OnlineHost: OnlineHost: *** You are in "OMNI SF Fantasy". *** OnlineHost: OnlineHost: Neutronix has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi Neutronix! JaniceMars: The Other*Worlds*Cafe thanks OMNI Magazine Online ... JaniceMars: for the use of the OMNI SF/Fantasy chatroom. The ... JaniceMars: O*W*C is not affiliated in any way with OMNI ... JaniceMars: Magazine or OMNI Online. JaniceMars: Ready for the Simmons event tonight? OnlineHost: Neutronix has left the room. OnlineHost: Shadowjakk has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi guy. Shadowjakk: Hey! OnlineHost: Neutronix has entered the room. OnlineHost: Neutronix has left the room. Shadowjakk: Hi Neut! JaniceMars: Logs on, I'm settled into the lawnchair, and we have a Kamikaze chatter. Shadowjakk: We turned him into a neut! JaniceMars: What more could a girl ask for. OnlineHost: CybursPal has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi CybersPal! Good to see ya tonight. CybursPal: Evening folks! Shadowjakk: LOL, Hi Cyburs! JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. JaniceMars: Ready to swoop tonight? CybursPal: Janice, Shadow!! LTNS! CybursPal: Sure am! Shadowjakk: ^V^ JaniceMars: I'm really looking forward to tonight. LOL, Shadow...whatzit. OnlineHost: Beantib has entered the room. Shadowjakk: I dunno...it was supposed to be a bat. :) JaniceMars: Beantib Hi! Welcome to the O*W*C. Shadowjakk: Hiya Bean! Beantib: Good Evening! What's goin on? JaniceMars: Okay, I thought perhaps it was a high-tech swooping glider. OnlineHost: UnBroken99 has entered the room. JaniceMars: Yo Un! Shadowjakk: Yeah...That'r it!! :) JaniceMars: We're getting ready to swoop ont the Dan Simmons event in about 45 minutes, Bean. Shadowjakk: Hey Un! UnBroken99: Hi guys! CybursPal: Hey Bean and Un! Beantib: I have a ST question -- re: a game. JaniceMars: FYI, folks, we're moving in on rows 90-100 in the Mainstage Auditorium. JaniceMars: We might be able to answer, and maybe not. What's the question? UnBroken99: I've read one Simmons book. Shadowjakk: great! Will there be hotdog vendors? Beantib: Well, anyone heard of the computer game called Final Unity (sounds like a marriage) JaniceMars: Which one Un? UnBroken99: Summer of Night CybursPal: Is the Simmons coference in the Main Stage? Shadowjakk: Nope...not I. JaniceMars: Oooooh...good one. That one actually scared me Un. JaniceMars: It sure is Cybers. UnBroken99: It was good JaniceMars: I'm sorry Bean...I'm afraid I know nothing about that computer game, sorry. CybursPal: Great thanks Janice! Beantib: No one's heard of it? JaniceMars: BTW CP.... CybursPal: Bean I am not familiar with that one JaniceMars: The fastest way to get to the Mainstage tonight is to use.. JaniceMars: Keyword: MAINSTAGE Beantib: Thanks anyway! :) JaniceMars: Sorry we couldn't help... CybursPal: How about @Mainstage? JaniceMars: Bean...have you tried the Star Trek Forum? OnlineHost: Beantib has left the room. JaniceMars: Oooooops!!!!!! ::::slapping self vigorously::: Shadowjakk: @MAINSTAGE? JaniceMars: Ooooooops!!!! Keyword: @ MAINSTAGE :::slapping self some more. Shadowjakk: Yup. Shadowjakk: I thought so, but I wasn't sure. CybursPal: Yep that @ Sign takes you directly inside JaniceMars: I hope everyone likes fried squid sandwiches. CybursPal: Yummy! OnlineHost: UnBroken99 has left the room. Shadowjakk: Hmmm...fried in cannola? :) JaniceMars: Olive Oil. JaniceMars: A little oregano, a little garlic. Shadowjakk OnlineHost: OnlineHost: *** You are in "OMNI SF Fantasy". *** OnlineHost: OnlineHost: Neutronix has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi Neutronix! JaniceMars: The Other*Worlds*Cafe thanks OMNI Magazine Online ... JaniceMars: for the use of the OMNI SF/Fantasy chatroom. The ... JaniceMars: O*W*C is not affiliated in any way with OMNI ... JaniceMars: Magazine or OMNI Online. JaniceMars: Ready for the Simmons event tonight? OnlineHost: Neutronix has left the room. OnlineHost: Shadowjakk has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi guy. Shadowjakk: Hey! OnlineHost: Neutronix has entered the room. OnlineHost: Neutronix has left the room. Shadowjakk: Hi Neut! JaniceMars: Logs on, I'm settled into the lawnchair, and we have a Kamikaze chatter. Shadowjakk: We turned him into a neut! JaniceMars: What more could a girl ask for. OnlineHost: CybursPal has entered the room. JaniceMars: Hi CybersPal! Good to see ya tonight. CybursPal: Evening folks! Shadowjakk: LOL, Hi Cyburs! JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. JaniceMars: Ready to swoop tonight? CybursPal: Janice, Shadow!! LTNS! CybursPal: Sure am! Shadowjakk: ^V^ JaniceMars: I'm really looking forward to tonight. LOL, Shadow...whatzit. OnlineHost: Beantib has entered the room. Shadowjakk: I dunno...it was supposed to be a bat. :) JaniceMars: Beantib Hi! Welcome to the O*W*C. Shadowjakk: Hiya Bean! Beantib: Good Evening! What's goin on? JaniceMars: Okay, I thought perhaps it was a high-tech swooping glider. OnlineHost: UnBroken99 has entered the room. JaniceMars: Yo Un! Shadowjakk: Yeah...That'r it!! :) JaniceMars: We're getting ready to swoop ont the Dan Simmons event in about 45 minutes, Bean. Shadowjakk: Hey Un! UnBroken99: Hi guys! CybursPal: Hey Bean and Un! Beantib: I have a ST question -- re: a game. JaniceMars: FYI, folks, we're moving in on rows 90-100 in the Mainstage Auditorium. JaniceMars: We might be able to answer, and maybe not. What's the question? UnBroken99: I've read one Simmons book. Shadowjakk: great! Will there be hotdog vendors? Beantib: Well, anyone heard of the computer game called Final Unity (sounds like a marriage) JaniceMars: Which one Un? UnBroken99: Summer of Night CybursPal: Is the Simmons coference in the Main Stage? Shadowjakk: Nope...not I. JaniceMars: Oooooh...good one. That one actually scared me Un. JaniceMars: It sure is Cybers. UnBroken99: It was good JaniceMars: I'm sorry Bean...I'm afraid I know nothing about that computer game, sorry. CybursPal: Great thanks Janice! Beantib: No one's heard of it? JaniceMars: BTW CP.... CybursPal: Bean I am not familiar with that one JaniceMars: The fastest way to get