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

[maren]

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

Hell, yeah -- I'm IN!  Thanks for the invite!

[TigerLily]

I used to date Robert Plant.

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

OMG. I am so jealous. I never got closer than being under Jimmy Page

[Juan Cena]

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

Exactly.

I was hoping Rosy might get RCH to read Planetary.

[trostol]

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

i can see him disliking Cyberpunk

[Barfly]

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

Nice research, still doesn't prove they where buddies. well done sir.

[SaucyRossy]

If you haven't seen Ex Machina, watch it asap. It's so good.

One of the best Scifi films in years.

[Barfly]

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

Got it

[SciFiAuthor]

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

I've had it with you, sir. *directs the utility fog to atomically deconstruct ShayP and absorb him into the nanoconsciousness utopia*

[SaucyRossy]

i can see him disliking Cyberpunk

I hope not, was planning on booking some shows about it.

Speaking of which, how many of you have read Ready Player One?

[Sandra Kristen]

My stream died so I am going to take this opportunity to check out. Braaps everyone.

[Barfly]

OMG. I am so jealous. I never got closer than being under Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page has not aged well, at all, sadly.

[trostol]

I hope not, was planning on booking some shows about it.

Speaking of which, how many of you have read Ready Player One?

nope but sounds familiar

and if you got Gibson on..wow i would be...well what ever is better then impressed lol

[norland2424]

My stream died so I am going to take this opportunity to check out. Braaps everyone.

Braaps and goodnight

[Barfly]

Take care Sandra

[ShayP]

My stream died so I am going to take this opportunity to check out. Braaps everyone.

Cheers Sandra!

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Robots need accutronic brains to interact with the torsion field.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

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

Ha. Sad to say it's to late. He didn't get my hair though.

[SaucyRossy]

nope but sounds familiar

and if you got Gibson on..wow i would be...well what ever is better then impressed lol

Ready player one is really good.

[zeebo]

If you haven't seen Ex Machina, watch it asap. It's so good.

One of the best Scifi films in years.

Damn I got this off netflix right before I cancelled again, and the disc was scratched.  Will try again later.

[ShayP]

I've had it with you, sir. *directs the utility fog to atomically deconstruct ShayP and absorb him into the nanoconsciousness utopia*

LOL...thanks for the favor....just bring me back...better. 

[TigerLily]

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

Neuromancer....excellent book. Gibson is the bomb

[ShayP]

Robots need accutronic brains to interact with the torsion field.

You're right ya know...

[Barfly]

Am i the only one that isn't sure WTF they are really discussing tonight?, they are all over the map FFS.
they sound like us in chat 

[trostol]

i need to read the difference engine one of these days

[trostol]

Am i the only one that isn't sure WTF they are really discussing tonight?, they are all over the map FFS.
they sound like us in chat 

lol +1

[TigerLily]

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

Thanks Zeeb. It's an honor. Especially coming from you

[SaucyRossy]

Am i the only one that isn't sure WTF they are really discussing tonight?, they are all over the map FFS.
they sound like us in chat 

Discussing Isaac's laws of robotics and how to create a replication of the human brain to implement his actual thoughts and theories.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Am i the only one that isn't sure WTF they are really discussing tonight?, they are all over the map FFS.
they sound like us in chat 

Yeah, she suddenly went all neuroscientist on us.

[zeebo]

I hope not, was planning on booking some shows about it.

Speaking of which, how many of you have read Ready Player One?

I have gushed about this book elsewhere.  It's the most fun book I've read in years.  I actually read it twice, which I almost never do.  Of course as an 80's kid who loves arcade games and all the related nerd culture it was a perfect fit.  But also was just such an original idea.  I hear it's going to be a Spielberg-produced movie.

(Note:  I read his follow-up book Armada and was not a fan though, unfortunately.)

[ShayP]

Am i the only one that isn't sure WTF they are really discussing tonight?, they are all over the map FFS.
they sound like us in chat 

Yeah, but through some weird symbiosis we all understand each other and the bullshit that occasionally sprays.