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RELM Muse:	Hi Michael!
RELM Muse:	You're early. :)
O Flainn:	I wanted to be sure I could find the place.
RELM Muse:	Good idea. ;)
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RELM Muse:	Did you see the promotional area?
RELM Muse:	Hi Gand!
RELM Muse:	Author chat!
Gandalara:	Ahoy!
RELM Muse:	Welcome to the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	We're talking with SF author Michael Flynn!
Gandalara:	Can I call you Mike? :) O Flainn's hard to type.
RELM Muse:	Who is O Flainn -- I take it that's an Irish version?
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RELM Muse:	Gand is one of your big fans. :)
RELM Muse:	Hi JJ!
RELM Muse:	Welcome!  Meet O Flainn, aka
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn, science fiction author!
RELM Muse:	Join the O*W*C for guest chat!
O Flainn:	O Flainn is the Irish for Flynn.  And sure, Mike is OK.
Gandalara:	I've been pushing FIRESTAR for about a year :)
Gandalara:	Hi JJ!
RELM Muse:	Yes, and I have a copy to give out tonight. :)
O Flainn:	With any success?
Gandalara:	Some.....
JJ Brannon:	Hi, all
Gandalara:	I urge teachers to read it
O Flainn:	Greetings, JJ
RELM Muse:	The Publisher's Weekly synopsis for ROGUE STAR says...
RELM Muse:	something about how your blue-collar spaceguys could have come
right out...
JJ Brannon:	Hi, Mike..
RELM Muse:	of an Allen Steele novel, and Allen is one of our members, and
popular here,..
RELM Muse:	so I think folks will like your books, too.
Gandalara:	Except now I'm hunting for the short story book.
RELM Muse:	You know, I was glad to hear that FIRESTAR was only the first part
of the story --
RELM Muse:	I wanted to know more about what happened with the space
program,...
O Flainn:	Several reviewers have commented on parallels to Steele.
RELM Muse:	and I also thought that Mariesa's marriage was left in an odd
state.  Realistic, but odd.
RELM Muse:	Gand, they don't have it at Amazon?
Gandalara:	I was more like, "No...it can't end that way!"
Gandalara:	LOL - I'm so used to going the other places, I forgot about
Amamzon
Gandalara:	er Amazon
RELM Muse:	How did you come up with the idea for FIRESTAR?
O Flainn:	Have you read ROGUE STAR?  There is some further action with Barry.
Gandalara:	Waiting for SFBC to deliver it
RELM Muse:	I've ordered it from SFBC, but it hasn't come yet.  I *do* have
two covers...
RELM Muse:	for it from Tor. ;) (which is where I got the cover images)
O Flainn:	I'm a slow typer.  Bear with me while I answer queries from several
lines ago...
RELM Muse:	Okay. :)
Gandalara:	Your view of education was so chilling. It hooked me immediately.
JJ Brannon:	I have an embarrassing admission -- I haven't read the "*Star"
series...yet.
RELM Muse:	You *have* to, JJ!  Really interesting ideas on education & space.
JJ Brannon:	But I just discovered that Michael is the author of one of my
favorite hard SF serials:
O Flainn:	Idea for FIRESTAR.  Many sources, actually.  One was an image that
JJ Brannon:	Washer at the Ford.
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RELM Muse:	Hi Borg!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! We have the 1991 Compton
RELM Muse:	Crook winner with us: Michael Flynn!
RELM Muse:	Chat about his books and writing with
RELM Muse:	the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
Gandalara:	Hi Borg!
Borg Drone:	Hi everyone
O Flainn:	did not make it into the book, of a woman standing outside a
JJ Brannon:	Nuclear physics meets with Celtic legends.
RELM Muse:	Mike/O Flainn is talking about the idea for FIRESTAR.
O Flainn:	classroom door listening to nonsense going on inside.
O Flainn:	Talking about it in disjoint pieces....
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RELM Muse:	Hi Ev!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! You've found the
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RELM Muse:	author Michael Flynn joining us for chat!
RELM Muse:	Say Hi to O Flainn!
Evrt63:	hey i made it
Borg Drone:	Hi
Gandalara:	Hi Ev!
Evrt63:	hi all
O Flainn:	"Washer at the Ford"?  Really?  I've never been happy with that
one.
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RELM Muse:	Hi BLR!
RELM Muse:	Author!  Author!
RELM Muse:	Look who's here!
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn's the
RELM Muse:	O*W*C's cheer!
Gandalara:	Mariesa is such an obssessed, cold woman. She's very hard to like,
IMO
Gandalara:	Hi BLR!
JJ Brannon:	Why not?
BLR WIZ:	Hi Muse, EV, Borg, JJ, Gand, O F
RELM Muse:	I dunno, Gand, I really identified with her (boy, what does that
say about me?)
Borg Drone:	Hi BLR
Gandalara:	LOL
RELM Muse:	She has a goal, and she's working toward it.
O Flainn:	Congratulations, Gand.  Some reviewers feel she is a "normative"
character.
Gandalara:	Well, so did the astronaut. I liked him better
RELM Muse:	And, I suspect, some of my affection for her comes from growing up
and ...
RELM Muse:	working in the defense industry.
O Flainn:	The never realize how troubled she is.
RELM Muse:	You mean subsuming her personal life into her professional life?
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RELM Muse:	Hi Spleen!
BLR WIZ:	HI Spleen
RELM Muse:	Welcome to O*W*C!  O Flainn/Michael Flynn
Gandalara:	Hi SPleen!
RELM Muse:	is our special guest tonight!  Join in the chat!
O Flainn:	SpleenVent?  Sounds ominous.....
RELM Muse:	LOL
Borg Drone:	Hi Spleen
Evrt63:	it is
SpleenVent:	:)
SpleenVent:	I am
SpleenVent:	Hi everyone
Evrt63:	hi spleen
O Flainn:	Yes, RELM.  She is so irrationally terrified of Impact that she has
almost no other life.
Gandalara:	And I felt so sorry for Mariesa's husband. But then I figured he
Gandalara:	knew what he was getting into.
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RELM Muse:	Hi Rob!
RELM Muse:	Author chat!
RELM Muse:	Welcome to the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	We're talking with SF author Michael Flynn!
Gandalara:	Hi ROb!
Borg Drone:	Hi
RELM Muse:	Well, he obviously decided to continue his liaison with the other
teacher...
RobSorenze:	brb have to change clothes...
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JJ Brannon:	Mike, what is your favorite story or top three?
RELM Muse:	when he found Mariesa was so uninvolved.
O Flainn:	Yeah, poor Barry.  He likes to please; and drifts with the tide.
O Flainn:	In a way, Barry was loyal to all his committments, even his shady
ones.
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RELM Muse:	But they're conflicting loyalties, so he's left betraying someone.
RELM Muse:	Hi Hack!
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Gandalara:	Hi Hack!
RELM Muse:	Hi Knuc!
Borg Drone:	Hi Hack
RELM Muse:	Welcome!  Meet O Flainn, aka
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn, science fiction author!
RELM Muse:	Join the O*W*C for guest chat!
SpleenVent:	Hiya Hacker
Gandalara:	Hi Knuc!
Knucles2:	Bac!
HackerSnac:	Hey all
O Flainn:	JJ: my favorite stories of others, or of mine?
Evrt63:	who's barry?
RELM Muse:	He's the male protagonist of FIRESTAR.
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RELM Muse:	Or maybe the supporting male.
RELM Muse:	Hi DM!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! We have the 1991 Compton
RELM Muse:	Crook winner with us: Michael Flynn!
RELM Muse:	Chat about his books and writing with
RELM Muse:	the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
Gandalara:	Hi DM!
JJ Brannon:	Of your own...This is your hour
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RELM Muse:	Hi TAM!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! You've found the
Evrt63:	oh ok iwas starting to wonder if you guys new barry white or
something
RELM Muse:	Other*Worlds*Cafe and we have SF
RELM Muse:	author Michael Flynn joining us for chat!
RELM Muse:	Say Hi to O Flainn!
RELM Muse:	LOL Ev!
Borg Drone:	May I ask what book we're discussing?
Gandalara:	Mike, if this is a series...when will the asteroids hit? :) Third
or Fourth book?
Gandalara:	Hi TAM!
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Muse
RELM Muse:	FIRESTAR and ROGUE STAR right now, but Mike has more books out,...
RELM Muse:	too.
RELM Muse:	To see information on Michael Flynn's
RELM Muse:	books, cut and paste this to the keyword
RELM Muse:	prompt:
RELM Muse:	aol://4344:1412.owcflynn.8294148.579473368
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TAMARAC223:	Hi,Michael?   Mr. Flynn?
RELM Muse:	Mike. :)
O Flainn:	Of mine....  Let's see.  "Melodies of the Heart."  "Remember'd
Kisses."  "Mammy Morgan..."
TAMARAC223:	Hi Gand
TAMARAC223:	;)  Hi, Mike
SpleenVent:	Hiya Tam
JJ Brannon:	Looks like I'm going to be hunting the stacks...
Gandalara:	Wasn't FIRESTAR nominated for either a Hugo or Neb?
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Spleen
O Flainn:	Gand: Asteroid impact?  What asteroid impact.  (Image of innocence)
Gandalara:	LOL
Gandalara:	I *love* disasters :)
TAMARAC223:	He's as good at that as Gand is
RELM Muse:	LOL
Borg Drone:	where do you get your ideas?
Gandalara:	:::innocent look :::
JJ Brannon:	Mike, where'd you get the picture of the young guy propped up at
the front door?
TAMARAC223:	See?
RELM Muse:	LOL  JJ, I think it was his agent who sent me that.
O Flainn:	Besides, that movie has sort of spoiled things.  I wasn't planning
to rewrite
O Flainn:	LUCIFER"S HAMMER anyway.
Borg Drone:	It seems like it would be so hard to write a book.