to the Mainstage tonight is to use.. JaniceMars: Keyword: MAINSTAGE Beantib: Thanks anyway! :) JaniceMars: Sorry we couldn't help... CybursPal: How about @Mainstage? JaniceMars: Bean...have you tried the Star Trek Forum? OnlineHost: Beantib has left the room. JaniceMars: Oooooops!!!!!! ::::slapping self vigorously::: Shadowjakk: @MAINSTAGE? JaniceMars: Ooooooops!!!! Keyword: @ MAINSTAGE :::slapping self some more. Shadowjakk: Yup. Shadowjakk: I thought so, but I wasn't sure. CybursPal: Yep that @ Sign takes you directly inside JaniceMars: I hope everyone likes fried squid sandwiches. CybursPal: Yummy! OnlineHost: UnBroken99 has left the room. Shadowjakk: Hmmm...fried in cannola? :) JaniceMars: Olive Oil. JaniceMars: A little oregano, a little garlic. Shadowjakk: Ahhh....authentic Mediterranean cuisine! Shadowjakk: A calamari Po'Boy! JaniceMars: Along with the cases of Armadillo beer, we'll *all* have very bad breath tonight. Shadowjakk: Yum...sounds like a Maalox kinda night. CybursPal: ::burp::: OnlineHost: Kalii3 has entered the room. JaniceMars: LOL. OnlineHost: SERENIO has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Hi Kali! Shadowjakk: Hi Ser! JaniceMars: Hey Kalii! Serenio! Welcome to the O*W*C. JaniceMars: Grab a lawnchair and a cold one from the Cybercooler. SERENIO: Hey Kalii, how'd ya sleep? SERENIO: Hello all :) Shadowjakk: Lookong forward to Simmons, kali? Kalii3: Hardly @ all. OnlineHost: Jaw 707 has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Hi Jaw! JaniceMars: Yo Jaw 707! JaniceMars: :::handing over a lawnchair:::: Jaw 707: Hey, Shadow & Janice; I was afraid I'd be late {thanx for the chair!) SERENIO: Jaw, hi! Jaw 707: Serenio - good to see ya again! SERENIO: Kalii, I think everybody from last nite is going to come back today.... Jaw 707: Shadow - got your minutes. sure wish I'd been there last week Kalii3: Simmons, Shadow? Shadowjakk: You said that you had read SONG OF KALI didn't you, Kali? JaniceMars: Yeah....I'm bummed that I missed it. JaniceMars: Simmons? Did someone say Simmons? Shadowjakk: LOL...it was a un meeting, Jaw! Jaw 707: ?? Shadowjakk: Fun=un. New keyboard. :/ JaniceMars: ??, Jaw? Kalii3: Not yet. Can't find it anywhere, Shad! Jaw 707: that makes more sense Shadowjakk: LOL SERENIO: JaniceMars, what was the topic tonight? (I didn't look...) JaniceMars: SIMMONS SIMMONS SIMMONS Jaw 707: Janice - ?? is me looking sidewise, quizically SERENIO: oh. silly me. OnlineHost: DJTRAXX has entered the room. Shadowjakk: good book, Kali...I have the ISBN number here somewhere. JaniceMars: We're getting together here to warm up and get ready to swoop on the Main Stage. OnlineHost: DJTRAXX has left the room. JaniceMars: Hi DJTRAXX! Welcome to the O*W*C! SERENIO: traxx... hi. Jaw 707: Ok, is it kosher for me to admit i've *never*read anything by simmons? SERENIO: & bi. OnlineHost: DJTRAXX has entered the room. JaniceMars: Re's DJ! Shadowjakk: It was a TOR book, Kali. Jaw 707: Hi, ho, DJ JaniceMars: Sure Jaw. Which do you prefer SF or Horror? Simmons writes both and well. Kalii3: What's ISBN What's Simmons's !st name? Help! Jaw 707: SF OnlineHost: SDavis2751 has entered the room. Jaw 707: I'm a therapist; I get my fill of horror daily DJTRAXX: topic? SERENIO: Some titles, anyone? JaniceMars: Then you might like the HYPERION books...did I spell that right Shadow? Jaw 707: Kali - Dan Shadowjakk: ISBN 0-812-52566 Dan, Kali. SERENIO: Davis... Hi... JaniceMars: Hi SDavis2751! Welcome to the O*W*C. SDavis2751: Hi all Jaw 707: I think I've browsed th Hyperions several times, but never actually got around to reading - Shadowjakk: You can ask for that at the bookstore and they can check ith TOR to see if any are left hang Shadowjakk: ing around. JaniceMars: Shad, you once described that series to be as a very dark kind of SF. OnlineHost: SDavis2751 has left the room. SERENIO: Does he write anything that's not part of a series? Jaw 707: Hyperion is dark sf? Shadowjakk: Yeah, Jan. HYPERION. OnlineHost: David PL has entered the room. SERENIO: Dave... hi. Shadowjakk: Hi Dave! Jaw 707: Good Q Serenio - a series seems like such a committment JaniceMars: Yo David! Grab a lawn chair and a cold one. Jaw 707: Hey, David Shadowjakk: Most of his other work stands alone, ER. David PL: Hi Janice, Shadow, Serenio JaniceMars: I have to admit that I really like his horror. Shadowjakk: It is dark....and very well written. SERENIO: Jaw, that's what keeps me away from the BIG guys, Piers, etc... too much history... David PL: & Jaw SERENIO: Titles? JaniceMars: SONG OF KALI and SUMMER OF NIGHT are good ones. Shadowjakk: HYPERION is the only story line that Simmons has pushed past one book. SERENIO: (I never look at the author, silly me, but usually I remember titles... that's why I ask...) JaniceMars: CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT is another good one. OnlineHost: JNRChip has entered the room. JaniceMars: Chip! Yo! Shadowjakk: Hi Chip! JNRChip: Hi gang. :) JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. SERENIO: Chip! Shadowjakk: Chip, Ahoy! CybursPal: Hey Chip! Jaw 707: Evenin' Chip DJTRAXX: i got to go . latter OnlineHost: DJTRAXX has left the room. JaniceMars: Time for a little quick info.... Shadowjakk: See ya, DJ! JaniceMars: Keyword: @MAINSTAGE... JaniceMars: ... Jaw 707: Janice - how do we *swoop* ? Is there a trick to it?? JaniceMars: Is the fastest way to get to the auditorium.... JaniceMars: ... JaniceMars: Once you're there, Click on the CHAT ROWS icon at ... JaniceMars: the top of the Auditorium Screen. Choose create ... JaniceMars: a row and type in a number from 90 - 100.... JaniceMars: ... David PL: Hyperion is the Dan Simmon work I remember JaniceMars: In order to see who's in the row with you click ... JaniceMars: on the PEOPLE icon.... JaniceMars: ... JaniceMars: In order to send a question up to the stage, ... JaniceMars: click on the INTERACT icon. Type your question ... JaniceMars: into the box and click either "Ask a Question" or ... JaniceMars: "Send a Comment." JaniceMars: That's how we swoop. Shadowjakk: Extend your wings as far as they'll go, close your eyes, and jump. :) SERENIO: Shall we all meet at a certain row? Jaw 707: I can remember Shadow's instructions JaniceMars: Another thing...we'll probably be swooping a little early. JaniceMars: Yeah Serenio O*W*C will be in rows 90-100. Jaw 707: Keyword what? OnlineHost: BCase11464 has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Yeah...that's his only real SF novel length work, HYPERION. JaniceMars: @MAINSTAGE Jaw 707: thx Shadowjakk: And HYPERION'S FALL... JaniceMars: Hi BCase11465! BCase11464: hi JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. Shadowjakk: ...And ENDYMION which is due out any second, if not already. JaniceMars: Does everyone know how to use the auditorium controls? Jaw 707: BC - howdoo Jaw 707: no BCase11464: Hi Jaw. Me either JaniceMars: OK....After you Keyword: @MAINSTAGE, you'll find yourself in the auditorium. SERENIO: When is this starting? JaniceMars: If you click on the ROWS Icon, you'll be given a list of the rows that are occupied and... JaniceMars: the opportunity to make a new row. JaniceMars: If you choose to make a new row and type in any number between 90 and 100... David PL: I seem to recall something about a telapath, but I can't even say I read it JaniceMars: you'll find yourself in a row with other O*W*Cers. Shadowjakk: That was THE HOLLOW MAN, David. JaniceMars: The Simmons Event starts at 10 pm ET. SERENIO: Thanks... Jaw 707: I'm going to try Hollow Man; i dig telephathy JaniceMars: But we're going to be swooping over there at about 9:45 pm. JaniceMars: And we're going to start sending our questions up to the stage at about 9:50 pm ET> Shadowjakk: PARTY!...PARTY!....PARTY!...::::starting wave::::: JNRChip: :::Continuing wave::: Jaw 707: :::::waving::: CybursPal: ::::Following the wave:::: JaniceMars: LOLOLOL! I'll be bringing coolers of cyberbeer and fried squid sandwiches. SERENIO: :::::waving:::: BCase11464: ::::::::::::::waving::::::::::: OnlineHost: Oddbody1 has entered the room. JaniceMars: ::::wavering::: Shadowjakk: hi Odd! JaniceMars: Hey Oddbody1!!!! SERENIO: Ha! Shadowjakk: LOL Jaw 707: LOL Janice JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. JNRChip: LOL SERENIO: Hi, oddbody1... 1oddbody? Jaw 707: Hi, Odd JaniceMars: Cool name. BCase11464: Luv the name. Hi Odd Oddbody1: hello JaniceMars: OK...a little how to on questions .... macro coming at ya... JaniceMars: What makes a good auditorium question? One ... JaniceMars: that's short and to the point, of course. One ... JaniceMars: sentence questions always seem to be the best. ... JaniceMars: You *don't* need to fill up the entire space ... JaniceMars: allotted to you in the window, and *do* avoid ... JaniceMars: multiple box questions. If your question is too ... JaniceMars: long and too convoluted it won't be used. ... JaniceMars: ... JaniceMars: If you want to tell Dan Simmons that you're a big ... JaniceMars: fan...do. Believe it or not, knowing there are ... JaniceMars: fans in the audience has a tendency to loosen ... JaniceMars: authors up and they get much more talkative. David PL: I read Hollow Man then, but it made little impression on me JaniceMars: I haven't read HOLLOW MAN...good? Shadowjakk: It was more powerful as a novella david. EYES I DARE NOT MEET XCEPT IN DREAMS. SERENIO: Odd, please translate your quote for me, je parle francais mais un peu. BCase11464: Gotta run. Going to check out the Eclipse Cafe. SERENIO: Bi guy! JaniceMars: Have a good one BCase. JaniceMars: Later! Shadowjakk: Loaded with psychic pain, Jan. OnlineHost: BCase11464 has left the room. Oddbody1: let the good times roooolllllllllll Jaw 707: It's rare that a novella stands up when expanded; Asimov had the same prob. JaniceMars: Ow! Sound poignant. Not maudlin I hope. SERENIO: Beautiful odd, you fit right in! OnlineHost: Bohemund has entered the room. JaniceMars: Same thing with Nancy Kress, IMHO. Jaw 707: Wow Ser - you speak a buncha French JaniceMars: Yo Bo. Shadowjakk: Hardly audlin...I needed aspirin when I finished it. :) SERENIO: Bo! See now all we're missing is Margaeli. Shadowjakk: maudlin, :/ Bohemund: Hi Janice! Hi all! :) Jaw 707: You're right Janice (IMHO2) Shadowjakk: Hi Bo! David PL: Most novella have that problem SERENIO: Jaw, hardly, only wot's expected of somebunny w/my real name... Oddbody1: no just a way of life-my "simple" philsophy Jaw 707: Ok; I'll go look; back in a flash JaniceMars: Later. Bohemund: Is there a topic tonight? JaniceMars: Does everyone know how to Cut and Past Text? OnlineHost: Oddbody1 has left the room. OnlineHost: Azrael1606 has entered the room. JaniceMars: We're warming up for the Simmons event Bo...swooping at 9:45 pm ET. SERENIO: Yes, why? Shadowjakk: Aael, Hi! JaniceMars: Azrael1606! Hi! Welcome to the O*W*C. Jaw 707: Janice - yes, but only in WP Bohemund: Ah! I thought so! KEWL! Shadowjakk: Asrael, that is. :) SERENIO: Azrael... Azrael1606: greetings.. JaniceMars: It's pretty much the same here on AOL, Jaw.... Azrael1606: what goes here? JaniceMars: Are you on windows? Jaw 707: kool Jaw 707: yes Shadowjakk: We're doing a pep rally for the Simmons conference. JaniceMars: Simmons....Simmons....simmons....simmons... SERENIO: S Kalii3: What Simmons Event? SERENIO: I Jaw 707: ::::::::::pep::::::::::: SERENIO: M SERENIO: M SERENIO: O SERENIO: N SERENIO: s JaniceMars: OK, Jaw, just hilight the text you want to transfer with your mouse... OnlineHost: Azrael1606 has left the room. JaniceMars: Then do CNTRL X to cut it to your buffer... JaniceMars: and CNTRL V to paste it. Shadowjakk: Simmons is holding a conf. in Mainstage, Kali. David PL: Control C works well Shadowjakk: You can reach the mainstage auditorium by using Keyword: @MAINSTAGE Jaw 707: EZ, Jan SERENIO: Janice, was that how to do a macro in chat? SERENIO: Or just how to cut/paste/ JaniceMars: Just how to cut an paste. SERENIO: I never got how to do that macro thing. JaniceMars: I used to slap everything onscreen that way, Serenio... OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has entered the room. JaniceMars: makes for a lot of fast finger and mousework...but it can be done. SERENIO: I'll bet. JaniceMars: Hi JBFJ5! Welcome to the O*W*C. JBFJ5: Hi! JaniceMars: Something more about the auditorium.... JaniceMars: When you send a question up to the stage it goes into a buffer they have up there. JaniceMars: That collects all the questions that come up, and it does it sequentially... JaniceMars: so if you don't get your questions in fast, yours could be at the bottome of the queue. OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has left the room. OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has entered the room. JaniceMars: We'll be heading on over to the Auditorium at 9:45 to get seated and crack open.. Bohemund: Well, I'm off! See ya! :D OnlineHost: Bohemund has left the room. Jaw 707: BB Bo JaniceMars: the Armadillo beers...and at about 9:50 we'll start sending questions up. JaniceMars: Bye Bo. SERENIO: Do they sort at all, in Clive Barker, there seemed to be a lot of repeats... OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has left the room. JaniceMars: I have a mole who'll let me know when the queue will be ready to accept questions. JaniceMars: Re's JBFJ5 Jaw 707: I was in on Cooper's gig earlier, and there were bunches of questions w/(5) in front. Shadowjakk: :::oiling hinges on door::: OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has entered the room. Jaw 707: Someone said that was just for folks on row 5 and Coope couldn't see them JaniceMars: Re's JB SERENIO: Dave, Dave or Sheila today? David PL: Thats sneaky - I like it Kalii3: What's going on in the auditorium? JaniceMars: When you type anything into the chat buffer at the auditorium, Jaw.... David PL: Just me, david OnlineHost: Azrael1606 has entered the room. JaniceMars: It's only seen by the folks in the row you're in. Azrael1606: i'm back Shadowjakk: re's AZ! Jaw 707: Hey, Ax JaniceMars: You have to click on the INTERACT icon at the top of the auditorium screen... JBFJ5: By! Jaw 707: oops - Az Azrael1606: what's the topic? SERENIO: How many people fit in a row? JaniceMars: to pull up an interact screen. You can either type, or cut and paste your questions in. OnlineHost: JBFJ5 has left the room. JaniceMars: Simmons...Simmons...Simmons. Jaw 707: Thx, jan Shadowjakk: We're doing a Simmons pep rally, Pre-Conference. Jaw 707: ::::simmons::::dandandan David PL: Actually, Sheila has her own screen name now, so I should change the profile JaniceMars: ::::waving:::: Shadowjakk: Dandeman SERENIO: :::waving:::: Jaw 707: :::::::waving::::: Shadowjakk: ::::waving::: Kalii3: What Conference? Jaw 707: Dan Simmons in the auditorium at 10 SERENIO: Starting "we will rock you" XX|XX|XX| OnlineHost: Azrael1606 has left the room. JaniceMars: Kalii3...Dan Simmons...Author of Horror, SF, and Mystery novels is appearing... JaniceMars: at the MAINSTAGE auditorium tonight at 10 pm ET. JaniceMars: LOL. SERENIO: Which mysteries? JaniceMars: I read it in LOCUS, Serenio...I can't give you titles. Shadowjakk: ::::Head vibrating to Queen riff:::: SERENIO: oh, sorry... Kalii3: Bye, all. C U later. JNRChip: Take more aspirin, Shadow. SERENIO: got egg on my face, a big disgrace... Shadowjakk: See ya, Kali! JaniceMars: Don't be sorry, Serenio...I should be sorry for not knowing. JaniceMars: *I'm* the sorry sack of squid here. SERENIO: (sorry, we changed words for Catholic school, I don't know the real ones.) Shadowjakk: I like Queen. :P Freddy Mercury is Dead....Long live Queen! OnlineHost: Kalii3 has left the room. SERENIO: I cried for HOURS when I heard the news. Then taped the MTV special. SERENIO: SIMMONS SIMMONS SIMMONS. JaniceMars: :::waving::: CybursPal: I'll see you at the con guys! OnlineHost: CybursPal has left the room. SERENIO: Bi JaniceMars: Later Cybers! Shadowjakk: ::::royal wave for queen::: Shadowjakk: See ya, Cybur! SERENIO: boy do we OMNI:::poof::: quick tonight or what? JaniceMars: LOL....About 8 more minutes and we head on over. JaniceMars: Yeah...everyone *is* ripping through tonight aren't they. Shadowjakk: yup. :/ SERENIO: In the world of WWF, in the background at my house, Charles Barkley, of NBA fame, is JaniceMars: So...what did you say the name of the new novel is Shadowjakk? OnlineHost: DukNcover has entered the room. SERENIO: teaming up with Rick Flame on Monday Night Raw or some other good show. JaniceMars: DukNCover! Welcome to the O*W*c. Jaw 707: Cool name, duck SERENIO: I knew you all would care. JaniceMars: O*W*C, that is. We're getting ready to swoop on the Simmons Conference at MainStage... JaniceMars: Join us. SERENIO: Hi! Shadowjakk: Endymion, Jan. JaniceMars: Thanks Shadow. Jaw 707: Ser - WWF? True sf JaniceMars: You're talking about the World Wrestling Federation? Jaw 707: Shadow - is that part of the Hyperion series? DukNcover: I haven't swooped in a coons age JaniceMars: Thanks Shad. Shadowjakk: Yes, jaw. Jaw 707: Time you swooped again, then, duk JaniceMars: The fastest way to get to the Mainstage Auditorium is to use... SERENIO: Jaw, true, true... Jan, unfortunately, yes, someone else in my house is watching it. Jaw 707: Shadow - how many are there JaniceMars: Keyword: @MAINSTAGE Shadowjakk: This makes 3, Jaw. JaniceMars: Hey...those guys know how to take a fall Serenio....it's true theatre. Jaw 707: Jan - if we all hit the keyword at the same time, what happens? We blow up? We skip to Jaw 707: Prodigy? Jaw 707: Thanx, Shadow SERENIO: We go to INN... JaniceMars: LOLOLOL. No...we all get to the auditorium. Shadowjakk: Sho nuff, Jaw. :) JaniceMars: Just like teleporting. DukNcover: In one fell swoop? Jaw 707: Shoot. I was looking for adventure JaniceMars: 4 minutes. Jaw 707: LOL duk JaniceMars: Precisely Duk. OnlineHost: Kalii3 has entered the room. SERENIO: IBMs turn to Macs... for those who seek to leave this world behind. JaniceMars: Re's Kali... Kalii3: Ok I'm back. David PL: Sderenio - arn't you glad that the ST:V tonight is a repeat and a true turkey! SERENIO: Re's. Jaw 707: A programmer friend told me that Macs aren't so much user friendly as user patronizing... SERENIO: I HATE VOYAGER RE-RUNS!!! JaniceMars: Folks...if you have any trouble working the auditorium controls tonight.. there are a .... Jaw 707: Hey, Kali JaniceMars: couple of folks you can IM.... OnlineHost: Nasrid has entered the room. SERENIO: I have every episode on tape in order, and re-runs SCREW me up! JaniceMars: The Usher for this omni event is OMNI Cyber, I believe... Shadowjakk: "Patronising"! I *love* it! :) JaniceMars: and you can IM him at any time. Shadowjakk: Hi Nasrid! JNRChip: Well put, Jaw. :) SERENIO: But Dave, how did you know? David PL: The one tonight was non to hot the first time around JaniceMars: Or you can IM me and I'll help if I can.... Nasrid: hi JaniceMars: Hi Nasrid! Welcome to the O*W*C! JaniceMars: 2 minutes. Jaw 707: Janice - I'm getting nervous :: :: ** Nasrid: what is up DukNcover: with a capital C no less Nas David PL: TV guide -and the previews JaniceMars: LOL! We're warming up for the Simmons even in the MAINSTAGE auditorium, Nasrid. SERENIO: Dave, no, how did you know that's what I would've been watching... have we met before? Jaw 707: Shadow - how did you do that stomp thing? xx! JaniceMars: And remember. Leave your empty cans and greasy sandwich wrappers in the aisles... OnlineHost: Jimblmf has entered the room. JaniceMars: we want them to know we were there. DukNcover: An air of anticipation fills the auditorium... Shadowjakk: Stomp? SERENIO: XX|XX|XX| JaniceMars: 1 minute. Shadowjakk: Hi Jim! SERENIO: Shift-\ David PL: Just a lucky guess, S Jaw 707: Thx Ser Jimblmf: hi JNRChip: I'm *certain* they'll know we were there, Jan. :) JaniceMars: Hi Jim, welcome to the O*W*C. Jaw 707: XX|XX| Jimblmf: ? Jaw 707: Should we take the lawnchairs? DukNcover: I'm getting giddy. OnlineHost: BLR WIZ has entered the room. JaniceMars: Okay everyone....Keyword: @MAINSTAGE, rows 90-100...SWOOP! Grab the chairs!!! JaniceMars: Yes Jim? Shadowjakk: Nah...I think there'll be bleachers. :) Jimblmf: Where ever you go bring a towel BLR WIZ: hello Jimblmf: Whats OWC? SERENIO: I'll be on a striped blue guatemalan blanket... :::SWOOP::: Shadowjakk: Hi BLR! SERENIO: Other World Cafe OnlineHost: Jaw 707 has left the room. OnlineHost: SERENIO has left the room. JaniceMars: I'm Swooping! ******************** The spectacle of O*W*C members rolling empty Armadillo beer bottles down the aisle of the MAINSTAGE Auditorium, and throwing squid popcorn and fried squid sandwiches at other rows has mercifully been edited here. If you would like a copy of the OMNI event featuring Science Fiction/Horror/Mystery writer Dan Simmons, please download it from the Conference Log Library in this area. ******************** OnlineHost: OnlineHost: *** You are in "OMNI SF Fantasy". *** OnlineHost: JaniceMars: Yo! OnlineHost: Margaeli has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Jan! JNRChip: Hi Jan! Hi Marg! Shadowjakk: Marg! Jaw 707: Good thing he left, then. Hey, Jan JaniceMars: Margeli, Shadow, Chip, Jaw! Margaeli: home again, home again, three bags full JaniceMars: :::flopping down in lawn chair:::: Jaw 707: lol JaniceMars: LOLOL. JNRChip: Of *what*, Marg? :) Jaw 707: *** missed the chair JaniceMars: That was fun. Jaw 707: Yes, it really was Margaeli: fleece; don't you remember the nursery rhyme Jaw 707: Feeling fleeced, Marg? JaniceMars: ::::hunting around in cybercooler for a chilled cappucino for Jaw:::: JNRChip: Sure I remember the rhyme, Marg. That doesn't mean that you were following it. :) Margaeli: 1 for the master, 1 for the dame and 1 for the little girl who lives down the lane OnlineHost: G1S80 has entered the room. JaniceMars: Yo G1! Shadowjakk: Hi g! JaniceMars: Great question. Margaeli: too true, Chip; artistic license G1S80: Hi, janice. G1S80: What ? JaniceMars: At the Simmons Event. You asked a good question. Jaw 707: Hi, G JaniceMars: I don't remember it right now, but I saw it up there. G1S80: I kept getting kicked out. G1S80: I saw not much at all. JaniceMars: Ah!!!! Well, OMNI Muse put it up with your name on it, so you can read it in the log. Shadowjakk: Did you get to see the answer, G1? G1S80: Nope. Margaeli: G, I know the feeling; had too many windows open and got a GPF and punted JaniceMars: :::::Handing G1S80 an Armadillo Beer::::: JaniceMars: My screen kept freezing. Shadowjakk: He said no on the expanded work, G. G1S80: drinking. Margaeli: Jan, I gotta tell you Armadillo Beer sounds gross OnlineHost: DBUZZWHITE has entered the room. JaniceMars: Actually, it's a fine Texas beer. Jaw 707: ::::sitting by the lawn chair, sippin Margaeli: lot like armadillo juice; another gross concept in food JaniceMars: Yo DBUZZ! JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. JaniceMars: I think, it's a fine Texas beer. G1S80: Anyone getting a signed copy from Little Bookshop of horrors? JaniceMars: But then I think Retsina is a fine Greek wine. Jaw 707: Dillo beer is a fine vintage DBUZZWHITE: Hi all... JNRChip: LOL Jan Jaw 707: Hi, buzz Shadowjakk: Fine/Texas beer *****OXYMORON ALERT**** ***DANGER**** Margaeli: Must confess Jan, that I had no idea that it was for "real"; still sounds gross JNRChip: LOLOL Margaeli: LOL, Shadow Jaw 707: Armadillo World Headquarters was the best music venue ever G1S80: What is OWC? JaniceMars: The Other*Worlds*Cafe... Jaw 707: Shadow, however, is right about Texas and beer - only for the *stout* of heart JaniceMars: is a group of SF fans and writers... G1S80: ah. Margaeli: Shadow did you see in the paper about the reunion of the Lost in space cast??? JaniceMars: who meet here every Monday to discuss our second favorite subject. Jaw 707: AWH has moved into another world; just up the galaxy from OWC Shadowjakk: Nope! *How* could I miss *that*, Marg??? :) JaniceMars: AWH? Jaw 707: Couldn't believe Billy Mumy looked not one day older (just taller) DBUZZWHITE: Janice, are you into SF writing? Jaw 707: Armadillo World HQ G1S80: Did anyone ask about the Carrion Comfort movie? JaniceMars: I like thinking about it and talking about it DBUZZ....I haven't been writing that much, Shadowjakk: Yeah, G1. JaniceMars: of late. Shadowjakk: he said it had been tabled. Jaw 707: I think simmons said it was down the tubes G1S80: Shame. JaniceMars: You can't tell what Mumy looks like on B5. DBUZZWHITE: It is kind of hard to make the time to sit down to write.. Jaw 707: The writers say it's hard to make the