Db earthy2: well, yeah, sounds like you're doing your job admirably, and how about you Gene, any luck on HOST EBK Muse: Hi folks! Gray Steinberg: Hello, host person type thing Db earthy2: Hi muse Gene: Hello person of host :) HOST EBK Muse: Gray, people are not things. Gray Steinberg: Depends on your definition.... Gray Steinberg: And your perspective of the human race.... Gene: He is incorrigible. HOST EBK Muse: Hi DB! Gray Steinberg: That's the second time you've said that, Father Person HOST EBK Muse: I see you've met our guests already. :) Gene: Because it is true, son person. Gray Steinberg: Yup Gray Steinberg: Okay, can we get to the topic here? Gray Steinberg: Not to rush you or anything Gene: Give some time for people to show up, if any. Db earthy2: yes, we have HOST EBK Muse: The HOST and EBK parts of my name reflect what HOST EBK Muse: I do and the forum. Muse is my personal name. :) Gray Steinberg: Yup HOST EBK Muse: We could, Gray, but then you'll have to say it all HOST EBK Muse: over again when more people come in. HOST EBK Muse: You'll have to do that anyway, but this way you HOST EBK Muse: save at least one repetition. Gray Steinberg: Well, there's always good old copy and paste... Gene: Usually the chats begin 5-10 minutes after the hour. Gene: Show patience son! Gray Steinberg: Geez, I should have worked for NTT DoCoMo Gene: And that is? Gray Steinberg: The dominant Japanese mobile phone company Gene: If we don't get a crowd, Grayson and I can do our... HOST EBK Muse: It usually takes a few minutes for people to start HOST EBK Muse: showing up, and many of our Pacific Coast people HOST EBK Muse: come in even later. Gray Steinberg: BEEP! Gene: Abbott and Vostello routine. Gene: Costello :) Gray Steinberg: Riiggghhhtt.... OnlineHost: LiveMixer has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Well, there's always my party trick. :) Gray Steinberg: Hello, Mr. Mixer HOST EBK Muse: Hi Live! Gene: Howdy Dallas! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Well said, well said.... OnlineHost: LiveMixer has left the room. Gene: Said well, said well. Db earthy2: Hi Live Gray Steinberg: He left! How dare he! Gene: He used to be a member of one of the forums... HOST EBK Muse: Well, people do that. :) Gene: I ran on AOL. Traitor!3 HOST EBK Muse: LOL Gray Steinberg: I smell a firing squad in our wake... OnlineHost: MylesCabot has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Myles! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Greetings, Myles HOST EBK Muse: Myles has been regaling me with tales of early SF. Gray Steinberg: Hmmmm MylesCabot: Alas I have never heard of either Gene: Hello Myles Db earthy2: Hi yles Gene: We aren't that early. HOST EBK Muse: Gene is a well-known Mac author and Gray is his HOST EBK Muse: son. Gray Steinberg: Or are we? Gray Steinberg: Grayson, actually OnlineHost: LiveMixer has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Ah, sorry. I should remember that. MylesCabot: Mac Author ? HOST EBK Muse: Hi again, Live! Gene: Apple Macintosh. Gene: Hello Dallas, if you can see us. Gray Steinberg: Welcome back, Live Gene: Or Memorex! Gray Steinberg: Er...Dallas...Korben Dallas... MylesCabot: They publish books now ? Gene: 19 computing books. SF is the new stuff. HOST EBK Muse: Gene, why don't you tell us a bit about the Mac HOST EBK Muse: books. Gray Steinberg: Oh sure, put the spotlight on what's his face! Gene: Silence, Son! Gene: You do wish to keep your iMac on, right? Gene: :) Gray Steinberg: #&##&#&#*#*#*# OnlineHost: LiveMixer has left the room. Gray Steinberg: Censored for the sight of any child in the local telephone region place thing HOST EBK Muse: He's older, Grayson, you have more time. OnlineHost: Pyrephox18 has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Pyrephox! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are Gray Steinberg: Hello, Pyrephox HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gene: The computing books cover AOL and Mac computing. Gene: Latest two are "Upgrading & Troubleshooting Your Mac" Gene: and "Mac OS 9: The Complete Reference." Gene: Grayson helped a lot with the latter. Gray Steinberg: Ugh.... Gene: He doesn't like writing computer books. Gray Steinberg: That is an understatement Gene: As you told me every single second.... HOST EBK Muse: They sell pretty well, though, Grayson. Gene: when you were working with me. Gray Steinberg: I just needed to remind you in a kind manner Gray Steinberg: As efficiently as possible OnlineHost: MylesCabot has left the room. HOST EBK Muse: What turned you to science fiction? OnlineHost: Pyrephox18 has left the room. Gene: The "Upgrading" book is in the 3rd printing. Gene: I have read sf since I was younger than Grayson. Gray Steinberg: My dad was a big influence HOST EBK Muse: What was the first SF book you read? Gene: Me? Probably an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel. Gene: The Mars, not the Tarzan material. Gray Steinberg: Some unmemorable Star Wars novel Gene: He's read a bunch of those novelizations. Gene: And real stuff. Gene: The novelizations are a cross between the real... HOST EBK Muse: My first was Eleanor Cameron's The Wonderful HOST EBK Muse: Flight to the Mushroom Planet. Gene: and the not so real. Gray Steinberg: Dune and 1984, just two examples of the real thing HOST EBK Muse: BTW, we have a storm passing through. Our HOST EBK Muse: power lines are underground so I rarely lose HOST EBK Muse: power, but it is a possibility. Gene: What part of the country are you in? HOST EBK Muse: Dune and 1984 were both political fiction -- do you HOST EBK Muse: like that subgenre? HOST EBK Muse: Northern VA. Gene: Oh. Gray Steinberg: I have an interest in it, yes Gene: We have put some measure of political intrigue... Gene: in Rockoids. Gene: Lots of maneuverings. HOST EBK Muse: Well, let me recommend Sterling's Distraction. HOST EBK Muse: The political ideas were great, even if the HOST EBK Muse: characters were a little wooden. Gray Steinberg: Yup Gene: Grayson likes to develop situations with military... Gene: strategy, political conflict and so on. Gene: I try to build characters and relationships, so it.... Gene: works out all right. HOST EBK Muse: I spent most of my life with the military in one way HOST EBK Muse: or another. Gray Steinberg: Of course, I'm good at character building tooo Gray Steinberg: Erase the last o Gray Steinberg: too HOST EBK Muse: Of course. ;) Gray Steinberg: That's much better Gene: Consider yourself erased. Gray Steinberg: HOST EBK Muse: S'okay, it goes in the log like that. ;) Gray Steinberg: Gray Steinberg: Gray Steinberg: Can I come back now? Gene: Did you write your name 20 times....a Gene: nd say I will not be a bad boy? Gray Steinberg: Not to my prior knowledge Gene: Do you wish to be erased again? Gray Steinberg: No, let's get back to the subject at hand Gray Steinberg: Any questions so far? HOST EBK Muse: DB, have any questions? Gene: I think we put DB asleep :) OnlineHost: E cat s has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Hi E! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Greetings, E! E cat s: Hi, Muse! Gene: Hello E! E cat s: Hi, Mr. Steiberg! Gene :) E cat s: *N Gene: :) HOST EBK Muse: E is a writer, also. :) Gray Steinberg: Can we get to the third or fourth syllable here? Gray Steinberg: Thank you Gray Steinberg: What do you write, E? E cat s: Science fiction screenplays, mostly. HOST EBK Muse: Me, I'm a reader. I've never wanted to write. Gene: Screenplays? Which software do you use? E cat s: You write songs, don't you, Muse? E cat s: Final Draft. Gene: I just reviewed a program for MacHome. HOST EBK Muse: Well, yeah, but that's different. Gene: Screenplay 2000. Gray Steinberg: Much different HOST EBK Muse: It takes rhythm. ;) Db earthy2: Hi E Cats! Gray Steinberg: I've got rhythm! Gene: We got rhythm! E cat s: Hi, Db :)! Gray Steinberg: I've got music! Gene: All god's children have rhythm. Gray Steinberg: I've got something and I could ask for anything more HOST EBK Muse: my girl, Grayson Gray Steinberg: Dum Dum Dum...I forgot the rest Gray Steinberg: Girl? How dare you? Gray Steinberg: Not that I'm sexist or anything Db earthy2: my 'puter is running very sllowlyb Gene: Get a Mac! E cat s: I understand you have an e-book going online? HOST EBK Muse: LOL that's the something. I can see it in my HOST EBK Muse: mind. Gene: We put up the eBook for several months, and now we're... E cat s: Or am I early with the questions? Gene: exploring new formats for it. Db earthy2: the brain is ok, but the computer is sad.... HOST EBK Muse: Nope, go right ahead, E. ;) HOST EBK Muse: LOL Db E cat s: <---exactly the opposite, Db LOL Gene: Give the computer some laughing gas. HOST EBK Muse: Yeah, E, we need clones! E cat s: By new formats, wehat do you mean? Gene: We had it up in Fatbrain's eMatter format, which.... E cat s: Right, Muse LOLOL Gene: is a secured PDF format. But there was no Mac version. Gray Steinberg: :( Gene: So we are turning possibly to Rocket eBook and maybe... Gene: Palm, both of which are in