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RELM Muse:	Hi E!
Gandalara:	Hi E!
RELM Muse:	LTNS!
RELM Muse:	Author!  Author!
RELM Muse:	Look who's here!
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn's the
RELM Muse:	O*W*C's cheer!
O Flainn:	Borg: only if it is hard-back
E cat s:	Hi everyone!!
TAMARAC223:	LOL O
Borg Drone:	LOL
Gandalara:	LOL
RELM Muse:	LOL
BLR WIZ:	LOL
JJ Brannon:	How does your day job influence the direction of your writing?
Borg Drone:	very punny
O Flainn:	Well, or erotica...
RELM Muse:	You've been writing erotica?
Evrt63:	space babes?
O Flainn:	No, but it would be hard to write it
RELM Muse:	LOL
Gandalara:	collaborating with Anne Rice :)
SpleenVent:	zero G erotica?
JJ Brannon:	Well, House of Dreams was...evocative
Borg Drone:	space vampires?
O Flainn:	Ah yes.  "House of Dreams" was originally intended for Gardner's
DYING FOR IT
O Flainn:	anthology of erotic ghost stories.
Evrt63:	space stewardess vixens from venus?
RELM Muse:	LOL Ev!
JJ Brannon:	The heroine was plaintively attractive...
Borg Drone:	sounds like something from Bloom County
E cat s:	Broom Parish?
O Flainn:	Sex in ziggy is difficult.  The don't call it the Three Dolphin
Club for nothing
Gandalara:	If possible, I'd like a short synopsis (?) of Rogue Star :)
JJ Brannon:	There has been at least one married couple in orbit...
E cat s:	"How many does it take?"
Evrt63:	uh this is a g rated chat room isn't it?
O Flainn:	ROGUE STAR takes place in 2009/10.  There are four threads:
Knucles2:	::::waits patiently for explanation of Three Dolphin Club::::
RELM Muse:	Yes, Ev!
Evrt63:	just checking
RELM Muse:	While Mike types, let me give you the URL for a con report on his
talk...
Borg Drone:	is'nt it nice for a change?
JJ Brannon:	But all those physiological effects reported [hypotension, etc.]
make one wonder why bother?
RELM Muse:	on the use & misuse of statistics:
RELM
Muse:	http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/fandom/conventions/Boskone34.ConReport.html#statistics
RELM Muse:	Be sure to join "conventions" back together.
Gandalara:	Ah! I was going to ask him about that! LOL
RELM Muse:	Evelyn Leeper gave him a good review!
Borg Drone:	brb
O Flainn:	1) ....  Oh.  Knucks.  Zero-g.  Push and things float away from
you.
Gandalara:	LOL
Knucles2:	LOL
RELM Muse:	Well, and you float away from them.
O Flainn:	The 3rd dolphin is there to hold the other in place.
Knucles2:	roflol
Gandalara:	And it's name is Flip-her?
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Gandalara:	Thwapping self.
Evrt63:	ouch
Knucles2:	As long as I can choose the third....sounds kinky....
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RELM Muse:	Hi again, TAM!
Gandalara:	re's TAM
TAMARAC223:	back
Knucles2:	Hi Tam
Borg Drone:	back
JJ Brannon:	Careful there's a child overlooking my shoulder...
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Knuck
O Flainn:	OK.  ROGUE STAR.  1) Forrest Calhoun, the Iron Mike, and Nacho in
deep space to 1991JW
E cat s:	brb
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O Flainn:	2) President Donaldson wants Mariesa to help him put weapons on the
space station a-building
Gandalara:	stupid politicians. ALways mucking things up.
O Flainn:	3) Flaco and his panas are building Leo Station.
Evrt63:	hey more firepower is always a plus
RELM Muse:	Well, it's against the treaty.
O Flainn:	4) Roberta (Styx) intends to bring Mariesa down and begins looking
for scandal
Borg Drone:	just ask India
Gandalara:	Ah! Roberta! Very interesting character.
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RELM Muse:	Yeah, kind of the ex-smoker variety.
RELM Muse:	Hi T8!
T83BIRD:	Hi, all.
RELM Muse:	Welcome to O*W*C!  O Flainn/Michael Flynn
Knucles2:	Hi Bird
RELM Muse:	is our special guest tonight!  Join in the chat!
Gandalara:	Your books have a lot of ebssessed characters in them
Borg Drone:	T-Bird!
SpleenVent:	Hiya T8
Gandalara:	er obssessed
O Flainn:	The four threads bounce off one another in random collisions (rogue
stars)
BLR WIZ:	Hi T8
Gandalara:	Hi T!
TAMARAC223:	Hi, T!
RELM Muse:	And there is at least a third book, right?
Gandalara:	How long did it take to write?
O Flainn:	Some may also be ebsessed, if I knew what that was.....
RELM Muse:	LOL
Knucles2:	lol
RELM Muse:	Overcome at low tide?
Gandalara:	where's the typocillin? :)
Borg Drone:	ooooooooooLOL
T83BIRD:	LOL Gand
Knucles2:	This room has its own vocabulary....
O Flainn:	About 1.5 years/book.  The third volume, FALLING STAR, is half
done.
BLR WIZ:	LOL Gand
T83BIRD:	The tentacular again.
TAMARAC223:	lol Muse
RELM Muse:	Yeah, and it all comes from typos. ;)
RELM Muse:	Ah!  And is there a fourth?
Gandalara:	Aha! The title gives it away ! <G>
O Flainn:	A 4th book is not planned, unless #3 bifurcates
Borg Drone:	intelligent minds think faster than they can spell.
Gandalara:	SPLITTING STARS? :)
O Flainn:	Asteroids are not the only sort of stars that can fall.
T83BIRD:	Better than splitting hairs, Gand.
Knucles2:	Borg, I'll buy any excuse that works,......
Evrt63:	or spitting stars
RELM Muse:	LOL
Borg Drone:	just ask George Michael
Knucles2:	LOL
Borg Drone:	I have a million of them
Knucles2:	He was spelling?????
RELM Muse:	FIRESTAR is pretty long -- are the other two big as well?
O Flainn:	resistance is futile
Gandalara:	Each novel is basically a stand alone though. That's good
T83BIRD:	Then there's Robert Frost's poem, "The Star Splitter."
RELM Muse:	The paperback I have here as a door prize is 885 pages.
O Flainn:	ROGUE STAR is somewhat shorter.  Dunno about FALLING STAR yet
Borg Drone:	I need to go assimilate a beverage.brb
Gandalara:	The hardback is 563. But the type is *tiny*
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RELM Muse:	The hardback's *mine* and down in the bedroom, so thanks, Gand. :)
O Flainn:	FIRESTAR originally ended with Part 2.  Part 3 was going to be with
ROGUE STAR.
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RELM Muse:	Hi Shadow!
RELM Muse:	Author chat!
RELM Muse:	Welcome to the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	We're talking with SF author Michael Flynn!
SpleenVent:	hiya Shadow
O Flainn:	But David Hartwell thought too many threads were still dangling at
the end of #2
Gandalara:	Hi Shadow!
Evrt63:	brb
T83BIRD:	Hi Shadow
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Shadow!
Shadowjakk:	Hi Muse, Michael!
Borg Drone:	Denver is running a 2 hour Star Trek during Seinfeld.
Shadowjakk:	Hi all!
RELM Muse:	Yeah, I saw it was edited by Hartwell -- he's an excellent editor.
T83BIRD:	Seinfeld is over here.
Borg Drone:	How come none of us are watching?
Knucles2:	Shadowjakk, Hi
BLR WIZ:	Hi Shadow
RELM Muse:	I haven't watched "Seinfeld" in years.  I listen to enough whining
in real life. ;
Borg Drone:	Hi Shadow
RELM Muse:	;) at the end there. :)
T83BIRD:	Did you watch Seinfeld, BLR?
TAMARAC223:	Both over here, Borg
Borg Drone:	Amen to that. Life's too short.
Gandalara:	Um, didn't you have something to do with Fallen Angels too?
Gandalara:	The fans' save the astronaut book? Forgive my memory.
O Flainn:	In FIRESTAR is a reference to a whiny NYC Boomer sitcom.
TAMARAC223:	about nothing?
Gandalara:	LOL
O Flainn:	FALLEN ANGELS was Niven/Pournelle/and me
BLR WIZ:	Yes T8
Gandalara:	hey hey, the brain's not so bad :)
T83BIRD:	Ok
T83BIRD:	I did, too.
Borg Drone:	unfortunately, most of my neighbors try to live the Seinfeld
lifestyle.
JJ Brannon:	I thought it was You and Pournelle & Niven...
Shadowjakk:	That's the problem with near-future SF.  Shows are still in
re-run syndication. :)
Knucles2:	That's where I saw your name...
Gandalara:	LOL JJ
RELM Muse:	LOL Gand!
BLR WIZ:	LOL
T83BIRD:	O F: My students find it hard to believe that we're already in an
ice age.
O Flainn:	I suggested alphabetical order, but Jim Baen said do I want egoboo
or to sell lots of copies
JJ Brannon:	How much did Darrell Schweitzer pay you for Helvatian?
O Flainn:	It was free JJ
Shadowjakk:	LOL...reverse alphabetical...it works.
JJ Brannon:	You know I racked my brains for hours matching people to
characters.
O Flainn:	Bird: it's still colder than normal for an interglacial.
Knucles2:	You went with the $ , of course....
T83BIRD:	I agree.
BLR WIZ:	Some things never change.
O Flainn:	Heck there was a character in FAllen Angels that I didn't know was
real; but she swore I got
Borg Drone:	A man's gotta eat,Knucles.
O Flainn:	her perfectly
Shadowjakk:	People who have a working knowledge of science can
Shadowjakk:	usually add numbers well too, Knuc. :)
Gandalara:	Would you collaborate again? And with who, if you had your
druthers?
