from Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Heinrich Kemmler, if you were wondering.
54	** He's heard of Website/TVTropes.
55	-->''I am somewhat flattered by how many Crowning Moments of Awesome I am credited with, and find it imperative to consider how to top the previous ones.''
56	* Creator/NaomiNovik, author of the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series, openly admits that she wrote FanFic for about ten years before becoming a published historical fantasy author. ''Temeraire'' itself even [[AscendedFanfic began life]] as an ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' fanfic.
57	** ''Slash'' fanfic. Think about that, then go re-read ... ''any'' of the ''Temeraire'' books.
58	** She's also a founding member and [[http://transformativeworks.org/about/people current chair]] of the Organization for Transformative Works, a fan-run organization dedicated to ensuring that "all fannish works are recognized as legal and transformative and are accepted as a legitimate creative activity" and defending said works from legal challenges. One of its major projects is an open-source fanfic archive, Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
59	** She was also reportedly once the Director (head honcho) of Transformers 2005 MUSH, possibly the oldest still-running Transformers MUSH. She supposedly (at least) played Soundwave.
60	** She was a regular attendee of the various annual [=BotCon=] ''Transformers'' fan conventions in TheNineties,[[note]]before the live-action movies when the brand was dormant[[/note]] and wrote various ''Transformers'' fanfics.
61	* Creator/BrandonSanderson is a fan of, among other things, ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' and ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', the latter of which [[PromotedFanboy he was chosen to complete after Robert Jordan's death]].
62	* Any Black Library writer grew up on ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and all its [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} variants]]
63	* Creator/JRRTolkien and Creator/CSLewis were both huge fans of epic fantasy and mythology 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]]."
64	* Creator/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 WebVideo/{{Vlogbrothers}} videos to teach you how to insult like Shakespeare, educate you about the French revolution/giraffe sex/Obamacare/etc., and do other decidedly nerdy things.
65	* Steven Brust, creator of ''Creator/{{Dragaera}}'', wrote "[[http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html My Own Kind of Freedom]]" a ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fanfic.
66	* 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 {{Cosmic Horror Stor\|y}}ies on this site right now!
67	* Sportswriter Creator/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 ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' (coining the page quote for RubberBandAI), ''Series/TheWire'', ''Series/JerseyShore'', ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'', and ''Film/TeenWolf''. The latter being notable because he actually ''calculated the stat lines for the basketball scenes.''
68	* The reclusive American CosmicHorrorStory author Creator/ThomasLigotti once co-wrote a (very impressive) ScriptFic for ''Series/TheXFiles'' entitled "Crampton". He's also an admirer of early Music/KingCrimson and the film ''Film/ManOnFire''.
69	* Andrzej Sapkowski, creator of the ''Literature/TheWitcher'' books, is a huge fan of Myth/ArthurianLegend and everything related to it. Once he and another writer took over a panel at a convention and turned it into a duel who can prove to have greater knowledge about ''Literature/SienkiewiczTrilogy''. He also has a recommendation list of fantasy novels he thinks every true fan of the genre should give a try. Said list consisted of one hundred positions at this point and all series, even the long-running ones like ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', are listed as just one position. And that's just books he liked.
70	* Neil T. Stacey, author of ''Trespasser's will be prostituted'', ''Delicious Pandas'' and ''Literature/KillTimeOrDieTrying'' is a huge geek. He:
71	** Plays ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' seriously to have placed in the top 30 at the national championships of his home country.
72	** Plays Dnd and has even DM'ed campaigns.
73	** Has a Masters degree in Chemical Engineer.
74	** And the real kicker: claimed in one interview that he learned how to write by reading Website/TVTropes.
75	* Creator/LarryNiven, multiple Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and Creator/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-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' ''ComicBook/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.
76	* Columnist David P. Goldman has read and liked ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. He also cites elements from Creator/MontyPython and Creator/MelBrooks movies in his articles. He also knows ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'', but doesn't like them too much.
