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about 1 year ago maygra said: galtiness - the inclination to have fictional characters mouth an author's own political views

Term coined by author John Scalzi (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004657.html) in reference to a previous post where he coined the John Galt Maneuver (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003789.html)

about 1 year ago maygra said: words about words

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