T83BIRD:	Fallen Angels is a good story, anyway. Glad you were part of its
creation.
RELM Muse:	And it was a much nicer vision of fans than that from McCrumb or
Spinrad.
Knucles2:	lol
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Gandalara:	Hi Stng!
T83BIRD:	Hi Stng
Stngnslm:	evening all
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Stng
Borg Drone:	welcome Stng
Knucles2:	Stngnslm, Hi
RELM Muse:	Hi Stng!
RELM Muse:	Welcome!  Meet O Flainn, aka
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn, science fiction author!
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Shadowjakk:	Spinrad isn't into popularity contests, obviously.
Stngnslm:	waving to all present and saying hi to Micheal
O Flainn:	Hi, vowelless one
RELM Muse:	Mike, you mentioned in your folder that with FIRESTAR, you're
close to ...
RELM Muse:	"Earning Out" for the first time.  Tell us what you mean. :)
Knucles2:	o' personofmanyconsonents...
O Flainn:	The author is paid up-front an "advance against royalties."  As
books sell, the royalty due
Shadowjakk:	According to readers of Arabic and Hebrew, vowels are for people
with no memories.
O Flainn:	is accounted.  When it equals monies paid, the book has "earned
out."
Knucles2:	wht?
BLR WIZ:	What was that Shadow?
O Flainn:	Further royalties bring New Mone
Shadowjakk:	No vowels in Arabic script.
RELM Muse:	So if it doesn't equal the advance, do you have to give some back?
BLR WIZ:	Huh?  :)
T83BIRD:	Shadow, in ancient Hebrew, the vowels were part of the name of God,
not written.
Shadowjakk:	You just have to know the word in context by its consonant
signature.
O Flainn:	No.  The publisher takes the risk.  (But doesn't lose money, fer
gosh sakes.)
RELM Muse:	LOL
JJ Brannon:	How encouraging...award winning author in the business for over a
decade...
T83BIRD:	See Robert Graves': "The White Goddess."
JJ Brannon:	and he's just breaking even!
Shadowjakk:	Sounds like a comissioned salesman's draw, Michael.
RELM Muse:	I counted once, and I have more Tor books than any other
publisher.  So they..
RELM Muse:	must be making *some* money. :)
Stngnslm:	hope not O Flainn itmust  be like working on a comission (sp)
RELM Muse:	Tell us about your Compton Crook win - IN THE COUNTRY OF THE
BLIND.
O Flainn:	You always go for as much up front as possible.
BLR WIZ:	I tried to keep count like that Muse,  but I lost count.
O Flainn:	No one remembers IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND.
JJ Brannon:	And publishers have accounting wizards...
Stngnslm:	? that is odd thought
RELM Muse:	(I wasn't at that Balticon)
T83BIRD:	If you went for the net, you wouldn't get.
O Flainn:	My brothers say it would have sold better as IN THE COUNTRY OF THE
BLONDE
RELM Muse:	Well, *I* do. ;)
RELM Muse:	LOLOL
Shadowjakk:	LOLOL
BLR WIZ:	LOLOL
JJ Brannon:	Funny, the faster the software & hardware, the later the royalty
statements!
Knucles2:	I remember the title....not the story tho....
RELM Muse:	He's probably right. :)
Shadowjakk:	It would have had to have been a short-short then, Michael.
RELM Muse:	LOL Shadow
Evrt63:	maybee i could write a book about a sf chat room and all of it's zany
characters
RELM Muse:	Ev, people keep threatening that.
T83BIRD:	Who'd believe it, Evrt?
JJ Brannon:	Did the phrase originate with HG Wells?
Knucles2:	Evrt, nobody would believe it....
Evrt63:	thats what fiction is for
Shadowjakk:	It'd have to be done like Malzberg's DWELLERS OF THE DEEP, Ev.
O Flainn:	The gist of ITCOTB: a group of folks in the 1840's who studied
Babbage engines
JJ Brannon:	I know he played a powerful spin on the title...
Gandalara:	Weren't you nominated for a Hugo or a Neb. Mike?
Borg Drone:	AOL would want part of the royalties,Evrt
O Flainn:	built them and they worked.  The processed data and began to notice
Shadowjakk:	Did it precede THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE, Michael?
Stngnslm:	not I T83
Evrt63:	sorry i got punted b4 i heard that sharing remark
O Flainn:	trends.  The started to act to forestall the trends.
Gandalara:	I remember that one.
Knucles2:	O Flainn, is it still in print?I like that kind of story...
JJ Brannon:	Hollerith invented the punch card in time for the 1880 census...
O Flainn:	Today (literally: it was set around now, but written what 86?) the
secret Babbage Society
RELM Muse:	Shadow, they were published the same year.
O Flainn:	gets rich from its "science of history" and kills anyone who
discovers them,
TAMARAC223:	I remember that
T83BIRD:	In that connection, anyone heard of software program "Timescape
Zero" by Terence McKenna?
O Flainn:	like the heroine of the book, Sarah Beaumont.
BLR WIZ:	Before that, punch cards were used to control weaving looms.
Shadowjakk:	Aha...Steampunk ala FOCAULT'S PENDULUM.  Sounds good.
Stngnslm:	Blr knows his history
O Flainn:	BTW, Sarah Beaumont and Red Malone from ITCOTB make an appearance
in FIRESTAR
O Flainn:	under their new identities.
Shadowjakk:	Jacquard looms.  Revolutionized the textile market.
BLR WIZ:	I have watched Connections a few times  Stng.  :)
RELM Muse:	They do?  :::thinking hard:::
Gandalara:	recycling characters....how green are you? :)
Borg Drone:	my great grandmother was a power loom weaver in Edinburgh
T83BIRD:	McKenna charted points of vulneraability to major societal change in
history.
Stngnslm:	liked the series blr have a couple of the books
O Flainn:	Hint: Man with knife menaces Mariesa when she is meeting with TWO
VENTURE CAPITALISTS.
RELM Muse:	Oh!
Gandalara:	Ah!
RELM Muse:	LOL
BLR WIZ:	I have the 1st series on video, Stng.
T83BIRD:	Next major point: Dec. 21, 2012.
Evrt63:	the guybw/ the knife is fresh meat right?
TAMARAC223:	What happens then?
RELM Muse:	You have another book, which I haven't read, THE NANOTECH
CHRONICLES...
BLR WIZ:	Interesting  Borg....
RELM Muse:	which is about molecular engineering -- tell us about that.
O Flainn:	Also, in FIRESTAR, Mariesa uses the forecasting firm of Detweiler &
Assoc.
Shadowjakk:	Nothing more frightening than a Venture Capitalist...except Two
Venture Capitalists.
Stngnslm:	i have some of it  recorded
RELM Muse:	LOL
T83BIRD:	My remarks are in connection with the Babbage story about trends.
OnlineHost:	RIKnJAK has entered the room.
JJ Brannon:	My 54th birthday
Shadowjakk:	Hi RIK.
RIKnJAK:	hi
T83BIRD:	HI RIK
Gandalara:	Hi RIK!
Knucles2:	Hi Rik
BLR WIZ:	Hi RIK
Stngnslm:	hi rik:&jak
Evrt63:	hi rik
SpleenVent:	Hiya rlk
RELM Muse:	Hi RIK!
RIKnJAK:	Popped in to say hi - Puter gets packed tonight
RELM Muse:	Welcome! We have the 1991 Compton
RELM Muse:	Crook winner with us: Michael Flynn!
RELM Muse:	Chat about his books and writing with
Borg Drone:	Two Venture Captitalists, and one Kenneth Starr
RELM Muse:	the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	And unpacked tomorrow?
TAMARAC223:	ah, don't remember details---read maybe 10 years ago, T
O Flainn:	NANOTECH is a series of interrelated stories set in a common
future.
TAMARAC223:	Hi, REK
Borg Drone:	Hi
RIKnJAK:	Yep TAM bout how I feel:)
Gandalara:	Are the stories dark?
RELM Muse:	LOL
T83BIRD:	McKenna's software is new, TAM. It's not fiction.
TAMARAC223:	OOOdessa where the sand comes sweeping cross the plains
Shadowjakk:	Muse told me you had extrapolated on the privatized
Shadowjakk:	education movement, Michael.  Did y'all discuss that
Shadowjakk:	before I got here?
O Flainn:	Some 2ndary characters in one story become major characters in
others.
Evrt63:	oops i gota go i'm with the homework police and i get to be the bad
cop
Shadowjakk:	Night, Ev.
Evrt63:	bye all
O Flainn:	((((Major posting lags))))  sheesh.
Borg Drone:	hey, my bifocals can't adjust that fast.
Gandalara:	LOL Night Ev
RELM Muse:	Night, Ev!
T83BIRD:	Nite Ev
TAMARAC223:	nite, Ev
OnlineHost:	Evrt63 has left the room.
RELM Muse:	Grolier's SF CD-ROM says:
RELM Muse:	His third, The Nanotech Chronicles (1991), presents, with all
MFF's engagingly lurid
RELM Muse:	competence, a tale which exploits current speculations about the
future of molecular
RELM Muse:	engineering. MFF is on the verge of becoming a central creator of
HARD SF. [JC]
Stngnslm:	nite Ev
JJ Brannon:	The perils of popularity on linear discursion
T83BIRD:	O F: Do you think public education will end?
O Flainn:	"Engagingly lurid...."
Gandalara:	"engagingly lurid"? Cool :)
RELM Muse:	LOL
Shadowjakk:	Definitely a Clutism.  "Engagingly lurid"
RELM Muse:	Well, they also say:
RELM Muse:	who soon became identified as one of the most sophisticated and
stylistically acute 1980s...
TAMARAC223:	lurid? erotica then?
RELM Muse:	Analog regulars,
RELM Muse:	Nice words, I think.
Gandalara:	Yup
O Flainn:	BTW: the young boy in "Captive Dreams" visits his neighbor, a
doctor, who has a photo of an
JJ Brannon:	Cute...Clute said he was cute??!!
