Add indians to the list of people Eric Hildeman is racist against

[captain_kamala]

The spsfc is a contest for self published sci fi

Mike glyer of file 770 advises participants *not* to argue with their reviewers

https://file770.com/so-you-want-to-enter-the-self-published-science-fiction-competition-guest-post-by-bowen-greenwood/

Well hildy disregarded this

The review in question:

The Scotty!

The Scotty is a device which transforms matter into ene…

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I am one of the judges of team Space Girls for the SPSFC4 contest. This review is my personal opinion. Officially, it is still in the running for the contest, pending any official team announcements.

Status: Cut
Read: 30%

Comedy is a really difficult genre to write, especially in a contest with volunteer judges from a myriad of countries where humor requires understanding the social context and play of words. Even though comical books seldom reach the finals, last year had a finalist beat the huge odds.

And I did like chapter 1 from this book because it set the stage for a saccarine hyperactive plot with a scientist invent a machine that allows space-time travel... at the cost of rendering any human that uses the device insane.

One problem I felt with this book is that there isn't really a linear story. To me, it felt like a series of menially interconnected short stories where the only thing they share in common is that the device named 'The Scotty' is known to exist. But the deciption is highly inconsistent, like it never had plothole revisions.

One chapter, the device is only used by a small private company, the next it is available in Mars, and the next there is now a time travel police force. Travelers lose their belly buttons in one chapter, and the next this is left forgotten along with common knowledge it causes permanent brain damage. There is no explanation how Mars was conquered, and the Scotty isn't widely used. I also didn't understand how a planet has mega advanced missles floating at low orbit and any random 8 year old kid can hack into them to fire at the other side of the planet in just 2 minutes.

While I no longer have clear memories, I spent part of my childhood in Minneapolis at the exact same time period of the book and recall it was ethnically insanely homogeneous. Mexicans were probably less than 0.5% of the entire city's population at the time. I never remembered seeing any fellow hispanics 35 years ago. It wasn't until the late 1990s that massive immigration started changing the demographics. So I did feel the scenes in the chapter where there were drunk Indians panhandling in every corner to have been somewhat awkward to read along with the evil Sikh terrorist chapter. I feel this book would have benefitted greatly by a sensitivity reader. Therefore, the book is a cut for me.

Reviewer Nancy Foster. I hope hildy doesn't start harassing her. That would be very bad.

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Bluesky

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[BakersfieldChimp]

Guess I'm a Hildy fan now.

 

[captain_kamala]

It's actually enraging how ignorant he is.

 

[captain_kamala]

Just looking at the cover art of other entries, it's hilarious that he thought the scotty could compete and be praised

The Books

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[FranksWirecutters]

Guess I'm a Hildy fan now.

Don't tell him if you have any young relatives.

 

[AliceWorquer]

The spsfc is a contest for self published sci fi

Mike glyer of file 770 advises participants *not* to argue with their reviewers

https://file770.com/so-you-want-to-enter-the-self-published-science-fiction-competition-guest-post-by-bowen-greenwood/

Well hildy disregarded this

The review in question:

The Scotty!

The Scotty is a device which transforms matter into ene…

www.goodreads.com

Reviewer Nancy Foster. I hope hildy doesn't start harassing her. That would be very bad.

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Bluesky

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Lol. I hate hildy so much. He genuinely thinks the scotty is a decent piece of writing. I'd love to know what he thinks was screwed up about that review. It was undeservedly kind and 100% valid. He really doesn't want to open this can of worms.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

I would love if Hildy got a cease and desist letter from the Star Trek legal term for stealing their IP of naming a teleporting device after their character. Calling his book “The Scotty” is Hildy’s way of trying to say “this book is a Star Trek reference so it’s meant for smart people!” but failing of course.

 

[PorqueDealer]

Help me file770 someone wrote a review I don't agree with. Who do I snitch too?

 

[captain_kamala]

If she gave it a more thorough reading, she'd have a lot more to say about how much it sucks. Leave it alone

 

[Brooke Shields]

If she gave it a more thorough reading, she'd have a lot more to say about how much it sucks. Leave it alone

"I had plenty of violent nigger thugs and raping hispanics too, just further in the story!"

 

[Prison Enjoyer]

It's actually enraging how ignorant he is.

Fucking ribs. Claims he’s 130IQ and a political expert but doesn’t know even the most basic grade-school level geography. Like really? Not knowing what the Balkans are or its countries? I guess his brain is too overloaded 24/7 with intense thoughts of child rape for him to think about anything else.

ZERO chance he could find Ukraine on a map, even now.

 

[TorquieTwoBeers]

It's actually enraging how ignorant he is.

Did he have to look up that Albania was a country or that it was near Macedonia? Either way, what a fucking moron. I guess they'll let anyone into MENSA these days.

 

[Cruisin’ Joe Cumia]

The reviewer probably skimmed it because it was so shit she couldn’t read it.

 

[TorquieTwoBeers]

The reviewer probably skimmed it because it was so shit she couldn’t read it.

@captain_kamala posted an excerpt a while back and it was horrible. Pat is a horrible writer but he is 100000x better than Hildy.

 

[captain_kamala]

Did he have to look up that Albania was a country or that it was near Macedonia? Either way, what a fucking moron. I guess they'll let anyone into MENSA these days.

It was just a curious new word he had to Google. Siri, what is albania? And he assumes everyone else has the same Bible college education as him. No, some of us went to real school.

 

[Rodeo Clown]

Should Nancy be informed that Hildy fucks kids? I mean she’s probably ok with it but in the off chance she isn’t, hilarious fun could ensue.

 

[captain_kamala]

Should Nancy be informed that Hildy fucks kids? I mean she’s probably ok with it but in the off chance she isn’t, hilarious fun could ensue.

She's mexican so she was definitely hildemaned by all her male relatives

 

[captain_kamala]

I don't think hildy has had even the most basic of experiences outside of his white Midwestern bubble like going to Mexico or the carribean.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

I don't think hildy has had even the most basic of experiences outside of his white Midwestern bubble like going to Mexico or the carribean.

He’s the type that tells everyone he has black friends while at the most those friends are co-workers that aren’t actually his friend. Same with Pat who probably didn’t interact with a black person until he moved to FL and went to an all-white high school.

 

[chewtoyrapist]

I don't think hildy has had even the most basic of experiences outside of his white Midwestern bubble like going to Mexico or the carribean.

As sick as it makes me to say this, pat is a built cosmopolitan renaissance man (and a fine writer) compared to the people who hang off his nuts. Hildy would never travel outside of the midwest unless he can steal a child's innocence. Nobody tell him south east asia exists, the monster