Jack L. Chalker
Jack L. Chalker
Jack Laurence Chalkerwas an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the Washington Science Fiction Association and was involved in the founding of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth17 December 1944
CountryUnited States of America
Jack L. Chalker quotes about
wonderful decadence
Decadence is wonderful.
uniforms non-conformist ifs
You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.
two office unsuccessful
I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
real book people
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
evil fundamentals rationalize
...it is in the very fundamentals of evil that one always condemns it when they see it but rationalizes it when they do it.
writing novel
I write novels and other things.
holiday too-much used
I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
book blank checks
No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
helping ifs
If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.
school technology college
I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.
long historical supportive
I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.
kentucky louisiana mayors
I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
mean life-is hell
Just because your whole life is going to hell doesn't mean you have to walk there.