O Flainn:	old woman and a young girl with progeria on his wall....
RELM Muse:	LOL "acute"
Borg Drone:	It's awfully nice chatting with educated ,witty, open-minded
adults.
TAMARAC223:	;) Borg
RIKnJAK:	Who said we were ADULT:)
O Flainn:	IOW "Melodies of the Heart" fits into NANOTECH
Shadowjakk:	We're here every night, Borg. :)
T83BIRD:	We try, Borg.
RELM Muse:	Aha!  "Melodies of the Heart"!
JJ Brannon:	How can a young girl have progeria?  Wouldn't that make her an
old girl?
RELM Muse:	So we'll have to read all your work to get all the information
about the characters. :)
Gandalara:	Mike - think you'll ever collaborate again? If so who would
Gandalara:	you like to write with? Turtledove? :)
TAMARAC223:	young in years
O Flainn:	Well, yes...
Borg Drone:	I keep trying the Trek room, but can't stomach more than a few
minutes.
JJ Brannon:	What era would you tackle with harry?
O Flainn:	Harry and I have been having discussions.  Why did you mention
Harry?
Stngnslm:	SciFi fans are adult ? me thinks so
RELM Muse:	He posts in your folder. :)
T83BIRD:	No surprise, Borg. Most of us have the same reaction.
RIKnJAK:	Well youve found the place Borg
JJ Brannon:	Has he given you Richard Dreyfus' phone number?
BLR WIZ:	There are several refugies from the Trek Room here.
TAMARAC223:	that's a fairly general concensus here Bors
Gandalara:	Because you seem to have fun punning with him on the message
boards :)
Shadowjakk:	Punning? :)
O Flainn:	JJ: Rather not say.
RELM Muse:	Ha!  Now you have Shadow's attention!
RELM Muse:	Shadow does regular pun chats. :)
O Flainn:	Me?  Pun with Harry?
Knucles2:	uhoh
Gandalara:	oh so innocent......
Borg Drone:	gotta go, a smaller borg needs the computer for some homework.
RELM Muse:	See ya, Borg!  Come again!
Gandalara:	Night Borg
O Flainn:	ciao
RIKnJAK:	Gotta Watch SHADOW He's pretty good:)
T83BIRD:	Nite Borg
Knucles2:	Nite Borg
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RELM Muse:	topics, click on Subscribe in the listbox
TAMARAC223:	Nite, Borg
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RELM Muse:	main screen or send e-mail to JNRChip.
RELM Muse:	To Unsubscribe, do the same.
Stngnslm:	nite borg
Borg Drone:	Good night, may all our dreams come true.
OnlineHost:	Borg Drone has left the room.
JJ Brannon:	You realize that you, Harry and the ilk are going to keep me
impoverished for the next
Shadowjakk:	Very innocent for someone so engagingly lurid. :)
JJ Brannon:	few years.
RELM Muse:	Hmmm.. that's actually under the Miscellany button now.  I gotta
change that.
Gandalara:	LOL
BLR WIZ:	LOL
T83BIRD:	LOL
Stngnslm:	Borg don't let the  nanotecks bite
BLR WIZ:	That is the main hazard of stopping in this room.  Your to read list
grows faster than your
BLR WIZ:	wallet.
T83BIRD:	Much faster.
O Flainn:	Are there any unanswered questions hanging?
JJ Brannon:	Why didn't you like Washer?
Stngnslm:	agree Blr
Gandalara:	Yes :)
Shadowjakk:	ITCOTB was a veiled AH story, then?  You're not a stranger to
Alternate History?
T83BIRD:	Yes. Do you think public education will end, O F?
Gandalara:	weren't you nominated for a Hugo or a Neb?
O Flainn:	"Washer at the Ford": not quite sure why, JJ.  Something about it
never quite gelled.
BLR WIZ:	Do you write at home or in an office type setting?
RIKnJAK:	brb
O Flainn:	Bird: No.  Though gov't run public ed may have a hard time.
T83BIRD:	Thanks for answering.
O Flainn:	Gand: Hugo noms for "The Forest of Time" "Eifelheim" and "Melodies
of the Heart"
O Flainn:	BLR: Yes.
Stngnslm:	O flain gov run ed will grow increasing out of favor
RELM Muse:	LOL
T83BIRD:	You see, O F, I've worked for a public university for 38 years.
RELM Muse:	Mike, you travel a lot (which is why it took us so long to set up
the chat)...
RELM Muse:	does that give you time to write in the evenings?
BLR WIZ:	Thanks for making that clear, Mike.   :)
JJ Brannon:	My cousins are doing a booming business in home-schooling study
aids.
O Flainn:	Muse: yes.  Not much to do in strange motels.  (Straight line
Alert!!!)
Shadowjakk:	LOL
RELM Muse:	JJ, The Washington Post reported that more people are
homeschooling than ever,..
TAMARAC223:	lol
Knucles2:	T, public colleges will be hit harder,sooner...
Gandalara:	And another one - - Are you going to WorldCon? Need Firestar
signed :)
Stngnslm:	PC and that  are not really as popular as we are led to beleive
RELM Muse:	and many of them are not doing it for religious reasons.
T83BIRD:	I know, Kn.
Gandalara:	LOL Mike
RELM Muse:	LOL Mike!  I used to travel a lot when I worked and the guys I
worked with would..
JJ Brannon:	Yes.  Exactly how do you exert the will power to resist the
boobtube in the rooms.
RELM Muse:	go out and drink all night and I'd be in the hotel doing
needlework.
Stngnslm:	JJ pull the  plug if necessary
O Flainn:	I haven't watched much TV in years
RIKnJAK:	Gee all I need is to see all the channels I got with Satellite and
STILL NOTHING ON
JJ Brannon:	In Alaska, most kids are homeschooled in the interior.
Knucles2:	Still not much on , Mike....
JJ Brannon:	With internet will we have Home-university?
RELM Muse:	*Are* you coming to BucConeer, Mike?
Gandalara:	Thanks, Muse :)
T83BIRD:	It's called "distance learning," JJ.
RELM Muse:	JJ, we already do.  There are at least three full-accredited
universities..
RELM Muse:	on the 'net.
Knucles2:	Still have to pay big bucks JJ
OnlineHost:	Araiused has entered the room.
RELM Muse:	Hi Ara!
Shadowjakk:	Hi Ara.
RELM Muse:	Welcome! You've found the
Gandalara:	Hi Ara!
RIKnJAK:	ARA
O Flainn:	Gand: currently planning on worldcon.  promised stan schmidt i'd
play bass clarinet in the
RELM Muse:	Other*Worlds*Cafe and we have SF
RELM Muse:	author Michael Flynn joining us for chat!
RELM Muse:	Say Hi to O Flainn!
T83BIRD:	HI Ara
Araiused:	Hallo
O Flainn:	ANALOG Mafia ragtime band
Stngnslm:	hi Arai
RELM Muse:	Cool!
Gandalara:	Great!
Knucles2:	Hi Ara
RELM Muse:	Some of us are going, too. ;)
Gandalara:	Now I know to lug the book :)
Araiused:	Hi O Flainn :)
T83BIRD:	Raggedy we are, all right.
O Flainn:	hello
JJ Brannon:	I'm an early supporter...
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Ara
RELM Muse:	Gand is planning on schlepping to Oz next year, too.
Shadowjakk:	Ahhh...I thought the AMRG had disbanded and the
Shadowjakk:	members reformed as the Digital Mafia Ragtime Band.
O Flainn:	early supporter of the AMRagtime Band?
RELM Muse:	LOL Shadow!
JJ Brannon:	BucConeer...I'm tone-deaf.  Is that your target audience?
Gandalara:	Um, I'm going to NasFic next year Muse. Auz is too pricey :)
RELM Muse:	BucConeer is the name of this year's Worldcon, in Baltimore.
O Flainn:	It better be.  I haven't rehearsed very much....
RELM Muse:	Oh, I thought you were going to try both.
RELM Muse:	And there's my timer!
Shadowjakk:	What does Stanley play?
Gandalara:	SIgned up for Chicago though :)
RELM Muse:	Time to roll for the door prize!
T83BIRD:	Who wins?
Araiused:	Same thought here, Gand.  Auzzie will drag my budget way down
under.
JJ Brannon:	Everything...
RELM Muse:	Now, everybody pay attention.
BLR WIZ:	time...
RELM Muse:	What I'm going to have you do is roll -- you enter:   //roll
BLR WIZ:	And the winner is MUSE
Gandalara:	oy, Ara :)
RELM Muse:	in the chat line.  Let's all try it now:
OnlineHost:	RELM Muse rolled 2 6-sided dice:  2 5
TAMARAC223:	lol BLR
OnlineHost:	JJ Brannon rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 3
BLR WIZ:	Set up.........
T83BIRD:	LOL BLR
OnlineHost:	Gandalara rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 5
OnlineHost:	Araiused rolled 2 6-sided dice:  4 6
O Flainn:	Stan Schmidt plays trumpet for the Danforth CT symphony
OnlineHost:	Knucles2 rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 2
OnlineHost:	Guzzer1 has entered the room.
OnlineHost:	RIKnJAK rolled 2 6-sided dice:  3 6
OnlineHost:	Shadowjakk rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 3
RELM Muse:	Hi Guzzer!
Gandalara:	Hi Guzzer!
T83BIRD:	Hi Guz
RELM Muse:	We're getting ready to roll for the door prize!
Araiused:	Hi Guzz
Shadowjakk:	Hi Guz.
Guzzer1:	here i am
RELM Muse:	Type:   //roll
OnlineHost:	SpleenVent rolled 2 6-sided dice:  2 1
RELM Muse:	into the chatline for practice.
JJ Brannon:	Does family qualify?
