January 14th, 2008 -- by Bacchus
Wearing The Luster Off The Groupies
Science fiction author and blogger John Scalzi, on celebrity, his relative lack of it, and why he’s cool with that:
True, this means I miss out on groupies, but I suspect after the first several hundred they lose their luster as well. I could be wrong. I might be willing to find out. Let me clear that with the wife and get back to you on it.
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Well, as far as I’m concerned, Scalzi *is* a celebrity – unlike the other people he links to as examples of being properly famous.
I’d be more likely to be Elizabeth Bear’s groupie, though.
Re: “…after the first several hundred they lose their luster…”
Ummm, yeah… I feel like that about caviar on crackers, but I don’t regret eating them…
I agree with you about Scalzi’s celebrity, he was of course being modest and self-effacing. Although he does have a point, he’s not part of the supercelebrity club where you have to “accidentally” get photographed wearing no underwear, or get arrested for hitting a photographer while drunk and stoned.