Mac form. Gray Steinberg: :) Gene: I like the Rocket eBook, but it's a bit overweight. E cat s: Ah, I see what you mean. E cat s: I thought you might mean presentation formats. Gene: Well, we have a new theme for Rockoids... E cat s: How is it moving? Gene: being done by a New York-based composer and...t Gene: here will be lots of multimedia potential. E cat s: Great!!!!! HOST EBK Muse: I used to have an HP200LX, which was an HOST EBK Muse: excellent, if expensive, book reader. The expense HOST EBK Muse: is why I sold it (after AOL wouldn't take DOS HOST EBK Muse: anymore) and my laptop and bought a HOST EBK Muse: mininotebook for less than I sold those for. :) HOST EBK Muse: Musical theme? Gray Steinberg: Yup Gene: Wonderful. I have the teaser, but I cannot... Gene: release it yet. Db earthy2: good night, all Gene: It's beautiful, expansive. Gene: Goodbeye dB. E cat s: Multimedia is definitely where the money is. IMO Gray Steinberg: Bye, DB HOST EBK Muse: Night, Db! OnlineHost: Db earthy2 has left the room. E cat s: Night, Db Gene: We have our own scripts under development. HOST EBK Muse: You aren't going to force people to listen to it on Gene: Have you had any scripts sold? HOST EBK Muse: your website, are you? Gray Steinberg: And other projects in development as well.... Gene: Force them? No, it'll be optional. Gray Steinberg: For now Gene: We don't want to have them spend 20 minutes.... Gene: downloading the home page. E cat s: No, I'm afraid not. For various reasons, I've not been able to market them yet. HOST EBK Muse: Oh good. I have a strong preference for my own HOST EBK Muse: style of music. ;) Gray Steinberg: and wondering why they came at all to this strange place E cat s: I'll start this fall. Gene: Do you have an agent? E cat s: No. I have to hope that this ScreenwritersOnline class will introduce me to an agent. Gene: Since I am published already, it was a bit easier.... Gene: to line up the agent. But we had to fine someone... E cat s: Definitely :) OnlineHost: T83BIRD has entered the room. Gene: who dug the sf material too. T83BIRD: Hi, all. HOST EBK Muse: Hi T8! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, Gene: Hi T8. HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Hello, T8 OnlineHost: BLR WIZ has entered the room. T83BIRD: Hi BLR E cat s: True, and there don't seem to be that many. HOST EBK Muse: Hi BLR! Gray Steinberg: Hello, BLR BLR WIZ: Hi All.... Gene: Hi BLR. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! E cat s: Hi T:) Hi, BLR :) HOST EBK Muse: Go ahead and ask questions, we're not using HOST EBK Muse: protocol. :) HOST EBK Muse: T8 writes SF poetry. BLR WIZ: Hi Gene, T8, Gray, E, Muse Gene: Published? Gray Steinberg: Interesting. Had anything published, T8? OnlineHost: Tim has entered the room. T83BIRD: thx Muse Gene: GMTA. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Tim! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are BLR WIZ: Hi Tim HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Hello, Tim Gene: Hello Tim. E cat s: Hi, Tim :) HOST EBK Muse: He has some on our boards, which counts, for HOST EBK Muse: some people. T83BIRD: So far, my verse is online under What the Squid Heard on O*W*C message boards. Gene: Tim is an old friend, from the days when I worked... Gene: in the AOL forums myself. HOST EBK Muse: Yes, I recognize him, although I doubt he does HOST EBK Muse: me. :) Gray Steinberg: :( Gene: Maybe he'd recognize one of your other uniforms online. Gray Steinberg: :) HOST EBK Muse: Could be -- I used to be OMNI Muse and GMI HOST EBK Muse: Muse and SRO Muse. ;) OnlineHost: Tim has left the room. OnlineHost: Tim has entered the room. Tim: OK, how's that? Gene: Perfect. HOST EBK Muse: Looks fine -- you weren't seeing your words before? Tim: PowerTools were messing up my chat. HOST EBK Muse: Ah. I use PT LE OnlineHost: Flarefox116 has entered the room. Gene: Maybe the fact that the Mac doesn't have PowerTools... Gene: is a blessing. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Flare! Gray Steinberg: Hello, Flarefox T83BIRD: Gene and Gray, I have two long verses, OUR ORBIT and "A Glitch in Time," and several short Gene: Hello Flarefox. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! T83BIRD: ones. T83BIRD: Hi Flare HOST EBK Muse: It's overkill for just macros, but nothing else works HOST EBK Muse: as well with 5.0. BLR WIZ: Hi Flare E cat s: Hi, Flare :) Flarefox116: Hey all, just popping in to mostly lurk, hope you don't mind. :) Gene: I'll have Grayson check it out :) Gene: Luck away. Gene: Lurk away too. HOST EBK Muse: Gene & Grayson, how did you come up with the T83BIRD: LOL HOST EBK Muse: Rockoids premise? Tim: I like PT enhancements to IMs and blocking. :D Gray Steinberg: Well, it's a long story... T83BIRD: Hey Tim Tim: :X Gray Steinberg: But we'll just give the short verson Gene: The one that takes 30 minutes to describe. Gray Steinberg: Exactly T83BIRD: LOLOL E cat s: LOL Gray Steinberg: It all started on the way to a rehearsal....f BLR WIZ: LOL OnlineHost: E cat s has left the room. Gray Steinberg: for a play I was in.... Gray Steinberg: And I asked a now famous question.... Gray Steinberg: What commander do you want, sir? Gene: And I answered. Gray Steinberg: A dangerous thing, you know Gene: Because it just never stopped. Gray Steinberg: Also dangerous HOST EBK Muse: What commander *did* you want? Gene: Quite. Gray Steinberg: Smith was his name, I think Gene: And Smith was killed off like this: Gray Steinberg: Sir, what do you wish me to do? Gene: I want you to give me the status of the alien invasion. Gray Steinberg: The Rockoid invasion, sir? Gene: Yes, but first I need to be sure you are not an... Gene: alien spy. Gene: Do you see the globe on the ceiling? Gray Steinberg: Yes, I do, sir. Gene: Do you see the light beam coming from it? Gray Steinberg: Yes...sir Gene: Well, if you are an alien spy, you'll be melted by the Gene: beam! Gray Steinberg: Ok, then I guess I'm not Gray Steinberg: Oh no, but you are starting to melt, sir Gene: It went on like this for a few weeks. Gray Steinberg: Or maybe it was months Gene: It hasn't ended. OnlineHost: DSudia has entered the room. T83BIRD: Hi DS Gray Steinberg: For three years, we've been tortured by this routine Gray Steinberg: Hi, DS.\ HOST EBK Muse: So you worked from a scene out to the novel? HOST EBK Muse: Hi DS! Gene: But one day we decided to set something down.... HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gene: in our comptuer. Gray Steinberg: And that's where the trouble all started BLR WIZ: Hi DS Gene: One word let to another.... Gene: and 110,000 words later, we had a novel. DSudia: Hi all Gray Steinberg: I don't know how, but we managed to do it Flarefox116: I must say that I find the interplay between you two just slightly frightening. :) Gene: Without killing each other in the process. T83BIRD: Are the Rockoids and the Horta relatives, by any chance? Gray Steinberg: Well, I wouldn't say that... Flarefox116: You two obviously spend too much time around each other. ;) (not that that's a *bad* thing) Gray Steinberg: No, not related, unfortunately Flarefox116: For a father and son. HOST EBK Muse: It reminds me a bit of Lewis & Martin. Gene: We have this, well, routine. Gene: Martin/Lewis....Abbott & Costello... Gene: but neither of us is fat. Flarefox116: *chuckles* I can see that. :) Well, aside from the fat part. BLR WIZ: I see 9 alien spys in this room!!!!!!!! Gray Steinberg: Jerry/Bruckheimer...Procter/Gamble....wait.... HOST EBK Muse: Flare, that's the advantage of online -- you can HOST EBK Muse: imagine them fat! Gray Steinberg: Wait a minute! Gray Steinberg: Something is seriously wrong here Gray Steinberg: It might be Dad? What do you think, fellow chat members? HOST EBK Muse: BLR, you can't count the cats unless they're Flarefox116: "Data and Geortie, Aes Sedia and Warder. HOST EBK Muse: actually looking at the monitor. Gene: Dad is now going to turn around and push the off button... Gene: on Grayson's iMac. :) BLR WIZ: LOL Muse Gray Steinberg: Ok, bye everyone OnlineHost: Gray Steinberg has left the room. Gene: You are erased. OnlineHost: Gray Steinberg has entered the room. Gray Steinberg: Gray Steinberg: Gray Steinberg: Gene: Better. Gray Steinberg: Can I come back now? Gene: Only if you behave. HOST EBK Muse: How do you structure your time working on the HOST EBK Muse: books? Gray Steinberg: Ok. Gray Steinberg: Between school and friends and my dad's own computing book projects.... Gray Steinberg: it was somewhat difficult at first... Flarefox116: *nods and is curious about this too* Never got involved with writing a book with someone. Gray Steinberg: especially as we begun the second and third Rockoids novels... Flarefox116: How does it work? OnlineHost: DSudia has left the room. T83BIRD: bye DS Gray Steinberg: Well, it's a little complicated Gray Steinberg: We just write sections of the book alone BLR WIZ: Muse, I counted an extra one as I was just watching the BLR WIZ: Twilight Zone episode. Black Leather Jackets. Gray Steinberg: And then we go over