Gandalara:	(can't believe we're rolling dice in the OWC<G>)
RELM Muse:	Sure, JJ. ;)
RIKnJAK:	lolol
OnlineHost:	RIKnJAK rolled 2 6-sided dice:  3 2
OnlineHost:	RowrBasil has entered the room.
JJ Brannon:	LOL
Shadowjakk:	Hmmm...is the concert going to be a public affair? :)
RELM Muse:	Hi Rowr!
O Flainn:	Hey, Guzzer.  Seinfeld over?
Gandalara:	I already have a copy, so I won't roll :)
Araiused:	Get ready to toss out the dice, Gand :)
RIKnJAK:	Seinwho?
RIKnJAK:	:)
RELM Muse:	Rowr, we're getting ready to roll for the door prize -- type:
//roll
RELM Muse:	into the chat line. :)
RowrBasil:	what is Seinfeld?
BLR WIZ:	I could have let you use my dice!!!!!!!!!!!  ;)
Gandalara:	Hi Rowr!
RowrBasil:	hi Gand
Stngnslm:	<--- made ship captain and crew of 12
T83BIRD:	Not puter savvy enough to roll. Hi Rowr
Guzzer1:	Yes. Now for the REAL entertainment!
RELM Muse:	T8, just type:  //roll
Gandalara:	Watch Mike win :)
RELM Muse:	Guzzer, Rowr, I want to see you practice!
OnlineHost:	TAMARAC223 rolled 2 6-sided dice:  4 3
OnlineHost:	T83BIRD rolled 2 6-sided dice:  2 1
O Flainn:	I already have a copy....
RELM Muse:	LOL Mike!
Gandalara:	I hoped so :)
OnlineHost:	BLR WIZ rolled 2 6-sided dice:  1 4
RowrBasil:	(maybe I shoulda read the sign on the door...) Uh, what is going
on, pray tell?
Shadowjakk:	LOL, Mike.
RIKnJAK:	<---Telling computer to "Play Dead" :)
Gandalara:	Door prize, Rowr
RELM Muse:	We're going to roll for the door prize, a copy of FIRESTAR
RowrBasil:	oh.
T83BIRD:	Thanks anyway, Muse.
O Flainn:	hard or paper
JJ Brannon:	Is this an anti-crap shoot?
RELM Muse:	The prize will go to the person with the highest score (add the
two numbers together)..
RELM Muse:	adn if there's a tie, we'll have a roll-off.
RIKnJAK:	So muse when do we start or do we keep rolling til someone wins or
just once?
Shadowjakk:	We're doing a Gommorah Sim, Rowr.  Gambling and general
licentiousness.
RELM Muse:	Paper, Mike.  Tor sent it.
BLR WIZ:	Isn't it the lowest score?
OnlineHost:	Stngnslm rolled 2 6-sided dice:  3 2
RowrBasil:	or a Sturgeon shoot, as in rejecting 9/10s of X?
RELM Muse:	*******   READY *********]
RELM Muse:	Roll@!
OnlineHost:	Knucles2 rolled 2 6-sided dice:  6 6
OnlineHost:	Shadowjakk rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 3
OnlineHost:	SpleenVent rolled 2 6-sided dice:  3 3
OnlineHost:	Araiused rolled 2 6-sided dice:  4 6
OnlineHost:	RIKnJAK rolled 2 6-sided dice:  1 4
RowrBasil:	Oh..I fear I am too much the puritan for such base vices..
OnlineHost:	TAMARAC223 rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 3
RELM Muse:	Only six of you rolling?
TAMARAC223:	try, Rowr
Shadowjakk:	I have defective virtual dice...mine came up the same both times.
:/
RELM Muse:	C'mon, the rest of you!
RowrBasil:	"Depends on the base...and the vices." -Shut up, Groucho.
OnlineHost:	BLR WIZ rolled 2 6-sided dice:  3 4
OnlineHost:	T83BIRD rolled 2 6-sided dice:  5 1
Stngnslm:	do we get 2nd tries
Gandalara:	Hey - ut's FREE! ROLL!
RELM Muse:	Nope, Stng, just the one.  AOL's computer is as random as
computers get.
Gandalara:	er ...it's
RIKnJAK:	lol
RowrBasil:	pass
RELM Muse:	Well, in that case, Knuc won with 12!!
Shadowjakk:	Move my chips onto the pass line, too.
Guzzer1:	I thought there would be some interesting conversatiuon, not the bar
scene from Star Wars
Stngnslm:	hiding head is shame or a 32
BLR WIZ:	Do you mean that you trust AOL to give a true random number?
RELM Muse:	Knuc, send me your address in e-mail. :)
Gandalara:	Yay, Knuc!!
BLR WIZ:	Congrats Kunc
Knucles2:	Ok Muse.....coolllll
O Flainn:	Rowr: haven't seen you in the Heinlein boards lately.
TAMARAC223:	Yay, Knuck!!!!  (grumble)
Araiused:	Hurrah, Knuc!
RELM Muse:	LOL Guzzer, you came in just as I was giving out the door prize.
RowrBasil:	Guzz..uh, shall I shoot you from under a table, or cut off a hand?
RIKnJAK:	Go Knuck
Knucles2:	Thanx Guys...
Shadowjakk:	Yup...my bill was always generated in a random fashion.
T83BIRD:	I just wanted to see if I could even roll.
RELM Muse:	Now, before we start back into interrogating Mike, here's
tomorrow's topic:
JJ Brannon:	About to say the same, Rowr...
RowrBasil:	O F..I got tired of the place.
RELM Muse:	When you go to the stars, how do you want
RELM Muse:	to get there? A regular Detroit Ford
RELM Muse:	spaceship? A solar Onassis yacht? A
RELM Muse:	generational ship with all your friends?
RELM Muse:	Will you hollow out an asteroid and take
RELM Muse:	your whole town? Or will you just 'think'
RELM Muse:	yourself there? Join RELM Astra for a chat
RELM Muse:	on Modes of Space Travel!
RIKnJAK:	Well time to pack the puter - Later - hopefully
Araiused:	Hey, I want a solar yacht.
RIKnJAK:	Will be at least 3 days
Araiused:	Later, RIK.
RELM Muse:	See ya, RIK!  Safe move!
TAMARAC223:	ad astra per Astra
Gandalara:	Night RIK! Don't sprain anything!
TAMARAC223:	Nite, RIK
Araiused:	Will miss you, RIK.
Shadowjakk:	Later, RIK.
Gandalara:	LOL TAM
T83BIRD:	BTW, Muse: I put a new poem on tonight's message board. Nite RIK
Stngnslm:	nite rik & jak
RIKnJAK:	:)
OnlineHost:	RIKnJAK has left the room.
RELM Muse:	So, Mike, besides FALLING STAR, what are you working on?
TAMARAC223:	safe move, RIK
Araiused:	Where did you put 'm, T, can't find your poems.
RowrBasil:	O F..sometimes you just lose interest...
Gandalara:	Ara - under chats. Took me forever to find them too
Araiused:	Mike, Mariesa seems an interesting character :)
T83BIRD:	On tonight's MB under reply, Ara.
Shadowjakk:	That's what my banker claims, Rowr.
Gandalara:	under reply....LOLOL
O Flainn:	Several shorts.  One, "Flame of Iron," is an Irish Pub story (as
"From the Corner of the Eye
Araiused:	T, create folder solely for poems.
RELM Muse:	LOL Shadow
Araiused:	Shall I do it for ya, T?
OnlineHost:	XGreyFox has entered the room.
RELM Muse:	Hi XGrey!
Shadowjakk:	Hi XGrey.
RELM Muse:	Author!  Author!
RELM Muse:	Look who's here!
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn's the
RELM Muse:	O*W*C's cheer!
Gandalara:	Hi XGrey!
JJ Brannon:	Well, duty calls...I must enforce "lights out" for my minion.
Night all.
Araiused:	Hi Xgry
RELM Muse:	Night, JJ!
Gandalara:	Night JJ!
XGreyFox:	Hi Folks::Waves::
T83BIRD:	Ara, yes. I didn't know how.
JJ Brannon:	Talk at you later , Michael...
O Flainn:	Stan Schmidt has it.  Now, if only he considers necrography a
science...
Araiused:	Night, JJ.
TAMARAC223:	Nite, JJ
T83BIRD:	Nite JJ
OnlineHost:	JJ Brannon has left the room.
RELM Muse:	Um, writings of the dead?
OnlineHost:	Techyo has entered the room.
RELM Muse:	Doesn't Elron have the market on that?
O Flainn:	oops.  necrology.
RELM Muse:	Hi Tech!
BLR WIZ:	Hi Tech
RELM Muse:	Welcome to O*W*C!  O Flainn/Michael Flynn
RELM Muse:	is our special guest tonight!  Join in the chat!
Araiused:	Hiya Tec.
TAMARAC223:	necrography?  hmmmm
Gandalara:	Hi Tech!
T83BIRD:	Hi Tech
Stngnslm:	hi greyfox and rowr and guzzer1 and tech
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Tech
RowrBasil:	necropgraphy...a flow chart of the Deadheads?
Techyo:	Hi ALL!
Shadowjakk:	Nah...Elron does Necroscription.
RELM Muse:	LOL
Gandalara:	Mike - anything about Irish fandom in the story?
XGreyFox:	Nope, but up to page 31 of my novel::and 100 pages is not all that
far in the future::
TAMARAC223:	Hi, XGrey
T83BIRD:	HI XG
XGreyFox:	Hi Tamara.
XGreyFox:	and T8
Shadowjakk:	Or rather Exnecroscription.
O Flainn:	It's a quasi-imaginary pub.  Strange things happen there.
Knucles2:	Hi all who snuck in while I wasn't looking....
Araiused:	O*W*C pub :)
RELM Muse:	LOL
RowrBasil:	O Flainn,good..the drinks at Callahans were getting a little
pricy..
