# Scott Lynch on Reddit (u/scottlynch78)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/scott-lynch

Scott Lynch: Fantasy author, The Lies of Locke Lamora.

- Reddit account: [u/scottlynch78](https://www.reddit.com/user/scottlynch78/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Moderator-assigned “The Author” flair in r/gentlemanbastards](https://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanbastards/comments/1ww7n56/comment/pdou0k8/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/gentlemanbastards (258), r/Fantasy (17), r/thebrokenbindingsub (7), r/printSF (3), r/whatsthatbook (2), r/Battletechgame (2)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2024 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch

## Moments

### u/ScottLynch78 in r/gentlemanbastards, Jan 7, 2025 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Is Gentleman Bastards heavily based off of Robin Hobb's Elderling series or am I losing my mind?".

> Regal wasn't named after Prince Regal; he was based on a kitten I had at the time named Thor, as the joke was that Thor was a random goof who was anything but regal.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanbastards/comments/1hvnxto/comment/m5vemwy/ · 264 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/ScottLynch78 in r/gentlemanbastards, Oct 28, 2024 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "[Red Seas] Is this a mistake?".

> It's an author mistake, the guy has a certain glib recklessness to his earlier work that sometimes stretched the abilities of even the most nimble-witted copy editors. You should try to spot the bit where he puts a month in two different parts of the year, he's still trying to come up with some sort of plausible diegetic way to explain that one.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanbastards/comments/1gd5l30/comment/lu9isj7/ · 24 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/ScottLynch78 in r/whatsthatbook, Nov 23, 2024 · Normal redditor

Replying to a redditor:

> The Haunted Planet by DJ Arneson? Specifically, I think those are the stories The House On Pearl Street, Ghost Flight, and The Bridge.

> Oh my god, I think you nailed it. Three and a half decades of mystery solved. Thank you!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/comments/1gxvumy/comment/lymkavc/ · 4 points as of Nov 7, 2026