them Gray Steinberg: And then the original person goes over it again OnlineHost: Araiused has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: LOL BLR Gray Steinberg: And then we write the next section HOST EBK Muse: Hi Ara! T83BIRD: Heyla Ara BLR WIZ: Hi Ara HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: And the whole strange cycle begins all over again Araiused: Evening, folks! Gene: Evening Araiused. Gray Steinberg: Greetings, Ara Gene: We also have story conferences to work out ideas.... Gene: and outlines. Gray Steinberg: Violent things. Most terrible. Blood everywhere Gene: Disgusting. HOST EBK Muse: You do this over dinner? Gray Steinberg: Sickening! Gray Steinberg: Yup T83BIRD: LOL Gene: It makes for an interesting meal...w Gene: ith the food spilling all over the place and broken... Gene: plates and all :) BLR WIZ: Blood is one of the hardest substances to clean out of fabrics. Gray Steinberg: We were thrown out of sixty restaurants in the last two days alone Gray Steinberg: And I'm NOT kidding! HOST EBK Muse: They saw your faces and pushed you back out? Gene: Yes, we have a reputation to fill. Araiused: Eeek Gray Steinberg: A good witch or a bad witch? Gray Steinberg: What?! Gene: Whichever witch is witch. Gray Steinberg: Ding dong, the witch is dead Gray Steinberg: Can we return to Rockoids now? Flarefox116: 30 restaurants each day, assuming 12 hour day, thats about one ever 30-20 minutes. Dear me. Gene: I thought you'd never ask! Gray Steinberg: Yes, it's tragic, isn't it? Kind of like Romeo and Juliet... Gene: Or Luke and Darth Vader! T83BIRD: What color, if any, is Rockoid blood (if they have blood)? Gray Steinberg: It's a reddish color with greenish overtones Flarefox116: I have a question, actualy. (donna know if this was covered at the front, so bare with) Gray Steinberg: Sure OnlineHost: Solstice62 has entered the room. T83BIRD: Hi Sol HOST EBK Muse: Hi Sol! Flarefox116: How did you come up with the name 'Rockoids' to begin with? Instead, oh say, the Geracks or Solstice62: Hello, everyone! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are Flarefox116: whatever. Hey sol! OnlineHost: ElkinsJms has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Hey Sol! T83BIRD: Hi Elkins BLR WIZ: Hi Sol LTNS Gene: Honestly.... ElkinsJms: Hi Gray Steinberg: Hello, Elk Gene: it just came out of thin air. One day I was talking... Gene: with Grayson about this, and suddenly there... Gene: were Rockoids. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Elk! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, ElkinsJms: Hi HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: After the Dominion and the Guardians were rejected... Gray Steinberg: In light of a terrible copyright infringement suit... BLR WIZ: Hi Elk Gray Steinberg: Which would only serve to boost our sales, anyway... Flarefox116: Tsk, and miss out on such a cool cross-over? Gene: My lawyer would have loved it. Gray Steinberg: Viacom would have hated it! ElkinsJms: What are you talking about? Gene: No idea. Gray Steinberg: I know! ElkinsJms: Oh Gray Steinberg: But I will! Gene: I will what? Flarefox116: "The Dominion were the baddies from DS9, donna know about the Guardians. ElkinsJms: Well... HOST EBK Muse: Elk, they're talking about why they named the HOST EBK Muse: characters Rockoids. ElkinsJms: Oh. OnlineHost: Shadowjakk has entered the room. Gray Steinberg: I don't know who the Guardians are, but they sound good Gray Steinberg: Hello, Mr. Shadow T83BIRD: Hi Shadow BLR WIZ: Hi Shadow HOST EBK Muse: Hi Shadow! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are Solstice62: Hi Shadow HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gene: We have a character by your name in one of our... ElkinsJms: hi shadow Gene: novels. OnlineHost: Gandalara has entered the room. T83BIRD: Hi Gand BLR WIZ: Hi Gand Gray Steinberg: Hello, Ghandi Gandalara: o/~ She goes boomboomboom o/~ HOST EBK Muse: Hi Gand! Shadowjakk: Hi, Steinbergs, all. Solstice62: Hi Gand! Gene: Hi. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: Look at all our adoring fans :) Gandalara: Hi all. Hi Gene and Gray! HOST EBK Muse: I beg your pardon! They're *my* adoring fans! ElkinsJms: Hi Gene: Here looking for blood :) Gray Steinberg: Actually, my full name's Grayson Gene: Excuse me! T83BIRD: LOL Muse BLR WIZ: LOL Gray Steinberg: And who said you got all the glory, Ms. Muse Person? Flarefox116: Taste great! Less filling! We can be fans of *both* sides, can we not? Gray Steinberg: Pillsbury Dough Boy? Araiused: ::: waving to newcomers Gray Steinberg: Which is being bought out by General Mills by the way Gene: Grayson watches the stock market intensely. Gray Steinberg: Makers of Cheerios and Betty What's Her Face! Gene: He is also a Tech Whiz Kid! ElkinsJms: oh HOST EBK Muse: I do. And I get what I want. Gray Steinberg: Excuse me, Teck Stock Whiz Kid, Mister Gene Gene: Do not correct your father, son! Gray Steinberg: Now back to Attack of the Rockoids BLR WIZ: The Stay Puff Marshmallow Man? Gene: Dah...dah.... Gray Steinberg: Our regularly scheduled program HOST EBK Muse: That was our commercial break? Gene: Yes. Gray Steinberg: Next time we'll have a feature from everyone's favorite telephone company OnlineHost: E cat s has entered the room. Gene: Don't you dare ! OnlineHost: JNRChip has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Hi E, Chip. HOST EBK Muse: Once you had a draft of Rockoids, how did you go HOST EBK Muse: about selling it? JNRChip: 'Alo. T83BIRD: re's E Gandalara: Hi E and Chip! HOST EBK Muse: Hi again, E! Hi Chip! Solstice62: Hi Ecat, Hi Chip Gray Steinberg: Hi, E, Chip BLR WIZ: Hi Chip, Re E T83BIRD: Hi Chip HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are Flarefox116: *waves to all the newcomers* HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! ElkinsJms: Hi e chip Gene: Now we have a chat! Gray Steinberg: At last! Shadowjakk: Rockoids, what a marbleous name. Gray Steinberg: Yes, I thought of it first JNRChip: LOL Shadow. I took it for granite you'd say something like that. Gene: After I said it to you. Gene: :) Flarefox116: Indeed, we shouldn't take it for granite. Gray Steinberg: Same thing Gray Steinberg: Or maybe marble? E cat s: geez! Hi, all :) Gene: Seriously folks. Shadowjakk: Of quartz you did, Chip. Gray Steinberg: :( Flarefox116: Bahs and is beat to the punch. How shale of you. JNRChip: Gneiss segue, Shadow. T83BIRD: If you don't like agate, don't swing on it. ElkinsJms: OK Gray Steinberg: Diamonds are a girl's best friend, don't you know? BLR WIZ: Shadow has dug the quarrey. Gray Steinberg: L'Oreal, you're NOT worth it...at least for a guy... Araiused: Hi, E! Hi, Chip. Gene: Grayson is a stream of consciousness person :) ElkinsJms: oh Gray Steinberg: Anyone have Rockoids questions? Araiused: BRB, my chicken is rocking in the oven. Gene: Unfortunately, the stream has gone dry :) OnlineHost: E cat s has left the room. Gandalara: So ... (ontopic) ... what is Rockoids about? :) T83BIRD: bye E HOST EBK Muse: Nah, Shadow is a girl's best friend. :) Flarefox116: Sedements are shared, I assure you. *chuckles* I sended Grand. :) Gene: It's a novel about two people.... Tim: argh! :D Shadowjakk: And I'll be dammed if anyone tries to stop my stream of consciousness, too. Flarefox116: "Second Grand, rather. Gene: separated by time and space..... Gene: who manage to find each other.... ElkinsJms: Bye T83BIRD: afk HOST EBK Muse: Night, Elk! Gene: However, they are on opposite sides.... ElkinsJms: nite Gene: of a possible war. Gray Steinberg: Just like Romeo and Juliet, actually Gene: Just like Romeo and Juliet, actually. OnlineHost: ElkinsJms has left the room. Gene: GMTA1 JNRChip: Interesting echo, there. HOST EBK Muse: You guys have said that a lot, haven't you. Flarefox116: *blinks* Ouch. You guys are scarrrrrrrrry. Gene: Great Minds Think Alike! Gray Steinberg: Yes, we know Shadowjakk: So, they never actually achieve Rocoitus? Gene: Everyone tells us that. JNRChip: Ow, Shadow. HOST EBK Muse: Oh Shadow. Gray Steinberg: No, we achieved Rockoids T83BIRD: bak Gene: Well, there is always that possibility :) Gray Steinberg: What? Gray Steinberg: Now I just learned the true meaning of Rocoitus Gray Steinberg: Reality check quickly! Gene: Reality....Reality... Flarefox116: Yup, still there. Gray Steinberg: A Mac reality check to be precise! Gene: Reality...Reality... Araiused: bak Gene: Check...Check.... BLR WIZ: "There are alwys possibilities." Spock Gray Steinberg: Just get back to Rockoids, please! Araiused: Rockoids is about a hero and his heroine ;) JNRChip: Where'd the name "Rockoids" derive from, out of curiosity? Gene: That is not logical. Gray Steinberg: That is not logical! Flarefox116: So two people on opposite sides of a war... Solstice62: Echo in here. Gray Steinberg: See, we disagree on everything! Gene: Completely. Gray Steinberg: Completely Gene: Actually, the creatures started in an insectoid... Araiused: And why "Attack" of the Rockoids? Gene: form, which is where Rockoids was derived. Gray Steinberg: They are coming