The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Barfly]

I wonder when Hoagland met H. G. Wells.

If he ever claims that i will hunt him down and punch him in the nose, and feel good about myself for doing it

[ShayP]

Is there any photographic evidence of RCH knowing Asimov, Clarke and Roddenberry? Not calling him a liar but his stories about these great Sci-Fi people make out as if he was a guy who slept on their couches.

Doubtful.  There's not even evidence of Hoagie NOT having a beard.  Seriously...I find very little connecting Hoagie to anybody he claims to be connected to.  Doesn't mean he's lying...just means that the internet is vast and complicated.  I'm pretty sure there are hard copies somewhere. 

[zeebo]

Good question, anybody can say they hung around with people that are gone, its like me saying i played with Jimmie Hendrix, prove me wrong

Our paths probably crossed .. I used to party with Jim Morrison.

[Juan Cena]

There was something after Mars colonies and ray-guns?

Oh there are whole new genres of SF after 1980.

Seriously, there a conversation in the old RCH thread as to whether or not RCH had read any SF written after 1970, as his ideas about SF is somewhat dated.

[maren]

Our paths probably crossed .. I used to party with Jim Morrison.

I used to date Robert Plant.

Well, I woke up underneath him one morning at the Edgewater in Seattle.

[TigerLily]

We all do that when we have an appreciative audience -- human nature.

Maren. Keep forgetting to ask.  Wanna join the Vestal Virgins of the Dark as part of Art's cult? You're outfit is perfect

[trostol]

no id i was gonna rush to a bookstore tomorrow for a book it wouldnt be for him

[norland2424]

If he ever claims that i will hunt him down and punch him in the nose, and feel good about myself for doing it

[ShayP]

I used to date Robert Plant.

Well, I woke up underneath him one morning at the Edgewater in Seattle.

Truth or Trash!?? LOL 

[Sandra Kristen]

Doubtful.  There's not even evidence of Hoagie NOT having a beard.  Seriously...I find very little connecting Hoagie to anybody he claims to be connected to.  Doesn't mean he's lying...just means that the internet is vast and complicated.  I'm pretty sure there are hard copies somewhere. 

One thing about younger people is they document their lives on the internet. Older people are a lot harder to get actual facts on for that very reason. It's possible but it's a lot harder and takes a lot more work.

[zeebo]

I used to date Robert Plant.

Well, I woke up underneath him one morning at the Edgewater in Seattle.

I don't care if this is true or not.  I choose to believe.

[SciFiAuthor]

Oh yes, John W. Cambell. *bong hit*

[coaster]

I used to crash on Hemingway's couch. It was always wet.

[Barfly]

Our paths probably crossed .. I used to party with Jim Morrison.

Morrison was such a influence to me when i was younger, but Jimi got me from playing 3 cord Beatles songs to actually learning how to play.

[TigerLily]

Whoa. I think I just suffered a major discontinuity. Confusing Herbert with Hubbard. That's what I get for reading that entire Trump thread today.
Help ! I've been Brain-raped.

Don't let Trump anywhere near your brain. For one thing he will try to steal your hair

[zeebo]

Oh there are whole new genres of SF after 1980.

Seriously, there a conversation in the old RCH thread as to whether or not RCH had read any SF written after 1970, as his ideas about SF is somewhat dated.

I wonder if Hoagie's ever read Neuromancer or The Diamond Age or Altered Carbon, etc.

[SciFiAuthor]

Trouble is that it's 2015. Robots as Asimov saw them are not viable now. They will not happen.

[zeebo]

Don't let Trump anywhere near your brain. For one thing he will try to steal your hair

Ding ding ding - line of the night.  Congrats TL!

[Barfly]

I used to crash on Hemingway's couch. It was always wet.

I live less than 1 mile from the Hemingway house in Key West

[Juan Cena]

Maren. Keep forgetting to ask.  Wanna join the Vestal Virgins of the Dark as part of Art's cult? You're outfit is perfect

There is only one of sixteen spots available, so hurry up and make up your mind.

[Dixon Bawls]

"Shut up and let me talk."--RCH 2015

[Barfly]

WTF is a positronic brain?

[ShayP]

One thing about younger people is they document their lives on the internet. Older people are a lot harder to get actual facts on for that very reason. It's possible but it's a lot harder and takes a lot more work.

Absolutely.  Good point!  Not everything has been translated to the internet or easily accessible in general with the recent reduction in print documentation.  Things will fall through the cracks. 

[norland2424]

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I am too. I even like RCH's, possibly embellished, stories.

It might not be an embellishment.
Check this out:
http://enzmannstarship.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

WTF is a positronic brain?

Dude, without a positronic brain Data would have just been another robot.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I used to date Robert Plant.

Well, I woke up underneath him one morning at the Edgewater in Seattle.

LOL

[Dixon Bawls]

pffffhahahaaaaa!

[Rix Gins]

Didn't he also write a history of China amongs other things?     

Don't know about the China book but he wrote about Shakespeare's work and a big book of limericks, just to name a couple.

[ShayP]

Trouble is that it's 2015. Robots as Asimov saw them are not viable now. They will not happen.

What!? Why?  It's like you're some kind of sci fi author or something.