77	* Creator/CharlesStross ''invented'' several iconic ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters such as the death knight, the githyanki and githzerai, and the slaadi. Geekdom gets multiple nods in ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'', including a short story where protagonist Bob Howard plays ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' to keep the modding community from accidentally summoning {{eldritch abomination}}s with it.
78	* Australian writer Creator/MatthewReilly definitely counts. Among other things, he 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 ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', 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.
79	* Ryohgo Narita, creator of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' and ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'', was once asked how he felt about fans {{shipping}} and [[SlashFic slashing]] his characters together in fanfic and doujins. His response? "[[YuriFan Well, I ship]] [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Harumi/Chiri]]."
80	* Creator/PhilipKDick was a massive music geek, with a special fondness for the geekiest of all geeky musics, contemporary classical music. He named a character after the 20th century Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaaraa and his love for the music of 16th century English composer John Dowland is apparent in his use of Dowland's song "Flow my tears" in the title of his own novel ''Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said'' (which quotes the entire song.) He also had major crushes on Music/LindaRonstadt and the obscure singer-songwriter Bonnie Koloc.
81	* Creator/AynRand was a fan of ''Series/DoctorWho, ''Series/CharliesAngels'', Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' and ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'', saying that her favourite character was Spock. She also enjoyed the ''Film/JamesBond'' films, particularly ''Film/DrNo''.
82	* Creator/DianeDuane got her start writing ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fic in the 70s, and has referenced writing ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fic before that. She's very active on Tumblr these days, reading and reblogging a lot of her favorite ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fic and art. She's also... started writing fanfiction of her own books and posting them. It's weird for everyone.
83	** Her husband Peter Morwood, too: he met her through Creator/AnneMcCaffrey at a con in Glasgow, they held their engagement party at a con in Atlanta, and married her at yet a third in Boston. And then they spent their honeymoon writing ''[[Literature/{{Rihannsu}} The Romulan Way]]''.
84	* Hajime Isayama, the author of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', has made his influences well known, stating his love of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] and Creator/QuentinTarantino. The scene in the manga where Armin is [[HeroicBSoD frozen in terror as his allies get eaten]] was directly inspired by ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.
85	** He's also a HUGE [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts MMA]] fan, with many of the Titan's being modeled after MMA fighters (the Armored Titan is modeled after Wrestling/BrockLesnar, for example) and even jokingly admitted the Titan fights were just his way of paying tribute to the sport.
86	* Marie Lu, the writer of Literature/TheLegendSeries, has a Deviant Art account that shows she's a fan of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', and ''Manga/InuYasha''.
87	* Author and scriptwriter Melinda M. Snodgrass has said that her career has been "one long nerdgasm." She's a {{Promoted Fan\|boy}} in many different categories: a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan who ended up a scriptwriter for ''Next Generation''; a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fan who got picked to write some of the novels; a roleplaying gamer who, along with her good friend Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, turned their ''Superworld'' game into the ''Literature/{{Wild Cards}}'' series (and now is a writer/producer on the upcoming ''Wild Cards'' movie).
88	* Creator/LarryCorreia plays ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms WarMachine]]'', is writing some ExpandedUniverse material for it, and is involved in the creation of a tabletop RPG based on his ''Literature/MonsterHunterInternational'' series.
89	* Creator/CormacMcCarthy is a hardcore science geek, to the extent that he'd rather be around scientists than writers. Because of this, he works out of the prestigious Santa Fe Institute (of which he is a trustee), reportedly knowing more about math and physics than many of its faculty. He's offered to edit science books that he enjoyed, much to the delight of their authors, making him a PromotedFanboy of sorts.
90	* Creator/SalmanRushdie loves Music/FrankZappa and was even present in the audience during Zappa's legendary Royal Albert Hall concert in 1968. Rushdie also spent a lot of the time in hiding after the release of ''Literature/TheSatanicVerses'' playing video games, and likes VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 in particular. He has also written a book for children about video games and expressed a deep passion for superhero comics.
