Dorothy J. Heydt

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Dorothy J. Heydt is a SF writer and linguist. She is known for inventing the "Eight Deadly Words" ("I don't care what happens to these people"), a pithy and common criticism of characterization in SF stories, which she first wrote in 1991 regarding The Copper Crown by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, and described as "The Eight Deadly Words (tm)" in 1993 regarding a Fionavar Tapestry book.

The Eight Deadly Words (tm):
"I don't _care_ *what* happens to these people!"

Heydt is also known for inventing one of the first popular Vulcan conlangs.

Names

Works

  • The Interior Life (as Katherine Blake)
  • A Point of Honor

Further reading

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