to Earth to destroy the human race Gene: But over development of the novel... Gene: we made them quite humanoid. T83BIRD: Are the Rockoids *smart* aliens or klutzes of some sort? Flarefox116: Why did they change out of insectoid? BLR WIZ: No great loss there, Gray. Gray Steinberg: They are extremely intelligent and religion is a great part of their lives Gene: The change was done when we turned it into.... Gray Steinberg: A love story Gene: Two lost souls from different species, finding.... Gene: each other. Gray Steinberg: Across time and space T83BIRD: Do they have a sense of humor? i.e., would they appreciate puns? Gray Steinberg: Yes, they have a very odd, but sophisticated sense of humor Gene: Supremely intelligent. Gray Steinberg: Supremely Gene: This isn't an Earth versus the bug-eyed monsters... Shadowjakk: Are they into art and music, Rockoco, Rockmaninov? Gene: sort of story. T83BIRD: LOL Shadow Gene: Rocklennon! Gene: RockMcCartney! Gray Steinberg: Yes, they are very much into the arts, which is a great part of their lives! Gray Steinberg: RockRingo! Gene: Now cut that out :) Gray Steinberg: Ok, back to Rockmaniwhatever... Gray Steinberg: Courtesy of Mr. Shadow :) Araiused: OK, who *is* the Rockoid? The femme or the homme? Flarefox116: So love story with invasion, got it. :) Gene: The Rockoid of the title is a female. Araiused: I like that theme, Flare. Gray Steinberg: A very gorgeous one at that :) Araiused: I saw her pic, Gray :) Gene: She is the warrior empress of her species. T83BIRD: An interspecies romance, perhaps? Gray Steinberg: Actually, to all in this chat room, my full name is Grayson Araiused: Is she part insect? Flarefox116: I'm sorry, but did anyone else get a flash of a blue-skinned Xena at that? :) Araiused: Hi, Grayson :) Gray Steinberg: There just wasn't enough space in the screen name.... Gene: They have a hive consciousness, but they are quite... Gene: human. HOST EBK Muse: Yes, unfortunately, GraysonSteinberg was already HOST EBK Muse: taken. :) Gray Steinberg: :( Gene: Grayson has a GraysonS screen name, but shared... Gene: with my account. Gray Steinberg: My main screen name is Zeuther :) Araiused: Are they going to have kids?? Gray Steinberg: Named after the brother of Zanther, the alien woman Gray Steinberg: Kids....maybe...you never know...what might happen...in this amazing universe HOST EBK Muse: Are they biological compatible, and how do you HOST EBK Muse: explain that? T83BIRD: Re's: An interspecies romance in there somewhere, perhaps? Flarefox116: Infinit possibilities in infinit combinations. *nods* BUt that is the question. :) Genetics Gray Steinberg: Basically, the two races are similar, except for some minor physical differences Shadowjakk: Depends on Zanther's mood, probably. "Don't just Zanther! Do something!" Gray Steinberg: And a few genetic ones do! Flarefox116: and all. I know in Star Trek they claim it's all biological engeniring. Gray Steinberg: Okay, Mr. Shadow. Where is YOUR mind? T83BIRD: "If called by a Zanther, don't anther." Gene: Well, we have a larger world, or galactic view... Shadowjakk: Roughly 9 inches above my collarbone. Gene: of the intelligent races in the universe... Gene: to account for all this. Gray Steinberg: Good answer JNRChip: LOL Shadow Gray Steinberg: Yes, Mrs. Chip, agreed. OnlineHost: Kakaze has entered the room. Araiused: Hi, Kake Flarefox116: "What view would that be? T83BIRD: Kak! BLR WIZ: Hi Kak HOST EBK Muse: Hi Kak! Kakaze: Hi all!!! JNRChip: Hiya, Kak. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! JNRChip: "Mrs. Chip?" Gene: That the galaxy was all seeded by a master race... Gray Steinberg: Millions and millions of years ago Kakaze: Arae!!! T!!! Wiz!!! Muse!!! Chippow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gene: and we are all descended from them. Solstice62: Hi Kak Gray Steinberg: Somehow, someway HOST EBK Muse: Grayson, that would be the soon-to-be Mrs. HOST EBK Muse: Shadow. Gray Steinberg: Really? Gene: Congratulations soon to be. JNRChip: Who will be remaining Ms. Chip. :) Gray Steinberg: Congratulations! T83BIRD: A master race such as Chalker's Markovians? Kakaze: Soli!!!! BLR WIZ: Congrats.....] Gray Steinberg: I'm not sure Flarefox116: Congrads, soon to be Ms. Chip! :) JNRChip: LOL. Thanks. Gray Steinberg: Was is something like the movie "You've Got Mail?" Flarefox116: I know there was a Star Trek episode like this. The master race had a message embeded in the Shadowjakk: Great name for a master race. "Markovians." Araiused: So, is Rockoids entirely electronic? Kakaze: <---thinks of her as Mistress Chip. HOST EBK Muse: LOL Flarefox116: genetic code of all the races, but you could only read it if you put it all together. JNRChip: LOL Shadow JNRChip: Good thinking, Kak. :) Gray Steinberg: Yes, I saw that episode. All the races had to work together for once Kakaze: :::imagines Chip in leather with a whip, standing over Shadow::: JNRChip: I recall that, Flare. BLR WIZ: That was a STNG episode. Gray Steinberg: This chat room is filled with very sick people Gene: Rockoids is electronic now, but will be print.... Gene: too. We haven't given up on the older techologies. JNRChip: That's why we hang out together, Gray. T83BIRD: In REG's stead: LEATHER!!!!! Gene: I still like printed pages. Flarefox116: Better then a master race called the Malcavians. (WoD injoke there) JNRChip: It's like group therapy. BLR WIZ: I think the episode was in the last season. Kakaze: <---is not sick. Everyone else is sick, but I'm not. Gene: If Grayson and I went into group therapy... JNRChip: So, what prompted you to move from writing technical manuals to writing fiction? Gene: the entire group would bail out. Flarefox116: No, sonner then that. It's listed in a book I have that only goes up to 6th... Gene: I started writing fictional things when I was... Gene: a child. Gene: Yes, I was a child once. Gray Steinberg: What is the book called, if you happen to know, Flarefox? Gene: Long, long ago, in a galaxy.... Gene: well not quite that old. Gray Steinberg: I wouldn't be so sure of that Flarefox116: Nitpickers Guide to Star Trek TNG, actualy. :) Gray Steinberg: Ok Gene: The manuals only come about in the last few years. Gene: Grayson has been writing stories since he was... Gene: old enough to write. Gray Steinberg: Sort of Gene: Vaguely. Gene: More or less. HOST EBK Muse: How did you contact your editors? Solstice62: Got to run, y'all... see you later! Nice to meet you, Gene and Grayson! Gray Steinberg: My skills became broader over the years Gray Steinberg: Bye, Sol T83BIRD: Nite Sol HOST EBK Muse: Night, Sol! Flarefox116: See ya Shadowjakk: Night, Sol. OnlineHost: Solstice62 has left the room. Araiused: Nite, Sol! Gene: As we developed the stories, we got in touch... BLR WIZ: bye Sol. afk. Hungry CAT Gene: with editors and my agent on the progress of the... Gene: stories. OnlineHost: Tim has left the room. Gene: Even our attorney does screenplays on the side... Gene: so it became a big universe. T83BIRD: bye Tim HOST EBK Muse: Screenplays do seem to be popular these days. Gene: I had the pleasure of reviewing one for MacHome.... Gene: magazine, so I got a free copy of Screenplay 2000. Gene: Just in the nick of time for our work. Gray Steinberg: Convenient Gene: Free is always nice. Gene: Speaking of scripts, Grayson.... Gray Steinberg: Yes, Father? Flarefox116: ? What sort of screenplay would get itself reviewed in MacHome? Gene: we have a big weekend for you. Shadowjakk: Yup...but you'd need a very naive director to fill the Shadowjakk: roles properly. "Let he who is without sin cast the first Shadowjakk: Rockoid." Gene: The software, not the play. JNRChip: Shadow. :/ HOST EBK Muse: I had a chance to skim some of the contretemps HOST EBK Muse: in rec.arts.sf.composition earlier. Did you really HOST EBK Muse: try to get Teresa Nielsen Hayden fired from Tor? T83BIRD: oofda Shadow Gray Steinberg: I knew that would somehow come into this! Kakaze: Are you sure you want to marry him Chip? You're gonna get that a lot! Gandalara: Oh, Hi Kak :) Gene: No....just trying to stop someone from spreading.... Gene: a personal vendetta. Flarefox116: *ouch* Very bad Shadow. ;) Kakaze: Took you long enough, Gand. HOST EBK Muse: What actually happened, Gene? Gandalara: Was busy :) Gene: Some folks like to take their flamewars.... BLR WIZ: bak Flarefox116: Wha? Who? Tor books? JNRChip: Yeah, Kak, but I'm getting numb. Gene: a little too seriously, that's all. Gene: Tor Books, yes. Gene: One of the editors got out of hand in a newsgroup.... Gene: going way, way beyond what is expected in normal... Flarefox116: You called up Tor and tried to get someone fired? That's a little... Flarefox116: harsh... Gene: newsgroup flaming, where anything is possible. Gene: No, we didn't ask someone to be fired...I just asked.... Gene: for this person to be brought under control... Gene: before it got too far out of hand. Gandalara: Oh geeze. JNRChip: Was she acting in an official capacity, for Tor, or just as an individual? Flarefox116: Why call their boss? Wouldn't their