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

[GuerrillaUnReal]

Welp... I don't think I've heard a single thing other than bestility and four million people on the moon tonight. I'm strutting out.

[Juan Cena]

Isn't this the same question.....

yes, si, yeah, affirmative.

Would you be able to give examples?

[coaster]

Does Hoagland drink? Seems like the type of guy who would bounce off the walls after a glass of koolaid.

[trostol]

i forgot to refresh the stream and i think imma leave it that way

[zeebo]

How about an SF novel written by an author whose first notable work was written after 1980?

There was something after Mars colonies and ray-guns?

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

No way. Herbert was a scientologist?

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.

[Bradsmith313]

Stanley G. Weinbaum was a far better that Asimov. Shame he died so young.

[Barfly]

Welp... I don't think I've heard a single thing other than bestility and four million people on the moon tonight. I'm strutting out.

Gnight Quimby

[maren]

He's fluffing his feathers for the hot chick 

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

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Isaac Asimov wrote a non-fiction chronological history of technology.   I think that's one of the only things I've read from him.

[Sandra Kristen]

Progress is always inevitable.

[norland2424]

Does Hoagland drink? Seems like the type of guy who would bounce off the walls after a glass of koolaid.

he did mention once drinking these

[zeebo]

Isaac Asimov wrote a non-fiction chronological history of technology.   I think that's one of the only things I've read from him.

Didn't he also write a history of China amongs other things?  How did this guy learn so much about the past while simultaneously envisioning the future?

[Juan Cena]

Secretly the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit.

So many Tom Cruise/John Travolta jokes here.

[coaster]

I've read relatively few, too.  None of Asimov's, I'm embarrassed to say.  I was hoping to learn about him and maybe  hear discussions of some of his books tonight, as people always afford him the highest accolades.

Would be nice to hear more about Asimov's history and books, but omg, we must, must hear more of hoagland's anecdotes.

[maren]

Would you be able to give examples?

What would you suggest as a first Asimov read?

[ShayP]

Didn't he also write a history of China amongs other things?  How did this guy learn so much about the past while simultaneously envisioning the future?

[Barfly]

I'm currently reading An Inquiry To Human Understanding by David Hume, i now hate you all

[jazmunda]

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.

[TigerLily]

Yeah, I guess that's what I'd do too if I were in his position.

No. You're way too cool

[Dixon Bawls]

What would you suggest as a first Asimov read?

Nightfall is a great short story.

[ShayP]

Would be nice to hear more about Asimov's history and books, but omg, we must, must hear more of hoagland's anecdotes.

Yeah...he's smothering any semblance of growth in the conversation.

[maren]

Would be nice to hear more about Asimov's history and books, but omg, we must, must hear more of hoagland's anecdotes.

I'm actually enjoying it.  It's fun, like we're all sitting around the table talking after dinner. 

[Dixon Bawls]

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.

I had a friend who did the exact same thing. He was also an alcoholic.

[SciFiAuthor]

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.

I have no idea about Asimov or Roddenberry, but Arthur Clarke did indeed know him.

[Barfly]

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.

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

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I wonder when Hoagland met H. G. Wells.

[jazmunda]

I'm actually enjoying it.  It's fun, like we're all sitting around the table talking after dinner.

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

[maren]

Nightfall is a great short story.

Okay -- and I thank yo!    It seems to one that's mentioned (a plus) and a short story is a great way to dip my toe in. 

[maren]

I wonder when Hoagland met H. G. Wells.

Bwahahahaha!