Gandalara:	Sorry. Just finished White's book on Irish fandom :)
XGreyFox:	So, wheres this famous writer at?
O Flainn:	Don't know.
RELM Muse:	He's using the Irish version of his name: O Flainn. ;)
Araiused:	Right at the bar, XGrey.
XGreyFox:	::looks at Flainn oddly::  Should have gone for Mac Flainn.
RELM Muse:	Mike, you're a statistician -- what kind of statistics do you work
with?
BLR WIZ:	LOL Mike.
XGreyFox:	::grins::
T83BIRD:	Thanks for being helpful, Ara.
Araiused:	You're very welcome, T!
O Flainn:	I've got a couple more unfinished shorts.  One where Kipling visits
Twain at Quarry Farm
O Flainn:	to discuss UFOs
RowrBasil:	Mike..I recall you did a 2-parter on how psychohistory might
work...
RowrBasil:	Analog, wasnt it?
RELM Muse:	So, do they believe in little green men?
Shadowjakk:	I used to go to Irish pubs, but I got all Guiness stout.
O Flainn:	Muse: Statistics in quality control work.  Rowr: Yes, a couple
years back.
XGreyFox:	<--- is only published on contest MB's right now, looks rahter
embarrased::
Knucles2:	oy
T83BIRD:	Sometimes I think UFOs should be NEFO's. Non-existent flying
objects.
Araiused:	LOL, T.
TAMARAC223:	LOL T
T83BIRD:	Thanks.
RowrBasil:	T83...inclined to agree, but wouldn't mind being mistaken..
T83BIRD:	Same here, Rowr.
XGreyFox:	How about MIFO
O Flainn:	There actually was a UFO craze in 1898.  I moved it to 95 for the
story.
Stngnslm:	lShadow it  must  have  not been all lot of it or you would not
have remembered
XGreyFox:	Mis Identified Flying Objects.
RowrBasil:	Ah, the airship sightings..
TAMARAC223:	swamp gas
Shadowjakk:	'Twas a pun, Stn.  Read "Guiness'd out"
XGreyFox:	Cow farts.
Stngnslm:	weather balloons ?
RELM Muse:	Fairies!
RowrBasil:	Bovine exhaust fumes, please...discretion, discretion.
Stngnslm:	Lol Sadow
TAMARAC223:	inversion layer reflections
BLR WIZ:	If you want Irish, a nephew was born on St. Pattys day,  and has an
aprop. name.
RELM Muse:	The planet Mars
Stngnslm:	try venus
XGreyFox:	Jet powered bovines, the only way to fly.
Knucles2:	Bad Bourbon
RELM Muse:	Too hot there for me, Stng.
XGreyFox:	He was named patty?
TAMARAC223:	lol
BLR WIZ:	Sean Pattrick
Stngnslm:	I hear tell Muse
T83BIRD:	Popular Mechanics said an early hi-altitude spy balloon w'Japanese
scientists crashed at Ros
O Flainn:	I've also started work on a medieval novel.
T83BIRD:	well.
Guzzer1:	Too much for me. See ya Mike
Araiused:	Nite, Guzz.
Shadowjakk:	AH or striaght-up historical fiction...or...fantasy?
T83BIRD:	Nite Guz
TAMARAC223:	Nite, Guzz
RowrBasil:	It was an experimental re-entryt vehicle, accrding to the article
as I recall..
O Flainn:	Guzzer: stay in touch, bro
Araiused:	Medieval SF?
RELM Muse:	Night, Guzzer!
Gandalara:	Night Guzz!
Guzzer1:	Nite all
RowrBasil:	Actually Mogul seems plausible enough.
Araiused:	DaVinci could have written a medieval SF :)
OnlineHost:	Guzzer1 has left the room.
T83BIRD:	Rowr: Version I read said it was precursor of U-2.
BLR WIZ:	Is it anything like the High Crusade by Poul Anderson?
XGreyFox:	Basiclly, when the cow dropped from the sky.
RELM Muse:	Mike, "Mammy Morgan..." had a strong brother relationship in it --
RowrBasil:	(something or other///)
RELM Muse:	did you base that on your own life?
O Flainn:	Historical, with maybe some fantasy.  It involves the Clan O Flainn
in 1224.
RowrBasil:	Mike...no kin to that rascal Errol, I suppose..
Shadowjakk:	Pre-British Irish fiction...the best kind.
O Flainn:	Muse: Yes.  I had a brother who died when we were in high school.
RELM Muse:	Ah, I'm sorry to hear that.
BLR WIZ:	Mike, do you ever attend the Highland Games?
XGreyFox:	::speeking of which, I enjoy Llywellen's<sp> works, expectly Lion
of Ireland.  Anyone read 
XGreyFox:	that one?
Araiused:	Sorry to hear that, Mike.
RELM Muse:	But I suppose that's one of the reasons the story has such depth.
Shadowjakk:	Years ago, XG.
Stngnslm:	simpathys  are offerd O F
Gandalara:	SOrry, Mike
Stngnslm:	lost a sister
O Flainn:	Dennis and I used to write SF together when we were 10 or so.  We
invented Shared World idea
RowrBasil:	sorry to hear that
BLR WIZ:	My condolences, Mike.
Araiused:	Sorry, Stng :'(
O Flainn:	(High school was a long time ago for me.)
Stngnslm:	it happend Arai
T83BIRD:	Condolences from one who has had no siblings to lose.
RELM Muse:	Ah, so you named your son after him?
RowrBasil:	O F..scary when I realize that 1968 was THIRTY years ago..
XGreyFox:	::and anyone have a review on the book Red Branch? Havn't read it
yet::
Stngnslm:	we go on
Shadowjakk:	Yeah...isn't it, Rowr?
O Flainn:	Yes.  My son is Dennis Michael, son of Michael Francis, son of
Joseph Francis,
Araiused:	Mainstream novel, XGrey?
RowrBasil:	(contemplating 60s re-enactment society like the Civl War
buffs...)
Shadowjakk:	The very thought that movies are playing the nostalgia
O Flainn:	son of Francis Thomas, son of Daniel Joseph, son of John Thomas,
Shadowjakk:	theme for the 70s lately is
Shadowjakk:	frightening enough.
O Flainn:	son of Martin Flynn of Loughrea.
XGreyFox:	it was another Llywellen novel.
RowrBasil:	Hey..I liked a lot of the 70s...
RELM Muse:	LOL Rowr!
Knucles2:	Rowr, some of that would be highly illegal<g>
RELM Muse:	So a good name. ;)
RowrBasil:	Heck, I miss the 80s..
T83BIRD:	It's even scarier, Shadow, since I lived through all of it.
Gandalara:	oh ick. My ex was Joseph Francis.
XGreyFox:	<<likes Llywellen, so shoot me allright>>
Araiused:	Ack, Gand.
RELM Muse:	Well, not Flynn, right, Gand?
Shadowjakk:	So did I...we all dressed like the Osmonds and hade hair
Shadowjakk:	like Gabe Kaplan, but we had fun, dammit.
Gandalara:	LOL
RowrBasil:	Knuc..illegal? a mere technicality..
Techyo:	I wish I remembered the 70s.
Gandalara:	LOL
RELM Muse:	LOL Tech
O Flainn:	Joseph Francis Flynn is 70+ veteran of Iwo Jima.
Araiused:	When we're in the new millennium, we miss the 90s for sure :)
Techyo:	I hear I had fun.
TAMARAC223:	lol Tech
RowrBasil:	If you did, you didnt do it right..
Araiused:	LOL, Tech.
Knucles2:	lol......could always sub oregano
T83BIRD:	My memories go back to 1933.
RELM Muse:	Mike, you told us you've been compared a lot to Allen Steele, I
assume for..
T83BIRD:	I was three then.
Gandalara:	Sorry Mike. I just have something against the name, not the man :)
Araiused:	Memory like a steel trap, T.
RELM Muse:	the blue-collar spaceguys theme.  How did you come to write about
them?
Stngnslm:	<-- mine start in 49
O Flainn:	Muse: A space station had to be built.  Someone had to build it.
White collar guys seemed
O Flainn:	unlikely
Knucles2:	<-----Eisenhauwer baby
Techyo:	LOL Flainn!
Shadowjakk:	NASA has done its best to trash the blue-collar spaceman
Shadowjakk:	archetype of the golden age.  I'm glad to see someone
Shadowjakk:	revive it.
Knucles2:	or a near facsimily
T83BIRD:	Agreed, O F. We need habitats in space, too, I think.
O Flainn:	One day I was writing and Flaco Mercado showed up on the screen.
RowrBasil:	NASA- keeping space free of the riffraff
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Stngnslm:	Shadow they are going to send another teacher into the great
unknown
Techyo:	So no matter the degree whoever builds it will be a working person?
Araiused:	Hiya Dr!
Knucles2:	Hey Doc
Shadowjakk:	In space, you can et your nose higher than the hoi-polloi, Rowr.
Stngnslm:	she is  from Idaho
T83BIRD:	Hi Dr
Gandalara:	Hi Dr!
TAMARAC223:	gotta let em in sometime Rowr, or doctoral astronauts will be
building
Shadowjakk:	Hi Dr.
RowrBasil:	We could put our critics up there...
The13thDr:	hullo all
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Dr
RELM Muse:	Hi Dr!
RELM Muse:	Author chat!
RELM Muse:	Welcome to the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	We're talking with SF author Michael Flynn!
Stngnslm:	hi dr although i've only been to 12
Techyo:	Rowr I thought we are our favorite critics? <G>
The13thDr:	Hullo Mister Flynn
Shadowjakk:	How would they determine when their thumbs were pointed "up",
Rowr?
RowrBasil:	"I didn't volunteer! I object!-" "Shut up, Proxmire."
RELM Muse:	You know, I typed for Donald Goldsmith, the Chief Engineer for
Alpha, ..