internet provider be a better place to do this? OnlineHost: ScatPattie has entered the room. Araiused: That's tough. JNRChip: Hiya, Pattie. Araiused: Hi, Pattie T83BIRD: Hi Scat Gene: The person posted under the company's signature... OnlineHost: E cat s has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Scat! Gene: which, in effect, made them partly responsible for... HOST EBK Muse: Hi again, E! Shadowjakk: Major thunder here. :/ Gandalara: re's E. Hi Pattie ScatPattie: hey there Araiused: Hi, E! Gene: the statements. We just wanted that to stop. T83BIRD: re's E Flarefox116: Employers realy don't have the right to monitor their employies activities out of work. Net HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Flarefox116: servers o. Gene: Calling a net provider isn't always productive.... Flarefox116: do, rather. Araiused: Tornado warning here. Gene: since some just care about the service, not the... Gene: terms of service. OnlineHost: SciFiDog has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Yeah, I've got thunder again. E cat s: Hi, all :) This is exhausting. T83BIRD: Hi Sci HOST EBK Muse: Hi Sci! Araiused: Hi, Sci! Gandalara: Hi Sci! Gene: An employee must be careful about expressing... HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Shadowjakk: Hi SciFi. Flarefox116: True, but I can't imagine calling a boss about their employ's activities would do much good. SciFiDog: Hi everybody! Flarefox116: Sorry, I'll shut up on that now. :) Hey Hey1 Gene: personal opinions however, harsh, under the... Gene: signature of the company. The same as if you signed the company .... Gene: letterhead and attacked someone personally. JNRChip: Well, I've been known to post under my company's Gene: Bad form. JNRChip: name, with a small disclaimer stating that I don't speak JNRChip: for them. HOST EBK Muse: TNH is a well-known editor and critic, I suspect Gene: That is the problem here. No disclaimer. HOST EBK Muse: they think she knows what she's doing. Araiused: *bowwow" to Sci Gene: Anyway, the issue is over and done with.... Gene: and the postings stopped. SciFiDog: :-) chat rules tonite, Muse? BLR WIZ: Hi Sci HOST EBK Muse: No protocol, haven't needed it yet. E cat s: Hi, Sci Araiused: Back to Rockoid around the Clock! Gene: Tonight. Gray Steinberg: Yes, let's T83BIRD: LOL Ara HOST EBK Muse: LOL Ara SciFiDog: Ara, BLR... *woof* Araiused: We just plunge ahead, Sci OnlineHost: Locogrl 2 has entered the room. SciFiDog: cool. T83BIRD: Hi Loco Araiused: Hi, Loc Shadowjakk: Hi Loco. Flarefox116: Right! Advice for us beginging writers oh ye of actual publishing? :) Gandalara: Hi Loco BLR WIZ: Meow....... HOST EBK Muse: Hi Loco! Gene: Hi Loco. Gray Steinberg: Hi, Loco E cat s: Hi, Loco HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, BLR WIZ: Hi Loco HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Locogrl 2: Good Evening all Flarefox116: Hey Loco SciFiDog: nice to meet you G&G. Gene: Hi SciFi Dog. OnlineHost: Seraph23 has entered the room. JNRChip: Hiya, Ser. Gene: Advice? Just keep working.... Shadowjakk: Hi Ser. Gandalara: Hi Ser! Gray Steinberg: Hi, Ser T83BIRD: Hey Ser BLR WIZ: Hi Ser Seraph23: Hiya Araiused: Hey, Ser! HOST EBK Muse: Hi Ser! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gene: don't take no for an answer....and plug away. Gene: The folks who give up never sell anything. Gray Steinberg: But we're not those kind of people OnlineHost: E cat s has left the room. Gene: It took a while to find a good agent, for example, Kakaze: Ser! T83BIRD: bye E Gene: even with my existing books. Araiused: "Never give up, never surrender." Gray Steinberg: Yup Araiused: Poor E :/ Gandalara: Poor E :/ Gandalara: nooooooooo :) Flarefox116: "We Need Your Help. Araiused: Yessssss Seraph23: E should get a Mac SciFiDog: Or you can self publish, like that canadian fella. Gray Steinberg: Ah yes, from Galaxy Quest JNRChip: Wow. The lightning is *right* overhead here. Gene: Take cover. Gene: We're in Arizona, seldom see lightning. HOST EBK Muse: I believe that's a Canadian woman you mean, Sci. Araiused: ::: ducking :::, Chip. HOST EBK Muse: Yeah, overhead here, too. SciFiDog: whatever! Araiused: Wow, same lightning? HOST EBK Muse: (The three of us are in the same county) T83BIRD: We had thunderstorms here in eastern PA earlier, Ara. Gene: I lived in the midwest when it was a daily occurrence... Gene: in the summer. Flarefox116: Sorry if I'm wrong, but I thought e-publishing *was* self-publishing. Or did I miss somethin Gandalara: We're supposed to have a thunderstorm tomorrow. I'm excited :) Weather! Flarefox116: something? HOST EBK Muse: Yeah, it's a big storm. JNRChip: :PpPpppp Gand SciFiDog: G&G S. Hve you had a look-see at the OS X? I am curious... Gray Steinberg: Actually, e-publishing is electronic publishing, but it can be self or not Flarefox116: We don't have a heatwave out west, I'm settling for that and being happy. :) Shadowjakk: Some peope get excited by weather, Gand. SciFiDog: willing to switch. Gene: OS X? BLR WIZ: I am not Gand. I am taking advantage of a break between BLR WIZ: BOOMERS............ Keeping an eye on the weather BLR WIZ: channel. SciFiDog: mac OS 10. Kakaze: OS X isn't out yet. Gene: Well, those who have OS X prereleases.... Kakaze: Next year I heard. Flarefox116: "Yes, knew it was electronic publishing, had just assumed it opporated diffrently then the Gene: are under NDA and should not talk. But I will... Flarefox116: standard 'send something in to the big publishers and hope they like it enough' Gene: tell you I am working on an OS X book, so you can...a Gene: ssume what you want. Araiused: Muse, Shadow and Chip are thwarting the weather by staying here :) Kakaze: NDA's are jokes. Shadowjakk: OS X not what your country can do for you. HOST EBK Muse: LOL JNRChip: LOL Shadow Gene: NDAs are not jokes for journalists and authors. T83BIRD: LOL Shadow Gandalara: OY Shadow JNRChip: I don't think "thwarting" is the right word, Ara. Gene: We have to obey them or never get.... Flarefox116: Oy vey! JNRChip: I think "taunting" is a better one. SciFiDog: yeah, figured a beta for the influential folks! Gene: another deal or interview with the publisher... Gene: or company. Araiused: "Shaking a fist at lightning.," Gene: Beta? Not with Apple. You can only get the... Seraph23: Shakin' sumtin' Gene: prerelease if you are part of their Customer Quality... HOST EBK Muse: Well, *my* lines are under ground. Shadowjakk: And beta or worse for the rest of us. Gene: Feedback program or if you join the Developer's program BLR WIZ: Wasn't there a Beat Unit in The Last Starfighter? Kakaze: <--- likes beta testing. Gene: and pay a minimum of $500 annually. Gray Steinberg: I hate beta testing, actually HOST EBK Muse: Like, yeah, BLR. Coooool. BLR WIZ: ooopsss Beat = Beta Gene: I love beta testing, because I can use Grayson's.... Gene: computer for it :) Kakaze: I think it's fun...I get to try out new stuff before anyone else. SciFiDog: ( blah blah, and more from the legal dept.) Gray Steinberg: Thanks. You're always so reassuring, Dad... Araiused: So, when is Rockoids going into hard print? Gene: I enjoyed crashing your computer with Mac OS 9... HOST EBK Muse: Is Attack of the Rockoids available now? Gene: when I was working on a book on that subject. Flarefox116: "Warning! Continued use of this product will lead to the eventual heat death of the universe Gene: Rockoids was available for a number of months.... SciFiDog: LOL! Gene: via eMatter from Fatbrain. But they never... Gene: got around to doing a Mac version, so we pulled it. Gene: It was in secured PDF format, which is OK to...r Shadowjakk: Moses was involved in a test program, too. He tended to beta 'rond the bush. Gray Steinberg: Ugh... Gene: ead on the screen, but was awful for long... JNRChip: Oh, yow. Araiused: Eeew, Shadow HOST EBK Muse: LOL Gene: works like ours. Shadowjakk: 'rond = 'round. Flarefox116: Of course, he also got flamed in the process. Gene: But we sold copies anyway. JNRChip: LOL Flare. Gene: However, we took it down to make some changes... OnlineHost: TAMirabile has entered the room. Araiused: I know what you mean, Gene. Gene: in the manuscript to conform to the needs of the... Kakaze: Tam! Gene: sequels. Shadowjakk: Hi TAM. Araiused: Hi, TAM. Gandalara: Hi TAM! T83BIRD: Hi TAM HOST EBK Muse: Hi TAM! BLR WIZ: Hearing a low rumbling in the distance. I must be going. Night all Gene: Hi Tam. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, Gray Steinberg: Hi Tam HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! OnlineHost: BLR WIZ has left the room. Gandalara: Night BLR! HOST EBK Muse: Night, BLR! T83BIRD: Nite BLR Flarefox116: Hello Tam. Araiused: Nite, BLR! HOST EBK Muse: (the kitties have all come to mrrrr at me) Gene: It will return shortly, probably in Rocket eBook... OnlineHost: E cat s has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: Hi again, E! Gene: format, because it will be available to both Mac...a Gene: and Windows users. Shadowjakk: Re's E! Araiused: So, is Rockoids not like the Stephen King E-book. Download and Pay? Gandalara: E! Here's the velcro! T83BIRD: re's E Kakaze: We got new carpet today, Muse...Cotton doesn't know what to make of it. Gene: There will be a print edition.... Araiused: Re's E Gene: but I can't give a release date yet. Gene: Yes, like Stephen King. Araiused: "Never give up," E ;) E cat s: :) Flarefox116: Cool! Who's publishing it? :) Gene: We will be making that announcement soon. Araiused: That's way cool, Gene HOST EBK Muse: You've talked about multi-media -- what exactly do SciFiDog: I don't get why the geeks can't or won't make all the e-print compatible. HOST EBK Muse: you mean by that? Flarefox116: Awwwww, no hints? E cat s: :) Gray Steinberg: They don't get paid enough for that :) TAMirabile: Hi, Kak!! Shadow! Gand! Gene! Gray! T! Ser! Sci! Scat! TAMirabile: Loco! Chip! Muse! Flare! E! Ara! Kakaze: Geeks can never make anything compatable, period. Araiused: :: sweeping up nice doggy hair ::: Gray Steinberg: Grayson actually Kakaze: Just look at HDTV. Gray Steinberg: Otherwise they'd lose their jobs SciFiDog: Ara! SciFiDog: LOL Shadowjakk: Same reason that Leonardo didn't want to paint like Michaelangelo, SciFi. Gene: Multimedia? I almost missed the question.... Gene: Consider games, film/TV and the rest. We have... Gene: a Rockoids theme under development now too. Shadowjakk: The think that their way is better. E cat s: Hi, TAM :) Kakaze: Paintings don't have to share pigments, Shadow. SciFiDog: its all words on my monitor, shadow. The artist is the author, not the programmer. JNRChip: That's a good theory, Shadow, but in reality we just do it to mess with everybody's heads. HOST EBK Muse: How far out do you have the Rockoids universe HOST EBK Muse: plotted? Gray Steinberg: We have plans for many stories in both the past and the future :) Gray Steinberg: Plus different races, characters, adventures, and more... Shadowjakk: Stone-age Rockoids? Gene: We have taken this very, very far. OnlineHost: Renee1010 has entered the room. Gene: Well, actually :) Gray Steinberg: Well, actually... HOST EBK Muse: Hi Renee! Araiused: Hi Renee Gandalara: Hi Renee HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are T83BIRD: What, please, is accessable now? Hi Renee HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Shadowjakk: Hi Renee. Flarefox116: Focusing around the Rockoids race, or around earth after they're invaided/or whatever it is Gray Steinberg: Hi Renee Flarefox116: that happens? SciFiDog: G&G do you have a beginning, middle, and end mapped out? al la JMS? Gray Steinberg: Perhaps Gene: We have done that, yes, a la JMS. Gene: Well, don't assume the invasion is what you think. SciFiDog: yipee! I love that! OnlineHost: ScatPattie has left the room. Gene: Things change, surprises occur and alignments... Gene: amongst species also are altered. T83BIRD: Re's: What, please, is accessable now? SciFiDog: I love a series that has an end. Gene: Things are not what they seem. Gray Steinberg: Hint, hint... Flarefox116: Oh, I'm not. Just using that as the example since it's what you've given us. Earth after the Gene: Yes, we do plan on an ultimate conclusion to it all. Renee1010: hi ;) Flarefox116: end of the Attack of the Rockoids trilogy, should I say. :) Shadowjakk: Yup...and there's always erosion, too. Gene: Yes. Araiused: Do you mean which chapters, T? Gene: Developments happen in the third book that open.... SciFiDog: Awsome, G&G, I'm sold, then! :-) HOST EBK Muse: o/~ Papa was a rolling stone... o/~ Gene: a new spectrum and focus for the series. But that's Gene: all I can say right now. T83BIRD: Any parts of the work, Ara. JNRChip: LOL Muse Gray Steinberg: Our lips are sealed Seraph23: Shadow, and a creeping ice age.. Rockoids on the rocks. Gene: Love on the Rockoids. Gene: Ain't no big suprise. Gene: surprise. Flarefox116: Rockoids: The Curiously Strong Invadors. Araiused: I think there are some chapters you can read off the web site, T. OnlineHost: Renee1010 has left the room. Gray Steinberg: Yes, they are very powerful HOST EBK Muse: LOL Flare Kakaze: LOL, Flare. Gene: We have a sample chapter up at AOL. Gene: This is the link here. Gene: *NEW* Attack of the Rockoids (Keyword to: aol://4344:1491.gsbk1_1.4017333.614527904) Flarefox116: So, what is avaliable of Rockoids right now, and where can we find it? Gene: See the above for the sample. The rest will be... Shadowjakk: But..."erosion" has that pesky Eros prefix, which isn't Shadowjakk: geared for young audiences, so we strip it away and Shadowjakk: just have "ions" left. Gene: back soon, as Arnold S says. JNRChip: LOLOL Shadow Gray Steinberg: Hey, I'm a young audience here, Shadow! Locogrl 2: Sorry I missed your chat Gray Steinberg: Mr. Shadow, I mean Flarefox116: And since this is a young audiance, we don't want to confuse them with any actual *science*, HOST EBK Muse: ions, youons, weons? Gene: It's all right, Loco. It's still happening. Shadowjakk: Ion life, are you, Grayson? :) Flarefox116: so better take out the ions and just call it 'little small bits'. Gray Steinberg: Right on, man Flarefox116: Oh, the Ion-y. T83BIRD: Lots of ions in the cosmic fire. Shadowjakk: LOL HOST EBK Muse: LOL Flarefox116: Bah, Ion-e rather. Gray Steinberg: Explosions in the distance.... Kakaze: Don't forget usons. Flarefox116: meons, youons, themons... Shadowjakk: Ionic life, what a capitol idea! Gray Steinberg: Etc, etc, etc... SciFiDog: I am Ion Zinfandel, right now. Kakaze: Thoseons. HOST EBK Muse: LOL Shadow Seraph23: All this Ionic talk is just so much Greek to me. Flarefox116: So how much of the Rockoids universe do you actualy have out on paper, in compleated book Flarefox116: format? :) OnlineHost: Locogrl 2 has left the room. Kakaze: How Doric of you, Shadow. Gray Steinberg: Well, first of all we have the first three novels Gandalara: Bah? Haven't seen him in here for ages .... T83BIRD: bye Loco OnlineHost: Locogrl 2 has entered the room. OnlineHost: DerHexer has entered the room. HOST EBK Muse: HI again, Loco! Hi Der! Seraph23: Heya Der DerHexer: Hi all T83BIRD: re's Loco Hi Der Araiused: Hi, Der! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gandalara: Hi Der! Flarefox116: They're *all* compleated? Wow. How long did that take you? TAMirabile: Hi, Der SciFiDog: just a sec... got a gluon stuck to mIOn. Kakaze: BahWolf, Gand? DerHexer: Hi Gene Hi Grayson Gray Steinberg: About two years, but we spent a lot of time editing them over and over again DerHexer: LOL SciFi Gray Steinberg: Making it three OnlineHost: Locogrl 2 has left the room. Gandalara: Just making a poor pun, Kak :) OnlineHost: Kellywise has entered the room. Flarefox116: Now see, we need to get Robert Jordon into that habit. Three books in three years, HOST EBK Muse: Hi Kelly! OnlineHost: RAWoodward has entered the room. Shadowjakk: Hi Kelly. HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are Kellywise: Hello HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Kakaze: He's editing a magazine and Soli is getting one of her stories in it! T83BIRD: Hey RAW Flarefox116: why, we could have that series done by 2050 at the latest! Araiused: Hi, Kelly Araiused: Hi, RAW HOST EBK Muse: Hi RAW! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gene: I also wrote about 12 computer books in those 3 years. DerHexer: Hi RAW Hi KElly Gene: Don't ask. Flarefox116: Everyone's making poor pun's, Gand. ;) Gray Steinberg: Don't tell Shadowjakk: Greenpeace has been after Jordan...and there isn't Araiused: You know so much about BAH, Kak ;) Shadowjakk: enough bandwidth to go electronic yet...for him. Kakaze: Ara? Gene: Let's T83BIRD: Flare, what *is* a rich pun? Flarefox116: *laughs* I'm still waiting for the anime version, myself. Gray Steinberg: Get Gene: back Gray Steinberg: After Gene: this Gray Steinberg: Commercial Gene: break Gray Steinberg: ANd Gene: talk Kakaze: I love anime! Cartoon network is showing Tenchi Muyo now, Flare. Flarefox116: One that makes you ill to your stomach? Can't think of a good oneliner to that, sorry. ;) Gray Steinberg: Of Gene: Rockoids. DerHexer: T83, a rich pun is one that hurts for a long time, a poor pun stings SciFiDog: "Don't Persue." finishes the policy! HOST EBK Muse: Ah, I have a real commercial break -- here's HOST EBK Muse: tomorrow's topic: HOST EBK Muse: Although science fiction's stock in trade is HOST EBK Muse: originality, it's also the source of many enduring HOST EBK Muse: cliches. Unlike other fictional cliches, however, HOST EBK Muse: we seem to have a strange affection for the HOST EBK Muse: bug-eyed monsters and evil supercomputers HOST EBK Muse: that lurch woodenly through our favorite genre. HOST EBK Muse: Can a cliche still be useful? Which ones make HOST EBK Muse: us cringe? Join HOST EBK Chip for HOST EBK Muse: a night of SF Cliches! Flarefox116: :boggles. Oh gods, you two ore frightening as all heck. Gray Steinberg: Thank you :) Gene: One of the things we do in Rockoids.... Kellywise: Is chat always up? Kakaze: They're probably in the same room. Gene: and we have fun with it...is to take a cliche... Gray Steinberg: And slap it in the