Cory DoctorowGood company (ish)
Merc@pluralistic Commit a crime on Catalina Island by scribbling your name next to the plaque.
Seiðr@pluralistic I wouldn't want to be the kind of person who cites L. Ron Hubbard as an example of a great author inspired by the place I live in
@Illuminatus Fear is actually a pretty good novel. When he became a cult leader and could get bestsellers by gaming the system the quality of his work went way down but he was justifiably considered a pretty good writer before then.
@pluralistic Faster, easier, far more seductive the dark side is.
Masuhiro@pluralistic ah yes, science fiction author L Ron Hubbard. Maybe not wrong, just maybe not the “main” thing I’d consider notable about him