Gandalara:	LOL Rowr
Techyo:	<G>
TAMARAC223:	LOL
O Flainn:	hi, dr
RELM Muse:	and when I mentioned Allen's blue-collar spacemen, he said he
thought..
RowrBasil:	"We're running experiments on low grav and altzheimers.."
RELM Muse:	they'd have engineers up there for a while at first, but he did
hope it would change.
Shadowjakk:	"Two thumbs toward the azimuth"
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Techyo:	Have to be some rather hands on Engineers wouldn't it?
Araiused:	brb
RELM Muse:	Hi GREN!
RELM Muse:	Welcome!  Meet O Flainn, aka
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn, science fiction author!
RELM Muse:	Join the O*W*C for guest chat!
T83BIRD:	Hi Gren
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Gren
Stngnslm:	Rowr i wish you well
RowrBasil:	"In space nobody can hear you sneer."
Stngnslm:	hi gren
Gandalara:	Mike - when you read, which authors do you like?
RELM Muse:	LOL
O Flainn:	hi, gred
Gandalara:	Hi Gren!
O Flainn:	gren
Knucles2:	Hi Gren
The13thDr:	hullo Gren
GRENDALS1:	hi Y'all
RowrBasil:	Stngs..why> am I sick? nobody tells me nuttin..
Shadowjakk:	Especially if you make 'em do it EVA sans-suit, Rowr.
Gandalara:	Hard SF? Comic? Techno?
GRENDALS1:	Nice ti meet ya Michael!
T83BIRD:	Do you like Anne McCaffrey?
Araiused:	bak
Stngnslm:	Docs are like that Rowr
O Flainn:	The construction workers call themselves "otters" and newcomers
"bunnies."  Zero-g is "ziggy
Knucles2:	<-----dragon fan
The13thDr:	I write stories I want to read. Do you agree, Michael
Techyo:	ROFL Ziggy Stardust.
Stngnslm:	<--- likes dragons they can be tasty
Shadowjakk:	For their means of locomotion?
Gandalara:	LOL Tech
O Flainn:	Dunno.  13th.  Haven't read your stories.  I presume you like to
read them, though...
GRENDALS1:	lol
RowrBasil:	mechanical robot probes...'spiders from mars??"
Gandalara:	oy...
Araiused:	Watch out for their hot breath, Stng.
The13thDr:	I meant, do you write stories that you'd want to read?
RELM Muse:	Mike, in the intro to THE FOREST OF TIME & OTHER STORIES...
RELM Muse:	you say you write SF because it's important.  Why is it important?
Stngnslm:	<-- knows how to hold ones breath
T83BIRD:	I was asking Michael about Anne McCaffrey.
Stngnslm:	Arai we all face many  dragons in our life
OnlineHost:	Sancho100 has entered the room.
RELM Muse:	Hi Sancho!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! We have the 1991 Compton
RELM Muse:	Crook winner with us: Michael Flynn!
RELM Muse:	Chat about his books and writing with
RELM Muse:	the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
T83BIRD:	Hi Sancho
Gandalara:	Hi Sancho!
The13thDr:	:::walks over to the bar for a cuppa, laying katana on bar
counter... Hi Sancho
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Sancho
Sancho100:	HI, HANGEERS ON
Knucles2:	Hi Sancho
Araiused:	I think, Dr., you meant that would a writer write for himself or
for the public?
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OnlineHost:	Sancho100 has entered the room.
Stngnslm:	it is knowing witch one to pay attention to
Araiused:	Hi San
Sancho100:	OOps
The13thDr:	Exactly, Ara
RELM Muse:	LOL Sancho!  Caught in the revolving door?
O Flainn:	13th: :-)  Yes.  I suppose if I were paid Big Bucks I'd write a
story to order and not care;
O Flainn:	but for now, I write stories I like to read.
Sancho100:	'scalled fumble finger
Stngnslm:	back shortly
OnlineHost:	RowrBasil has left the room.
Gandalara:	SO what authors do you read in your spare(?) time, Mike?
T83BIRD:	later Stng
Knucles2:	Gotta go guys....Thanx for the chance at the dice....I'll look for
Knucles2:	you tomorrow nite...Nite Mike! Can't wait to read the book....
O Flainn:	Poul Anderson.  Harry Turtledove.  Nancy Kress.  Charles Sheffield.
Jerry Pournelle.
T83BIRD:	Nite Kn
Gandalara:	Night Knuc!
RELM Muse:	Night, Knuc!
O Flainn:	night.
TAMARAC223:	Night, Knuck
The13thDr:	nite kn
Gandalara:	Cool. Kress :)
BLR WIZ:	Some good ones there Mike.
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O Flainn:	Steve Stirling's latest.
T83BIRD:	Very good ones.
Shadowjakk:	That's a pretty wide range of styles, Mike.
GRENDALS1:	<< was noticing thta
Techyo:	Great authors.
O Flainn:	Variety matters.
T83BIRD:	Do you write both hard SF and social SF then?
RELM Muse:	ISLAND IN THE SEA OF TIME?  He's got the second done, and a nibble
for TV.
BLR WIZ:	What is your fav. movie?  Mike
OnlineHost:	ChrisEason has entered the room.
RELM Muse:	Hi Chris!
RELM Muse:	Welcome! You've found the
RELM Muse:	Other*Worlds*Cafe and we have SF
RELM Muse:	author Michael Flynn joining us for chat!
The13thDr:	hi chris
RELM Muse:	Say Hi to O Flainn!
T83BIRD:	Hi Chris
TAMARAC223:	Hi, Chris!
ChrisEason:	Hello all! :{D
Stngnslm:	back
O Flainn:	Bird: I think so.  I sometimes say I write "high viscosity SF"
Shadowjakk:	That's what I told my ex-wife, Mike.
Sancho100:	Sorry to drop in so late but let me ask: Isn't it a little
delicate tto comment on another's
Sancho100:	work?
Shadowjakk:	Variety matters. :)
T83BIRD:	LOL Michael.
ChrisEason:	Hiya, O Flainn! :{D
Stngnslm:	waving to all new arrivals
O Flainn:	Greetings
O Flainn:	Lessee.  Favorite movie?  In genre?
RELM Muse:	Sancho, he's just telling us who some of his favorite authors are.
:)
BLR WIZ:	genre and other?
O Flainn:	CHARLY is still the only SF movie to win an Oscar for =acting=
Araiused:	BAK BTW
Araiused:	::waving to newcomers::
T83BIRD:	A good one, Michael.
BLR WIZ:	Good one.....
TAMARAC223:	Blurring out here.  G'night.  Thanks, Muse.  Thanks for coming,
Mike, I enjoyed meeting you.
BLR WIZ:	Bye Tam
RELM Muse:	Night, TAM!
T83BIRD:	Nite TAM
Gandalara:	Night TAM!
ChrisEason:	Nighters, TAM! :{D
Shadowjakk:	Night, TAM.
OnlineHost:	TAMARAC223 has left the room.
Sancho100:	Hello Arai, bye Tam
Gandalara:	Oops. Hi Chris!
Araiused:	Nite, tAM
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RELM Muse:	Hi Davin!
RELM Muse:	Author!  Author!
Stngnslm:	nite tam
RELM Muse:	Look who's here!
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn's the
Araiused:	Hi Davin
T83BIRD:	That's why I say, Hi, all, Gand.
RELM Muse:	O*W*C's cheer!
T83BIRD:	Hi Davin
BLR WIZ:	Mike, do you have a fav. movie to watch if you are feeling down?
DavinDaire:	Hi, all.
O Flainn:	Some other good movies, not genre.  BARCELONA.  Depardeu's CYRANO.
Araiused:	I don't know if someone has already asked this, but how do
Araiused:	you organize your writing routine, Mike?
Stngnslm:	Muse offers O F a squid coctail and served with reverance
Araiused:	LOL, Stn
BLR WIZ:	LOL
T83BIRD:	LOL
RELM Muse:	LOL
Araiused:	Depardieu's CYRANO is good especially in French.
Araiused:	The dialogue in French is all in rhyming verse.
Gandalara:	Liked Depardieu's Green Card :)
Shadowjakk:	A good man is Gerard to find.
O Flainn:	Wiz: not really.  ZULU, maybe.  I sort of like historical
recreations.  WATERLOO with
RELM Muse:	LOL Shadow
O Flainn:	Steiger and Plummer.
Shadowjakk:	Steiger is king.
RELM Muse:	Mike, in the intro to THE FOREST OF TIME & OTHER STORIES,...
BLR WIZ:	Just wondering, Mike..  Thanks.
Sancho100:	Mike have you seen Ferrer's Cyrano?  One of the aALL TIME GREAT
movies.How's Depardieu comp?
RELM Muse:	you say that you write SF because it's important.  Why is it
important?
Shadowjakk:	Steiger defined "range"
O Flainn:	Arai: Writing routine: after work, weekends, in hotel rooms on the
road.
The13thDr:	soundsl like me
Araiused:	Sounds like me too!
GRENDALS1:	Gota Run.. Later Y'all  Goodnighters
Stngnslm:	Muse with Scifi the authors can explore relationships that  are
other wise tabo
T83BIRD:	Nite Gren
Gandalara:	Night GREN!
Araiused:	See ya, GREN
O Flainn:	Muse: I forget.  Wait.  It'll come back to me.
Stngnslm:	nite Gren
Gandalara:	LOL
The13thDr:	bye gren
ChrisEason:	Night, GREN! :{D
RELM Muse:	Night, GREN!
RELM Muse:	LOL Mike!
OnlineHost:	GRENDALS1 has left the room.
BLR WIZ:	LOL
Shadowjakk:	LOL, Mike.
OnlineHost:	Dayahla has entered the room.
T83BIRD:	LOL too
Araiused:	Hiya Day!
O Flainn:	Okay.  Because the science outlook is important.  The idea that the
universe is knowable
RELM Muse:	Hi Day!
Dayahla:	Hello, All!
