RIP to the only man that was as sick as Spoony claimed to be...
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There was an interview he did years ago where he was asked about his pen name. My memory is garbage, but I want to say that he made up some bullshit about how some Asian writers will choose white sounding names so they can get published.Tony Schiavone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:24 pmDavid Wong is still there (only a matter of time before that fake name gets called out for being cultural appropriation/racist).
From what I remember from reading discussions about him, the real reason was much more boring. Apparently 'David' is the most common first name in the world and 'Wong' is the most common surname but he claims you'll never find someone with both names.ChangeTheChunnel wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:08 pmThere was an interview he did years ago where he was asked about his pen name. My memory is garbage, but I want to say that he made up some bullshit about how some Asian writers will choose white sounding names so they can get published.Tony Schiavone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:24 pmDavid Wong is still there (only a matter of time before that fake name gets called out for being cultural appropriation/racist).
That sounds about right. Like I said, my memory is garbage.Keith Chegwin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:25 pmFrom what I remember from reading discussions about him, the real reason was much more boring. Apparently 'David' is the most common first name in the world and 'Wong' is the most common surname but he claims you'll never find someone with both names.ChangeTheChunnel wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:08 pmThere was an interview he did years ago where he was asked about his pen name. My memory is garbage, but I want to say that he made up some bullshit about how some Asian writers will choose white sounding names so they can get published.Tony Schiavone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:24 pmDavid Wong is still there (only a matter of time before that fake name gets called out for being cultural appropriation/racist).
Not only is he extremely wrong, there are people with that name who are more accomplished than him.Keith Chegwin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:25 pmFrom what I remember from reading discussions about him, the real reason was much more boring. Apparently 'David' is the most common first name in the world and 'Wong' is the most common surname but he claims you'll never find someone with both names.ChangeTheChunnel wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:08 pmThere was an interview he did years ago where he was asked about his pen name. My memory is garbage, but I want to say that he made up some bullshit about how some Asian writers will choose white sounding names so they can get published.Tony Schiavone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:24 pmDavid Wong is still there (only a matter of time before that fake name gets called out for being cultural appropriation/racist).
All of them suck as writers. At least Wong wrote an actual book that I think sold reasonably well. Well enough to make a crappy indie movie anyway. What do the rest of them have?Tony Schiavone wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:48 pmHe admitted it years ago with John Cheese (where they basically swapped ethnicity names). The difference being that he started virtue signaling long before it was cool in an attempt to bury himself as a target way down the list. It also helps that he sucks as a writer, so there isn't as much of a reward to take him down.