face! Gene: Real hard! HOST EBK Muse: Kelly, this room is always open, and we have Shadowjakk: Between 10 and 12 ET, Kelly. HOST EBK Muse: science fiction chat here every night from 10pm - HOST EBK Muse: 12am ET. Gene: And then turn it backwards on itself. JNRChip: The room's always open, but there's only a host from 10-12 ET, Kelly. Gray Steinberg: Just like a pretzel... Flarefox116: Still, they're typing it all right without any pauses or slipups. Ouch. *chuckles* Gene: So when you think you've heard it before... Gene: we change it around. Gray Steinberg: So it twists like a pretzel T83BIRD: Gene, decades ago there was a series called, "The Cliche Expert." Flarefox116: Any examples of cliques you've reworked? DerHexer: I may not make it tomorrow. The redhead wants to see X-Men. Gray Steinberg: The classic alien invasion, first of all Flarefox116: cliches, I mean. Not cliques. Bah. DerHexer: Check out this cliche site - http://users.erols.com/vansickl/cliche.htm SciFiDog: :::thwap::::: like smacking cliches with rocks idea. :-) E cat s: worked over... HOST EBK Muse: It's getting pretty mixed reviews here, Der. Gray Steinberg: Rockoids, you mean, SciFiDog... Kakaze: Does she really, Der, or are you just telling us that because it's you who want's to see it Kellywise: So who are the celebrities I heard where coming to this room? Kakaze: and you're embarrassed? Araiused: I want to see X-Men too TAMirabile: I think these guys have been living in each others heads too long Gray Steinberg: Me Flarefox116: points to the Double-G siemese twins. Gene: X-Men has gotten mixed reviews. HOST EBK Muse: Gene and Grayson Steinberg are our guest HOST EBK Muse: authors tonight. DerHexer: No, she really want to see it. Has a secret crush on Wolverine Gene: And me of course. Gray Steinberg: Me Gene: Us T83BIRD: It got a two star review in USA Today, Ara. Gray Steinberg: No Kakaze: He looks horrible in the movie. Gene: Yes Flarefox116: Or psionicly linked writers, I'm not sure which. Gray Steinberg: Yup Kakaze: Cyclops is cute though... Gray Steinberg: To quote a now infamous character.... DerHexer: Gray, Gene, where can I find your Rockoids story??? Gray Steinberg: Oh, never mind, it's a long story Gray Steinberg: Not as long as Rockoids though Gene: Start here. Gene: *NEW* Attack of the Rockoids (Keyword to: aol://4344:1491.gsbk1_1.4017333.614527904) Araiused: www.rockoids.com, Der :) Flarefox116: Tsk, cute guys in tight black leather outfits. I don't care *what* the plot is like, you're Kellywise: Producers? Seraph23: Heh... X-men.... Gene Gray.... heh... ::amusing self::: Flarefox116: going to get people wanting to see it. ;) Gray Steinberg: See what? JNRChip: LOL Ser Gene: Say what? HOST EBK Muse: They're authors, Kelly. SciFiDog: " Oh, Never Mind." - Emily Litella. SNL Gandalara: brb. nmw Kakaze: Very True, Flare... Flarefox116: Wha? No Greyson, what quote? Araiused: Have a squidquilla, Ser. Gray Steinberg: What? Who? Flarefox116: "See X-men. Gene: How? Gene: Why? Gray Steinberg: Where? When? DerHexer: Grdat opening line - almost worthy of the Bulworth-Lytton Award Shadowjakk: Jesus is our Xavier, Ser. Kakaze: I know that's a driving force for me. Kakaze: hahaha Gray Steinberg: Mr. Shadow strikes again! Araiused: LOL, Shadow. OnlineHost: Kellywise has left the room. TAMirabile: ouch Shadow Seraph23: Shadow, my son is my Xavier (his middle name) T83BIRD: ooch Shadow Gene: We have a Shadow character in book II. OnlineHost: Kellywise has entered the room. T83BIRD: tmta TAM Gray Steinberg: But no Mr. HOST EBK Muse: Hi again, Kelly! RAWoodward: While OT; I will note that both local papers printed reviews of X-Men Araiused: Hey, Shadow, you're in a book! T83BIRD: re's Kelly Gene: And nothing to do with Lamont Cranston...t RAWoodward: that were rather similar - much better than expected Gene: he eternal Shadow! Araiused: Good or bad, RAW? Flarefox116: Tsk, Shadow's been in a book since Huang or whoever that archetype guy was. :) Gandalara: bak. It seems so strange to have wine on a Friday :) Kakaze: Humph...I want to be in a book! HOST EBK Muse: Ah, the WashPost's two reviews thought it was HOST EBK Muse: much worse than expected. TAMirabile: The Shadow knows!! HOST EBK Muse: LOL Kellywise: Not good? T83BIRD: You are a book, Kak. Gene: And burned! Gray Steinberg: Just waiting to be opened and burned Gene: And burned and opened! Gene: Something. Gray Steinberg: Something like that Gene: Turned into PDF. Gray Steinberg: Or JPEG? RAWoodward: Certainly better than just about any other recent movie based on a superhuman Kakaze: <---is a tome. RAWoodward: comic book SciFiDog: Gene- yesterday, we suggested cloning Shadow by turning on another light. Kellywise: Double vision Gray Steinberg: That would be tragic Gray Steinberg: Two Shadows are a terrible thing to waste SciFiDog: LOL! Gray Steinberg: Especially when one of them is a leading character in a book...or two.... Gandalara: Ask Peter Pan. DerHexer: Can tghe world stand two ShdaowJakks??? T83BIRD: LOL Grayson OnlineHost: Kellywise has left the room. T83BIRD: bye Kelly Gene: Can the world stand? Shadowjakk: Oh...been done before, SciFi. Alvin Doppler...Future Shadow. Gray Steinberg: Or sit, you mean? Araiused: There will be two Shadowjakks under a binary sun system ;) Gray Steinberg: Trinary? Flarefox116: Give me a place to stand and I can move the world Flarefox116: Give me a place to sit and I'll watch. HOST EBK Muse: LOL Or under a strong moon & sun, Ara. Gray Steinberg: I don't need a place. I can move the world whenever I want. Gandalara: LOLOL Flare Kakaze: The bigger question, Der, is can the world stand little Chip/Shadows... Gray Steinberg: Scary.... Gene: Yes, you are, Grayson! Gray Steinberg: Thanks.... HOST EBK Muse: I'm rather fond of the current Shadowdaughter. T83BIRD: You use a shadow jack on Knight Rider's car. Gene: This is the first time I've chatted in stereo :) Araiused: The future aristogeeks, Kak Flarefox116: *groans* Very bad, bird. Gray Steinberg: I always chat in mono! JNRChip: We'll produce a race of mad scientists, Kak. HOST EBK Muse: LOL T8 Shadowjakk: That's Shadowjill. Gene: But Dolby Digital is better! Gray Steinberg: I'm a mad scientist right here! Araiused: see, Kak ;) JNRChip: LOL Shadow Kakaze: I can understand the mad part... Gene: Mad, yes. Gray Steinberg: But you're worse....even worse than Shadow... Gray Steinberg: And that's just not possible... Gray Steinberg: In this reality, at least Gene: The rantings of adolescents.... Flarefox116: I'm not mad, I just get these headaches. (10 pt bonus reffrence) Gene: which can get them into trouble with their parents. Gene: And cause of the loss of computer privileges. Gene: :) Gray Steinberg: Ooooh... Shadowjakk: LOL, Flare. DerHexer: To think, that during the day we don our costumes and go off to regular boring jobs DerHexer: Some of us Gene: My boring job is this one. :) JNRChip: They don't let you wear your cape at your job, Der? Gray Steinberg: I don't have a boring job...yet T83BIRD: I'm retired, Gene and Grayson. Flarefox116: You poor poor man, you. Gene: I'm tired too. Gray Steinberg: Especially after dealing with HIM all these years Gray Steinberg: Fourteen to be specific Gene: You never had a better co-author. Kakaze: <---me is a loafe...er student. Gray Steinberg: Yes I have Gene: Who? Gene: Your alter ego? Gray Steinberg: Yup Gray Steinberg: He wore an encounter suit, I think.... Kakaze: Darn, I've been doing too much IRC lately...I constantly want to type /me T83BIRD: And in church it would be an altar ego. Gray Steinberg: Yup Gene: But we're Jewish! Flarefox116: Better then mucking too much. A pain remembering not to add in : p = " w = and so forth all Flarefox116: the blipping time. Shadowjakk: o/~ I'm just mad about fourteen, fourteen's mad about Shadowjakk: me...o/~ Bonus points for anyone who recognizes the Shadowjakk: lyric. T83BIRD: Gene, I *did* say *would.* Gray Steinberg: Mellow yellow... E cat s: saffron Kakaze: I'm just mad about saffron, she's just mad about me.. Gene: Quite rightly! T83BIRD: Hypothetical mode. Shadowjakk: Yup, Gray. You get the points. :) Kakaze: They call me mellow yello, that's right, they call me mellow yellow.. Gene: Quite rightly. Gray Steinberg: Yay, Shadow gave me a complement for once! SciFiDog: they call me mellow yellow-dog... HOST EBK Muse: LOL Sci OnlineHost: Techyo has entered the room. Gray Steinberg: What happened to Sci-Fi-Dog? Flarefox116: Watchout where the huskies go/and don't you eat that yellow snow Seraph23: Hi Tech Gandalara: Hi Tech! E cat s: Hi, Tech :)! JNRChip: Wouldn't your complement be grebnietS yarG? DerHexer: Hi Tech Araiused: Hey, Tech! T83BIRD: Hi Tech SciFiDog: grey... singin the song! Shadowjakk: Since you won, I'll type the extra letters and call you Grayson from now on. :) Techyo: Hi ALL! HOST EBK Muse: Hi Tech! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! JNRChip: LOL Shadow Shadowjakk: Hi Techyo! Gray Steinberg: Thanks. Now I know I'm loved. :) Kakaze: Call him Sterling instead. Gene: You have an overactive imagination. Techyo: Hi Gene and Grayson glad to meet ya. Flarefox116: *awwwwwwwwww* Group hug everyone, the love just fills the air. Gray Steinberg: Ouch, don't step on my foot! Araiused: It galvanizes, Flare. Gray Steinberg: Hey, move your arm! HOST EBK Muse: Urm, some of us are allergic to hugs. SciFiDog: gray? not feeling the love from Gene? :::smooch:::: poor man. Gene: Grayson just sneezed! DerHexer: Pass on the hugging Gray Steinberg: He's my dad, for gods sake! Gray Steinberg: What do you expect from a rebellous teenager like me? Gene: Who is ready to make his mom and I run... Gene: screaming? Gray Steinberg: Exactly Gene: He is in that stage...t Flarefox116: Greyson's allergic to doghair it seems. Even virtual dander. SciFiDog: LOL! affaction for you POP, for starters! LOL Gray Steinberg: Yes, I hate dogs. Gene: he one where he becomes a mysterious, unfathomable... Gene: being. Kakaze: I have affection for my POP 3 account... Flarefox116: For a rebellous teen, you sure have a nice psychic link going on there. ;) DerHexer: Too bad, Gray SciFiDog: ( flinging the fur) JNRChip: LOL Kak Techyo: mail is an afliction, Kak Gene: It's called yelling at each other from across.... Gene: the room. Gene: and time and space. Araiused: Great strategy, Kak Gray Steinberg: Shut up, Dad! Gray Steinberg: Cyberspace too.... Kakaze: I have affection for my SMTP too. T83BIRD: LOL Gene SciFiDog: sorry! Chose this name after 20 unsuccessful tries at others. Gene: Well an Ethernet connection anyway. Gene: Woof! Techyo: ROFL Gray Steinberg: Bowwow! Shadowjakk: "Long ago, in a beanbag chair far away..." Gray Steinberg: Meow.... Gene: We need to get Grayson a dog... Kakaze: I got this one after one try, Sci. Kakaze: heheheh Gene: so he'll learn some responsibility. Flarefox116: "Naboo was under an attack. Gray Steinberg: I'll auction it off on EBay first! Kakaze: Wierd Al! Gene: You can join it. Gene: :) T83BIRD: BLR, Patt, and I have cats. Gene: Like a Surgeon! Gray Steinberg: For the very last time! Araiused: Now, it really starts rocking. Gray Steinberg: Rockoiding, you mean.... DerHexer: We have a rottweiler. He keeps bugging my for his own AOL account Seraph23: ::scooting snuggles away from chewing on phone cord:: Seraph23: Bad kitty! Kakaze: We all faught in that epic war, and it wasn't long at all before... Flarefox116: Oh my, my, this here Aniken guy/May be Vader some day latter, now he's just a small fry. Kakaze: little hot shot, flew his plane and save the day... SciFiDog: allow me to do it Gray... "shut up, Dad!" LOL Gene: Yes, but when he does it I can cut back on ... Gene: his computer gaming privileges :) Araiused: Snuggles is now chewing on Iggy's tentacles, Ser. T83BIRD: LOL Ara SciFiDog: rotflmbo! Seraph23: Ara.... a little higher and we're in trouble. Gray Steinberg: I love it when you sound angry, Dad. It's very believeable Flarefox116: "And I know that you're in love with him/cuz I-saw you dancing in the gym Gray Steinberg: ! Techyo: Nice song. Araiused: :: Iggy shakes Snuggles off ::: Gene: Yes, especially as the computer shuts down... Gene: and the game CDs are locked in the safe ;) Kakaze: Snuggles the little fabric softener bear? Araiused: :: Snuggles becomes Astro Cat ::: Flarefox116: do so like the orriginal NON-Madona version. *blinks* TMI, I think. ;) TAMirabile: Ser, if you're bringing your pets, couldn't you control them better? Gray Steinberg: We don't have a safe. SciFiDog: gray, what are your favorite games??? Shadowjakk: You know, the part I never understand about surgeons Shadowjakk: is when they spin on their heel, say "clothes for me", Shadowjakk: and walk away. Kakaze: Geeze...my parents wouldn't dare touch my computer. HOST EBK Muse: Oh Shadow DerHexer: LOL Shadow Gray Steinberg: Let's see...I like Civilization II and EV Override best... Seraph23: TAM, blame Ara, she keeps putting him in the cage with Iggy. Kakaze: Let alone lock my stuff in a safe. TAMirabile: Back Hi Tech! Hi RAW! Kakaze: Have you played Alpha Centauri, Gray? Techyo: Hi TAM! OnlineHost: Anncrispin has entered the room. Gray Steinberg: What about you? Sci-Fi-Dog? Kakaze: Ann! T83BIRD: Hi Ann Kakaze: LTNS. Araiused: Iggy is minding the bar, Ser. JNRChip: Hiya, Ann. LTNS> Techyo: Hi Ann! Shadowjakk: Hi Ann. HOST EBK Muse: Hi Ann! Araiused: Hi, Ann! SciFiDog: Do you play games, Gene? DerHexer: Hi Ann Flarefox116: Hey there Ann! HOST EBK Muse: Welcome! Gene and Grayson Steinberg, HOST EBK Muse: authors of Attack of the Rockoids, are HOST EBK Muse: in chat with the Other*Worlds*Cafe tonight! Gray Steinberg: No, I haven't. I don't have the game yet. Hint hint, Dad Gandalara: Hi Ann! LTNS! Gene: Hi Ann TAMirabile: What???poor kitty doesn't even get his own cage? Seraph23: HI Ann Kakaze: Alpha C isn't bad...but Civ II is much better, IMHO. SciFiDog: scrabble? Gray Steinberg: I agree Kakaze: I prefer the Sim games though. Anncrispin: Good evening to all. TAMirabile: Hi, Ann Araiused: An astro cat don't need cage, period. Kakaze: Love Sim City! Flarefox116: Who here is addicted to The Sims? Gray Steinberg: Sim City's old. I used to like it, though Kakaze: I am! Gray Steinberg: It's coming out for the Mac later this month :) Araiused: Rockoid the Game sounds fun Kakaze: Sim City 3000 is pretty awesome. Flarefox116: Kakaze: Follow me....down...bridge by a....fountain... Shadowjakk: Use a piton, Der. Gene: And the lousy singing. DerHexer: Nite RAW Anncrispin: We are having a thunderstorm. Gandalara: Night, RAW Araiused: Nite, RAw! T83BIRD: Nite RAW Gene: MD, right Ann? Anncrispin: Yes, So. Md. Kakaze: Where rocking...horse...people...eat marshmallow...pies.... HOST EBK Muse: Night, RAW! Gene: Haven't been in that part of the country in a long time. Seraph23: Ann, you need a cat... mine, Snuggles, is having kittens.. maybe I could email you one. Gray Steinberg: Nite Raw OnlineHost: RAWoodward has left the room. Araiused: LOLOL, Ser Gene: Raw Nite! HOST EBK Muse: Yep, passed through us in Prince William earlier, Kakaze: WHat're you doing on in the middle of a storm, Ann? HOST EBK Muse: Ann. DerHexer: "Use a piton, Der." Don't understand Anncrispin: The whole east coast is having thunderstorms tonight, I think. Gray Steinberg: Dad, enough with the puns Flarefox116: So, G&G, what sources can you point to as insperation for Rockoids? Kakaze: You must not live in Florida, otherwise you'd know to get off the computer! Anncrispin: Kakaze, I have a battery backup. Gene: I just got started. Anncrispin: I should be okay. Kakaze: That don't mean anything... Kakaze: Powersurges can wipe out everything. TAMirabile: We had a hail storm this afternoon Kakaze: Even with a protector. Gray Steinberg: Everything from Babylon 5 to Princess of Mars... Shadowjakk: You said you were going to bookmark Rockoids. I said: "Use a piton". Gene: And then some :) DerHexer: OH HOST EBK Muse: Well folks, our chat time is almost up tonight. I'd HOST EBK Muse: like to thank Gene and Grayson Steinberg for Gene: As I said, we like hitting back at a cliche and... HOST EBK Muse: coming tonight and telling us about the Rockoids! Kakaze: Plus...do you have a surge protector on your phone line? T83BIRD: ouch Shadow Gene: bashing it to pieces. SciFiDog: yes... will go see the Rockoids too. Thanks so much for stopping by, G & G! Anncrispin: Yes, Kakaze. Gandalara: Thanks Muse :) Gene: You're welcome. It was a blast. Gray Steinberg: Anytime DerHexer: We don't have weather out here in California, we have climate Seraph23: Thanks Gene, Thanks Gray Araiused: Thanks, Muse! T83BIRD: Thanks Gene and Grayson. Thanks Muse. Gene: You're welcome to come to my little AOL place... Seraph23: Thanks Muse Shadowjakk: Thanks, guys. Good one, Muse. Gene: Gene Steinberg (Keyword to: aol://4344:1491.as_gs.4017328.614525417) DerHexer: Thanks Gene & Gray Kakaze: Sorry...you have to be cautious in Florida. Too many storms here. TAMirabile: Thanks G & G Araiused: And thanks to Gene and Grayson Gene: That's a forum in the Books area. SciFiDog: going to the aforementioned link tonite. Flarefox116: *chuckles* Micro-climates at that. THank you G&G, Muse. Very entertaining. Kakaze: Night Gene, Gray. Gene: You're welcome. Gray Steinberg: You're welcome. HOST EBK Muse: Thanks so much for coming! Flarefox116: You two are frightening, I swear. Gray Steinberg: Of course. Anncrispin: WEll, I should probably log off. You all have a nice evening. T83BIRD: Nite Gene, Gray, Muse, and all leavers. Gray Steinberg: Thank you Gene: Naturally. JNRChip: Night, An Kakaze: Night Ann! Gene: Good night Ann. OnlineHost: Anncrispin has left the room. HOST EBK Muse: My time is up, but feel free to stay and chat. If Gandalara: Night Ann :) HOST EBK Muse: you have any problems, use keyword: NOTIFY OnlineHost: SciFiDog has left the room. HOST EBK Muse: AOL. Gray Steinberg: Night Ann JNRChip: With another "n" Kakaze: Night whoever's leaving! Seraph23: Night Ann, don't be such a stranger Kakaze: Night Muse! Kakaze: Slan slan! JNRChip: Night, Muse. Thanks! Shadowjakk: Night, all! :) HOST EBK Muse: Have a good night! See y'all tomorrow! Gray Steinberg: Bye all JNRChip: Night, gang.