I Want to Be a Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Wretch, too!
Posted By Ardellis on April 15, 2007
Outgoing SFWA VP Howard Hendrix calls writers who put their work up on the internet for free “webscabs.” Obviously, the man doesn’t know what a scab really is. But then, I’m guessing he doesn’t have to deal with a whole lot of labor relations problems up there in his scenic mountain home in the Sierra Nevadas.
I think it’s rather telling that I’ve never even heard of Dr. Hendrix.
On the other hand, I have heard of Nick Mamatas, Jim Macdonald, John Scalzi, Martha Wells, and lots of other authors whom he has just tarred with that outrageous and insulting brush.
The internet being what it is, the best and most colorful quote from Dr. Hendrix’s amazingly luddite rant has already become a T-shirt slogan.
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