time to do anything else OnlineHost: DukNcover has entered the room. JaniceMars: I'm spoiled DBUZZ. I spend too much time online. JaniceMars: Yo Duk!!! Shadowjakk: true...I'd like to see PHASES OF GRAVITY done, too. It would make a nice counterpoint to.. JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C, again. OnlineHost: DBUZZWHITE has left the room. Shadowjakk: ...APOLLO 13 DukNcover: With a capital C this time? Margaeli: sorry; saw your comment Shadow; but the phone rang; had to turn away G1S80: Yeah, Shadow. Jaw 707: Oh, dog mess! I;ve been beeped. Later, y'all JNRChip: Bye, Jaw! JaniceMars: Yep....didn't miss the shift key this time Duk. OnlineHost: DSimSHRIKE has entered the room. Shadowjakk: see ya, jaw! JaniceMars: Yo Dan!!!1 Shadowjakk: Mr Simmons! OnlineHost: Jaw 707 has left the room. JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. Shadowjakk: Welcome! OnlineHost: Jaw 707 has entered the room. JNRChip: Hello, Mr. Simmons. Margaeli: Hi, Jaw DSimSHRIKE: Hi, everybody! (And it's 'Dan'! Not Mr. S . . . that was my teaching name! Jaw 707: False alaarm - hi marg JaniceMars: ::::pulling out deluxe lawn chair for Mr. Simmons:::::: Margaeli: Hi, Mr. Simmons Jaw 707: Hey, Dan! DukNcover: lets part with the formalities,shall we? G1S80: Greetings, Dan. Shadowjakk: We were just discussing the fact that we'd like to see PASES OF GRAVITY as a screenplay. JaniceMars: ::::shoving cybercooler over in Dan's direction::::: Margaeli: Teaching name? DSimSHRIKE: Hi, Margaeli and Jaw! Jaw 707: Grab an Armadillo beer and a squid sandwich OnlineHost: DBUZZWHITE has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Phases, that is. :) JaniceMars: Re's DBUZZ. DukNcover: we were not Shadowjakk: G1 and I were. :) JaniceMars: ::::Handing Duk a fried squid sandwich::::: DukNcover: so there you have it Margaeli: Jan, I thought you were going to have squid popcorn??? DSimSHRIKE: Are you film producers by any chance???? Shadowjakk: LOL DukNcover: I am a whatever you call those people that don't eat squid Jaw 707: We threw it all at the poet JaniceMars: I was Margaeli...but the microwave fritzed...had to pull out the sterno and skillet. G1S80: Dan, any plans to work with Ed Bryant again soon? Jaw 707: Shrike - can film producers read? Shadowjakk: No...so our opinions are unbiased. :) JaniceMars: The inspiring poet? LOLOLOLOL. DSimSHRIKE: I'll work with Ed anytime, anyplace -- but he's too busy Jaw 707: What did you write w/Bryant? DSimSHRIKE: Jaw -- producers HIRE Jaw 707: lol dan DSimSHRIKE: people to read for them. Margaeli: gotta run guys; got to get the daughter-person at work; adios Margaeli: nice to meet you Dan JNRChip: Night, Marg! Shadowjakk: see ya Marg! JaniceMars: Goodnight Margaeli! JaniceMars: See you next week. OnlineHost: AC JEDI has entered the room. Jaw 707: BB Marg Margaeli: I'll be back if I can; maybe??? Jaw 707: hope so OnlineHost: AC JEDI has left the room. JaniceMars: AC JEDI, welcome to the O*W*C! DSimSHRIKE: Jaw -- I wrote a Batman novella with Ed. DukNcover: Dsim the audience wishes to know how words are placed together in order to make sentences. G1S80: Dan wrote Dying is Easy, Comedy is hard w/Ed. Jaw 707: lol duk OnlineHost: Margaeli has left the room. Jaw 707: Thanx Dan, G; I'll look 'em up DSimSHRIKE: Duk -- sentences are easy, PARAGRAPHS are hard. JNRChip: LOL Shadowjakk: Mr. Simmons...I've gotta tell ya...you do pain better than any wrier I've read. I needed... Jaw 707: The aspirated poet wants to know if paragraphs are really - like - necessary Shadowjakk: ...morphine after I finidhed HOLLOW MAN. G1S80: Dan, you should be signing my copy, Wed at LBSOH, thanks. DukNcover: I've heard of them.Some book or something. DSimSHRIKE: Hey, where's the armadillo beer? (Paragraphs aren't necessary, brew is.) Shadowjakk: The psychic pain in that novel was tangible. Jaw 707: got that right - Jan, shove the cyber cooler at him JaniceMars: ::::shoving cooler even closer to Dan:::: It's all in the cybercooler, Dan. JNRChip: You also do "evocative" well. I had "Hyperion" recommended to me by a friend, who... JaniceMars: Reach on in and grab, whatever you get is yours. DBUZZWHITE: It was nice talking to everyone gotta go to work now.. See Ya!! DukNcover: Jaw a modicum of respect is required. We have a learned person on board. JaniceMars: Goodnight DBUZZ!!!! Jaw 707: Bye buz Shadowjakk: See ya, DB! JNRChip: ...described it as "exploring an old Gothic mansion full of dust-covered bookshelves... DSimSHRIKE: G1s80 -- See ya Wed. night! Jaw 707: ::::: serving a cup of respect to Shrike::: OnlineHost: DBUZZWHITE has left the room. JNRChip: ...filled with the romantic works of the romantic poets." A ringing endorsement, from him. DukNcover: Jaw I meant me.) G1S80: Sorry, can't make it I live in North Carolina. Jaw 707: Cool, Chip - makes me want to read it! title again? JaniceMars: Say....are you planning on visiting Chicago in the near future Dan? G1S80: Mail is good, pastage is bad. JNRChip: Actually, that first "romantic" should be "forgotten." :) OnlineHost: Croyd has entered the room. JNRChip: "Hyperion," Jaw. Jaw 707: even better Croyd: hello JaniceMars: Yo Croyd! LTNS., JNRChip: Hi, Cryod. Shadowjakk: Hi Croyd! JaniceMars: Welcome to the O*W*C. Jaw 707: Hi Crooyd DSimSHRIKE: I'd love to visit Chicago, JaniceMars -- but no specific plans. I wanted to see the Monet.. Jaw 707: Dan - what do yo do to relax? DSimSHRIKE: show at the Art Institute . . and sign at Andersons. Croyd: Been working the cole mine DSimSHRIKE: Jaw -- drive my Acura NSX at illegal speeds. OnlineHost: MRyder1561 has entered the room. Croyd: That's one 'o' JaniceMars: Yo MRyder! Welcome to the O*W*C! DukNcover: how illegal? Shadowjakk: Does an NSX *work* at legal speeds? JNRChip: LOL Jaw 707: Wonderful - but pleeeeeze speed carefully; we greedily want more boox MRyder1561: My first time howdie DSimSHRIKE: It does, Shadow, but that's no fun. Jaw 707: Hi, MR G1S80: Dan--Did you ever find that novel you read to your students? JaniceMars: Many, many more books. Many, many more horror books. JaniceMars: Pleased to have you with us MRyder! DSimSHRIKE: G1S80 -- Actually, I