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>Travis S Taylor
>The strong resemblance between Clemons and Taylor, along with the tremendous skill, intellect and competence demonstrated by Clemons (and multiple other characters), has given rise to commentary and critiques characterizing Clemons as a "Mary Sue": a character patterned after the author's personality and appearance, but possessing exaggerated abilities and/or attractiveness. Taylor has been described as "irked" at such reactions; he is quoted as saying:

(quotes long paragraph of Taylor whining about IRL competent people not being mary sues)

>Regardless of such criticism, Warp Speed belongs to the genre known as an Edisonade, and the heroes of this genre are inevitably multitalented. It is common for the protagonist of a first novel to be strongly inspired by the author's personal experiences. Warp Speed was voted #3 best science fiction book of 2005 by The Preditors & Editors Readers Poll.

>tfw you will never be so thin-skinned you edit your own wikipedia page