BLR WIZ:	Hi M ' Lady.
RELM Muse:	Welcome to O*W*C!  O Flainn/Michael Flynn
RELM Muse:	is our special guest tonight!  Join in the chat!
Gandalara:	Hi Day!
T83BIRD:	Hi Day
The13thDr:	Hey Day!!!!
O Flainn:	and that facts trump theories.
BLR WIZ:	Mike, what do you think of the current space program?????
T83BIRD:	I should say, Hi Lady Day.
RELM Muse:	So SF gives us an idea into how science works?
Araiused:	Good question, BLR.
O Flainn:	Wiz: we have one?
Dayahla:	{{Dr}}, {{BLR}}, {{tech}}, {{Bird, Spleen}}
The13thDr:	LOL Mike
Shadowjakk:	Hi Day.
Gandalara:	LOL Mike
BLR WIZ:	LOL,  Yes Mike,  limited as it is... :(
Dayahla:	Hi, Shadow..Muse, AraGand, OF, Chris, Stng, Dav, Sancho
Sancho100:	Day!!
Stngnslm:	hi Day
Gandalara:	We're fused, Ara :)
Dayahla:	{{stng}}
Araiused:	About to say that, Gand :)
Dayahla:	Muse...some disregard the science, as a backdrop
Araiused:	When did we become Siamese?
O Flainn:	Muse: in a way.  I don't mean didactically, like Gernsback thought;
but in the outlook.
Gandalara:	:::looking around for Yul ::::
The13thDr:	<--- teaches as i tell a story
Araiused:	LOLOL.
Shadowjakk:	I dunno...I think of science as a "bridge" to the future, and the
bid is "no trump".
Dayahla:	lolol
BLR WIZ:	LOL
Araiused:	The best way to teach, Dr.
T83BIRD:	LOLOL  Shadow
RELM Muse:	LOL
O Flainn:	:-)
T83BIRD:	Ara's right.
The13thDr:	thanks Ara
Stngnslm:	[[day]]
Shadowjakk:	makes me whist-ful, sometimes.
O Flainn:	A Jakk of all trades
Dayahla:	LOL
The13thDr:	LOL
Gandalara:	Oy!
T83BIRD:	LOL Michael
Araiused:	Gee, Shadow, Mike has punned you.
RELM Muse:	LOL
BLR WIZ:	Ouch..  Leno is asking on the street how many planets in our solar
system..   Getting
Shadowjakk:	See...deny it not sir.  Thou punst.
ChrisEason:	LOL!
RELM Muse:	No, that's Steve Stirling's screenname....
BLR WIZ:	answers from 20 to 100....
Shadowjakk:	Hi Chris.
Araiused:	We have 100 planets?
The13thDr:	you're kidding, right wiz?
O Flainn:	Well, if you include planetoids and moons....
Araiused:	Who are our neighbours?
T83BIRD:	BLR, they don't know the constellations, either.
BLR WIZ:	No Dr...    I wish I was.
BLR WIZ:	Yes T8.....
The13thDr:	ow gawd
Araiused:	Ask them how many suns we have :)
BLR WIZ:	LOL
Gandalara:	Leno? Check the MB's for a Leno alert :)
Stngnslm:	Lol Arai
Gandalara:	Ara - depends on which man they ask :)
Gandalara:	thwapping self
BLR WIZ:	Talk about the dumbing down of society..   Some of these are college
grads...
O Flainn:	Tomorrow, I have to teach analysis of means for three factor
experiments.  I may be logging
Stngnslm:	Gand it depends on what they  are on
O Flainn:	off shortly
Araiused:	Gand does that a lot lately, thwap-happy.
T83BIRD:	They don't know whether the sun or the moon is bigger.
RELM Muse:	The chat's done in seven minutes anyway, Mike!
Shadowjakk:	Just one sun, which will go Gol eventually, Ara.
RELM Muse:	Thanks so much for coming!  We really enjoyed it!
RELM Muse:	And many thanks to Tor for the door prize!
Shadowjakk:	Right now it's "proto-Gol"
Araiused:	Yaay, Mike, we truly did!
BLR WIZ:	Is the moon bigger than the sun.  Answer "This is a trick question?"
Gandalara:	Time for applause?
RELM Muse:	Sure, Gand!  We can applaud for seven minutes.
Shadowjakk:	Soon we'll be wishing for the return of the Proto-Gol Sun.
Techyo:	Mike THANKS! Very interesting!
Gandalara:	::::::Applauds madly:::::::::
BLR WIZ:	Thanks for putting up with us.... Mike...
Gandalara:	Ow
OnlineHost:	Leri has entered the room.
Shadowjakk:	Thanks, Mike!
Stngnslm:	enjoyed  your presence O F hope to see you here again
Gandalara:	Hi Leri
RELM Muse:	Hi Leri!
T83BIRD:	LOL Michael.  Thanks much. Golden Squid Award.
The13thDr:	gave the prize away"?
RELM Muse:	Author chat!
RELM Muse:	Welcome to the Other*Worlds*Cafe!
RELM Muse:	We're talking with SF author Michael Flynn!
Araiused:	Hi Ler!
The13thDr:	hi leri
O Flainn:	In today's class, the students had to put up with a lot of stuff
T83BIRD:	Hi Leri
Stngnslm:	hi Leri
O Flainn:	Literally
Leri:	Especially your guest
Dayahla:	Lol
RELM Muse:	Yes, Dr, before you came in. :)
Shadowjakk:	LOL
O Flainn:	A roto-rooter fractured a pipe in the ceiling.
Gandalara:	laughing  hysterically....
RELM Muse:	Ack
OnlineHost:	Kakaze has entered the room.
The13thDr:	q;-( bummer
Kakaze:	hi all
Araiused:	Hiya Kak!
Leri:	TiMorgan wanted to talk to Flynn - his favoraite author - but he is
currently
Stngnslm:	uh ohh
RELM Muse:	Hi Kak!
Dayahla:	Cak!
O Flainn:	And it rained down through the tiles
Leri:	on a plane...
BLR WIZ:	Hi Kak
RELM Muse:	Welcome!  Meet O Flainn, aka
RELM Muse:	Michael Flynn, science fiction author!
Gandalara:	oh sorry, not at you :)
T83BIRD:	Hi Kak
RELM Muse:	Join the O*W*C for guest chat!
Gandalara:	Hi Kak!
The13thDr:	hey kak
Dayahla:	Oooh...sounds like you were all wet...tee hee
RELM Muse:	Leri, he'll have to read the log.  And we'll have Mike back when
FALLING STAR...
Kakaze:	ara!!!! muse!!! dae!!! wiz!!! t!!! gand!!! professor!!!
RELM Muse:	is published. :)
BLR WIZ:	Yes Mike,  water always follows the path of leist resistence.
Kakaze:	i miss anyone?
Leri:	Thanks...Muse
O Flainn:	Stuff Happens
Araiused:	You miss the VIP, Kak.
Kakaze:	o flainn?
Leri:	LOL
Stngnslm:	<-- has  firestar
RELM Muse:	Yep, Kak, that's his screenname.
O Flainn:	O Flainn is a vip?
Kakaze:	oh
Shadowjakk:	Whan it stops happening, you're dead.
Kakaze:	didnt see
RELM Muse:	LOL
Kakaze:	<--- isnt feeling well
Leri:	Thanks Shadow
RELM Muse:	Sure, all our author guests are VIPs!
BLR WIZ:	Mike, make them open the ceiling up to dry it out before it starts
to mildew in there.
Kakaze:	hello vip!
Araiused:	Very VIPpy
Leri:	Just what we all needed a pshych course...: )\
Stngnslm:	Kak  then get some bed rest
Kakaze:	i just did, thats why im late
The13thDr:	i guess then i'm a VIP then
Kakaze:	im still disoriented
Sancho100:	>Stuff Happens< but it doesn't flow up hill
Araiused:	A disoriented VIP.
RELM Muse:	What's the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie about VIP?
Stngnslm:	Kak  the crual back into the sack
Kakaze:	doris day, and rock hudson?  i just love pillow talk
Kakaze:	rephrase please, stng
Stngnslm:	and dring plenty   of fluids
RELM Muse:	Wrong one, I think this is LOVER COME HOME, but I'm not sure.
T83BIRD:	I'll settle for being just a person. Jerry Seinfeld just entered
Leno's show.
Stngnslm:	other wise known as a bed
Kakaze:	ugh, seinfeld
Gandalara:	:::still applauding Mike::::::
RELM Muse:	Well folks, you've been great chatters tonight, and Mike has been
a great guest!
The13thDr:	Yay Mike
RELM Muse:	My time is up, but feel free to stay and chat!
Kakaze:	sorry i missed
Araiused:	::applauding Gand for applaudign::
Techyo:	Thanks Mike! And Muse <G>!
T83BIRD:	LOLOL both Mike and Muse.
Gandalara:	Thanks, Mike!
ChrisEason:	Night, Muse. Nice meeting you, Mike! :{D
O Flainn:	bowing politedly (and bemusedly) to applause.
Araiused:	Thanks Muse and Mike!
Shadowjakk:	Night, all!  Thanks, Mike!
Kakaze:	anyone wanna give me a synapsis of what i missed?
BLR WIZ:	So what, I am waiting for From the EArth To the Moon..
RELM Muse:	If you have any problems, use keyword: NOTIFY AOL!
OnlineHost:	Shadowjakk has left the room.
Stngnslm:	!!!!! thanks for showing up Mike
BLR WIZ:	Thanks Mike, and MUSE
RELM Muse:	Read the log, Kak. :)
Gandalara:	A good chat, Kak :)
Araiused:	Read the log, Kak.
Kakaze:	ew!
RELM Muse:	Have a good night!
Leri:	Thanks Mike - we'll look for you again...
Kakaze:	i hate reading the logs
RELM Muse:	See y'all tomorrow!