did find that handwritten book! It was lost, but now it's found. MRyder1561: Thanks ! Jaw 707: Amazing, grace DSimSHRIKE: Hi, MR! DukNcover: My soul and that book....what are the odds? G1S80: Will it be made/published? Jaw 707: lol duk DSimSHRIKE: Good odds on the book, Duk. DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- not for publication. Just for telling to 6th graders. DukNcover: Dsim LOL G1S80: shucks. JaniceMars: This is just too cool. DSimSHRIKE: Who took the bite out of my squid sandwich? Shadowjakk: ::looking at feet:::: DukNcover: They come that way Jaw 707: Great evening, all, but I've got to fly. (Oops - he saw me munching) Croyd: Is there a topic? JaniceMars: :::blushing:::: JNRChip: Night, Jaw! G1S80: Dan--Is there any short story or book comming out between the two Endymion books? JaniceMars: Later Jaw. OnlineHost: Techyo has entered the room. Shadowjakk: See ya, Jaw! Shadowjakk: hi Techyo! JaniceMars: Techyo! Yo! JNRChip: Hi Tech! Jaw 707: Bye, all OnlineHost: Jaw 707 has left the room. Techyo: Hi ALL! DukNcover: bye jaw DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- no stories (I think) -- just work on the last book Techyo: Sorry I'm late. :( G1S80: Endymion Rising? DukNcover: Tech apology accepted DSimSHRIKE: The Rise of Endymion. . . . Hi Tech! Techyo: Hi DS! Glad to meet ya. :) DSimSHRIKE: Howdy! JaniceMars: So...the next novel...SF or Horror or both? OnlineHost: MRyder1561 has left the room. Croyd: Hey Techyo. OnlineHost: Ruesmar has entered the room. DSimSHRIKE: Janice -- the next one will be SF (RISE OF ENDYMION) -- but the one after that ... JaniceMars: Yo Ruesmar! welcome to the O*W*C. DSimSHRIKE: (just did the deal today) hoo boy! OnlineHost: Quasar6 has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Dan...did you novelise EYES I DARE.. on the suggestion of your publisher, or did you feel it JaniceMars: Yo Quasar! LTNS. DukNcover: Janice are you a pigeonholer? Shadowjakk: ...was incomplete? DSimSHRIKE: Felt it was incomplete, Shadow. Shadowjakk: Thanks. G1S80: Dan--Any progress on your Hemmingway book? Quasar6: Hey, Janice...busy and trying to save $$... DSimSHRIKE: Planning the trip to Cuba as we speak, G1. G1S80: Cool. JaniceMars: Moi? Pigeonholer! Nope, pschyz...part of me adores stellar conquest, the other darker... G1S80: or hot, probably. JaniceMars: side loves splatter punk. OnlineHost: Patterner has entered the room. JNRChip: Hi Patt! Shadowjakk: Hi Patt! Patterner: Hi folks! JaniceMars: Yo Patt!!!! Patterner: I'll just be working quietly over here in the corner, but I'll be watching. :) Techyo: Patt!!!! JaniceMars: Grab a chair and a rootbeer. Croyd: Hey Patterner Patterner: Thanks! Shadowjakk: OK, Big Brother. :) G1S80: Dan--Any plans for your Summer of Night characters? Patterner: LOLOL JNRChip: LOL OnlineHost: Quasar6 has left the room. OnlineHost: Margaeli has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Re'smarg! OnlineHost: Ruesmar has left the room. JaniceMars: Re's Margaeli. JNRChip: Re's Marg! Margaeli: made it back in one piece DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- nope, all my SUMMER characters are in retirement. (Except for a punk named Jim Harlen DSimSHRIKE: who wants a book of his own. G1S80: Dan--Sorry about all the questions, but i had trouble staying online. G1S80: earlier. DukNcover: any erudite and sophisticated people here? Techyo: <- loves it when charactors take over. :) DSimSHRIKE: Duh . . . yuh! DukNcover: oops wrong room JNRChip: I'm afraid that I don't qualify, Duk. :) JaniceMars: LOL....I've been accused of those things Duk, but never indicted. Shadowjakk: Air you dite, duk? G1S80: Did it go to trial, Janice? DukNcover: Janice perhaps one day if all goes well Techyo: ROFL JaniceMars: I wasn't there G1S80. I'm trying to keep a low profile...bowling, corner pub....you know. Croyd: <--------LOL thinking about the Duck and COver Turtle from the early 60's G1S80: sure, yeah. Margaeli: don't talk about trials' i spent the day in court not getting picked for jury duty DukNcover: thats me.My career has gone down hill lately. Shadowjakk: Well...it was a day well spent ten, Marg.:) Techyo: Wow this is great I just started reading SUMMER OF NIGHT today! DSimSHRIKE: Want to know how it ends? Techyo: <- stole it from my wife. :) JNRChip: LOL Margaeli: Shadow, there is not clean language for my true feelings JaniceMars: Ooooh! Good, Techyo. LOLOLOLOL. Shadowjakk: Tell him! :) Techyo: That's ok DS I'm a do it yourselfer. ;) Margaeli: LOL, dan JNRChip: You're cruel, Shadow. :) G1S80: Dan--What was the dedication in SON about? Were there giant lampreys in your town? Shadowjakk: Hey! He's already *bought* the book! :) DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- the giant lampreys were in my SCHOOL! (teachers) :) G1S80: lol JaniceMars: Oh.....so SUMMER OF NIGHT was autobiographical! Techyo: Now I can realate to that, DS. Techyo: :::looking around lots of teachers hang here::: G1S80: Speaking of teaching, do you miss it? JaniceMars: I have to tell you, the settings you gave to that book reminded me so much... DSimSHRIKE: Janice -- actually, it was somewhat autobio -- DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- I do miss teaching JaniceMars: of downstate that it was really eerie. Shadowjakk: I'd be subject to a class action lawsuit brought by the lampreys if *I* did that. :) G1S80: For our sakes, don't go back:::))) JaniceMars: Awwwww, poor Shadow. JaniceMars: I don't even visit. Shadowjakk: And they'd be jstified. :) G1S80: Shameful, aint it? Techyo: Writting isn't teaching? Of a sort anyway? DukNcover: Imagine a lamprey as a school mascot (we suck!) JNRChip: LOLOLOL Margaeli: writitng; is that what lawyers do??? Margaeli: writting, oops; typo monster on the loose JaniceMars: We can't say what lawyers do here, Margaeli. Margaeli: lol, Jan Shadowjakk: No...it's what legal secrearies do. JaniceMars: I resemble that remark! Techyo: :::where's my dictionary?::: G1S80: Dan-- After Cuba, any plans for a Summer Sketches 2? Shadowjakk: I'll figure this keyboard out soon. :/ Margaeli: Shadow, typo monster has changed venues DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- none yet -- but I'm drawing (doodling, actually) all the time Shadowjakk: LOL, Jan. *you* do the work. JNRChip: Shall we start a pool on how long it takes Shadow to figure out his keyboard? :) Margaeli: Oooohhhh, Chip cold JaniceMars: Sound good Chip...I've got a week. Techyo: I get infinity. Croyd: 3 years......giveor take a week Shadowjakk: They moved all the letters a half inch to the right :) JNRChip: LOL Patterner: Hey, he's doing better than I am, and I've had the new computer for 2 weeks. Patterner: But the IBM keyboard I ordered didn't come yet. G1S80: After reading Carrion Comfort, the next few novels I read seemed to be missing something. Margaeli: But, shadow; that last sentence looks so pretty :) Techyo: :::hiding behind chair from Shadow::: DukNcover: I wish I had a computer.. JaniceMars: What happened Shadow, you get one of those new fangled jim-cracky keyboards or something? DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- the rest were easier to lift! Shadowjakk: That's beause i *looked* at it, techyo. :) Margaeli: :::should I ask how Duk is communicating with us::::: Croyd: Anyone have one of the Microsoft "bent" keyboards? JNRChip: Uh...Duk...How are you speaking to us now? :) G1S80: True. LOL. JaniceMars: I do Croyd. Shadowjakk: No...it's just different...the tension is funny and the letters are loser together. Croyd: Easy to get use to? JaniceMars: It was a little difficult at first, because you have to really stretch, but now it's choice. Shadowjakk: closer...not loser. :) JaniceMars: Couple of days. I still have trouble with the number six. G1S80: Dan--Any plans for Melanie Fuller? Maybe a trip to Brentwood? Croyd: I think is just looks cool JaniceMars: It's on the left hand now. DukNcover: I am? shoot I thought this was tha ramblings of my incoherent mind. Croyd: is = it DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- Melanie is alive and sick and living in France. Margaeli: LOL, Duk Croyd: No, soory , your incohernet mind is to the left next to the monkey cage. G1S80: Scary. Shadowjakk: How long were you in Romania researching CHILDREN, Dan? DukNcover: you mean you people can actually see my thoughts? JaniceMars: I wanted to ask that. DSimSHRIKE: Two weeks, Shadow. But they were a LONG two weeks. Margaeli: Shadow beating you again, Jan??? JaniceMars: Yeah....even on the bum keyboard. Depressing, isn't it. Margaeli: :) Techyo: I'll bet DS. :) Margaeli: Why were they LONG, DAn?? Shadowjakk: Long in terms of bad accomodations? G1S80: Dan--Was your story in The Earth Strikes Back totally factual? JaniceMars: Depressing surroundings? DSimSHRIKE: Long in terms of misery, orphans, pollution, oppression . . . all the things that make DSimSHRIKE: life worth living. Margaeli: :( DukNcover: damn orphans JaniceMars: Yeah....don't think things are much better there now either. Shadowjakk: Ahhh....a European version of New delhi? Margaeli: LOL Duk DSimSHRIKE: Not from what I hear. G1S80: I' Croyd: All the old East-Block countries seem to be have a bad time adjusting to their new situation Croyd: s. DSimSHRIKE: G1 -- I think the story was factual -- I don't remember distorting any information . . . JaniceMars: Usually when I hear someone say they're research their books I think of them in a... DSimSHRIKE: but then, neither did HAL. JaniceMars: dusty library somewhere...you just go there, huh? DSimSHRIKE: First the dusty library, then the real place. G1S80: It was some of your best. Patterner: Hmmm... where *is* Hal tonight? DSimSHRIKE: Thanks, G1 -- Hey, I've got to go. Anybody here know the way to the Lithuanian Dwarfs... OnlineHost: Croyd has left the room. JaniceMars: Yeah...haven't seen Hal around at all. Shadowjakk: He missed us tonight. DSimSHRIKE: and Live Eels chat room? Patterner: LOLOL! Not me, Dan. DukNcover: Anyone here want to "dust" a library? G1S80: Go west young man.----> Shadowjakk: Yeah....Keyword: LIVE EELS JaniceMars: LOLOL! Thanks for stopping by Dan. JaniceMars: You Made our Night. G1S80: thanks Dan!!! DSimSHRIKE: Thanks anyway, see you all another time! Bye! Margaeli: Evening, Dan; nice to meet you Shadowjakk: Thanks much, Dan! JaniceMars: Yaaaaaay! JaniceMars: Everybody Wave bye to Dan!!! Techyo: Agreeing with Janice! Patterner: Thanks for coming, Dan! JaniceMars: :::::waving::::: Patterner: :::waving::: JNRChip: :::Waving::: Margaeli: ::::waving::::: OnlineHost: Croyd has entered the room. Shadowjakk: :::waving::: Techyo: Night, Dan take care. :) OnlineHost: DSimSHRIKE has left the room. Croyd: I got kicked. Patterner: (boy, we're agreeable tonight) Margaeli: () () () for Croyd JaniceMars: Hey...a hero stops by the chat room we clean up the act. DukNcover: Was I supposed to wave? Shadowjakk: At least we aren't hugging, Patt. :) OnlineHost: FREDDER has entered the room. Patterner: LOLOL JaniceMars: LOLOLOL. Shadowjakk: Hi FREDDER! G1S80: That was nice, got to stalk Dan now, bye. JaniceMars: Yo Fredder. Techyo: {{{{}}}} Margaeli: You're clean, Jan??? Patterner: Yes, and thanks, since I invited him over before I told y'all. JaniceMars: goodnight G1S. FREDDER: Hi all! :) Patterner: HI FREDDER! OnlineHost: G1S80 has left the room. JaniceMars: Relatively Margaeli. I know it's a shock. JNRChip: Risky, Patt. :) Margaeli: LOL JaniceMars: thanks Patt. JaniceMars: you're a true pal. Margaeli: Patt, thanks for inviting him; too kewl Patterner: Sure. :) He was great onstage, too. Wonderful to work with. JaniceMars: Tres Kewl. JaniceMars: Well folks. I hate to be a wimp, but I gotta wimp out. Margaeli: feel privledged to meet him up close and personal DukNcover: It's not often I get to meet an honest to goodness famous person I never heard of before. FREDDER: What'd I just miss? Patterner: Well, wimp away. See ya, Jan! JaniceMars: Dan Simmons, Fredder. JNRChip: Night, Jan! Thanks! Shadowjakk: Me too...See y'all! Margaeli: Adios, Jan Techyo: Wow ya just never know who you'll run into here. :) Margaeli: Night, Shadow Patterner: Night, Shadow! JNRChip: I should, as well. Night, gang. :) Techyo: Night ALL! JaniceMars: Goodnight everyone! Croyd: Who?