91	* Creator/RoaldDahl was an admirer of Creator/CSForester and was honored when he met his hero in person. It was even Forester who encouraged Dahl to start writing himself! His favorite authors were Creator/RudyardKipling, Creator/WilliamMakepeaceThackeray, Frederick Marryat and Creator/CharlesDickens. He also adored ghost stories, such as "Trolls" by Jonas Lie.
92	* Tom Angleberger, author of [[Literature/OrigamiYoda the Origami Yoda series]], is a huge fan of Series/DoctorWho.
93	* Ana Marie Cox, ''Daily Beast'' reporter and frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow show, has been known to make ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' references on her Twitter.
94	** She and John Hodgman also toasted each other "So Say We All" on Twitter at the end of the series ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}''.
95	** Between [[https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/231473107427291136 this conversation on her twitter account]] where she uses the phrase Mary Sue, and having retweeted [[https://twitter.com/ryanpbroderick/status/429279866933235712 this]], she clearly knows about Website/TVTropes.
96	* Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez once said in an interview: ''To me, the music of Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}, the 1959 Cuban revolution, and my friends are the things that interest me the most in the world.''
97	* Belgian author Hugo Claus liked Music/FrankSinatra.
98	* Creator/JDSalinger adored the movies of Creator/LaurelAndHardy and Creator/TheMarxBrothers.
99	* Creator/IsaacAsimov had read ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' five times in his life. Interestingly enough Creator/JRRTolkien himself said in 1967 that he seldom found any modern books that could hold his attention, with the exception of Asimov.
100	* Creator/CoryDoctorow is a political activist and an accomplished coder.
101	* Creator/AnthonyBurgess admired Creator/RudyardKipling and could recite his poem "Mandalay" by heart. He surprised many people by claiming to be an admirer of comedian Creator/BennyHill, whom he described as a "comic genius steeped in the British music hall tradition" and "one of the great artists of our age." They also met in person.
102	* Creator/TSEliot was a huge fan of Creator/GrouchoMarx. The admiration was mutual and the two men were pen friends for their entire lives.
103	* Creator/CharlesBukowski was an enthusiastic user of an Platform/AppleMacintosh [=IIsi=] he received from his wife Linda as a Christmas present in 1990. [[http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/ The productivity in the last few years of his life was attributed to his use of word processing on the machine.]] He also wrote a poem that outlined the differences between computing platforms in the '80s.
104	* Creator/AldousHuxley wrote a 1928 essay in praise of ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat''.
105	* German philosopher Creator/WalterBenjamin was a huge admirer of Creator/CharlieChaplin and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' and praised them in several of his essays.
106	* Blog/UnshavedMouse: He occasionally mentions tv Tropes in the blog's main articles. More often Mouse will talk about the website in the comments. He has even thanked people for adding him to the examples on some pages.
107	* ''Why The West Rules -- For Now'' by Ian Morris is a sober work of popular history, investigating why different regions of the world have developed at different rates and speculating on how things might change in the future. It also refers to Creator/RobertAHeinlein, ''Series/StargateSG1'', "Literature/Nightfall1941", and TheSingularity.
108	* Literature professor Marlon James won the 2015 Booker Prize for ''A Brief History of Seven Killings'', a novel with no fantastic elements, set in the recent past. He has said that his next novel will be "an African ''Game of Thrones''". In [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/booker-prize/marlon-james-2015-winner-interview/ an interview]], he said that he plans to revisit African history "in a very explicitly science-fiction way.”
109	* Creator/MercedesLackey is not only known for writing tons of novels, but also for having played ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' and subsequently spearheaded a campaign to save it. In fact, ''The Secret World Chronicle'', a collaboration between her and other writers, stars their custom characters from the game.
110	* Renowned Japanese author Creator/YukioMishima stated in an interview in 1967 that his favorite television show was ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
111	* Creator/SeananMcGuire is a proud fan of ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', Creator/StephenKing, and ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', among others, and frequently includes references to fandoms in her work -- check out the [[ShoutOut/InCryptid Shout Out page]] for ''Literature/InCryptid''. In some cases she's been a PromotedFangirl, writing official material for ''Alien'' and Creator/MarvelComics. She's also a {{filk}} musician and songwriter.

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