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

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I hadn't thought of that, but I'll bet I know why. There is a serious issue within science fiction where after the year 2000 the themes went almost universally negative. The old positivist vision of the future was supplanted with negative themes like the Earth going through some cataclysm or extreme climate change or an apocalypse of some type or another. Richard's sci fi interests predate that, he buys into the positivist vision of Star Trek and Arthur Clarke and the like. That carries over into his views on esoteric things I think.

I miss those days.  I don't know why everything has to be 'dark' now.

[SciFiAuthor]

I miss those days.  I don't know why everything has to be 'dark' now.

It's a symptom of the state of the industry and how it evolves. Publishers basically mandated it because it's what was selling, so we got a flush of negativist science fiction. That will change when the pop culture's mood changes, right now it's negative, but at some point it will go the opposite direction and you'll see positivist science fiction go mainstream again.

Of course *I* am willing to sell out. My new novel, entitled "Bad Ass Shit", involves a group of tween vampires that like BDSM who must survive a climate-change induced zombie apocalypse with no source of blood all while an asteroid is fast approaching and there's a bomb planted on a bus with no driver for no reason but they have to stop that too and then we find out that they're all transgendered and much tenderness and understanding ensues. Then the bus explodes.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

It's a symptom of the state of the industry and how it evolves. Publishers basically mandated it because it's what was selling, so we got a flush of negativist science fiction. That will change when the pop culture's mood changes, right now it's negative, but at some point it will go the opposite direction and you'll see positivist science fiction go mainstream again.

Of course *I* am willing to sell out. My new novel, entitled "Bad Ass Shit", involves a group of tween vampires that like BDSM who must survive a climate-change induced zombie apocalypse with no source of blood all while an asteroid is fast approaching and there's a bomb planted on a bus with no driver for no reason but they have to stop that too and then we find out that they're all transgendered and much tenderness and understanding ensues. Then the bus explodes.

My personal focus group gives that a double thumbs up.

[norland2424]

thank god for hoagie, braaps ya bastards 

[Sandra Kristen]

Braaps!!!

[SciFiAuthor]

Braaps!

[coaster]

I'm loaded up on cold pills and cough juice. Gonna braap until I pass out.

[GravitySucks]

Now we're having fun!

[starrmtn001]

Good morning and Braaps fellow Braapers!

[RoseGirl]

oh keith...just stop

[Sandra Kristen]

It's really awful that I am the only person that hates this ad 

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

BRAAAAAAAPS To All

Welcome to Club 19.5

The high priest of this session of the Cult of Braapinality hereby declares this information dump of the Almighty Hoagmeister,
The master of Braap-daster & Technical difficulties,
The holder of the 19.5 secrets of the immaculate hair,
& The Guru of the sacred hyper-dimensional anomylous noises and Skype Sounds,
officially under way.



In the begining was the Hoag,
And the Hoag had the word,
And the word was 'Hyper-Dimensional Torsion Physics'

I say to you now:
Let the word be sent forth to all archologies by the High Priests and Priestesses of the Braap
REJOICE NOW, AND HEAR THE WORD

       It's In The Data !!!

[Northcoaster]

Good evening/morning you little braaps

[norland2424]

i blame you all for this damn ad 

[coaster]

Why is keith trying to sell midnight in the desert to a 14 year old kid?

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Briips

[Mild Bill]

Braaps Hoagienauts!...open the phone lines!....bring on the Vestal Virgins!!

[SciFiAuthor]

BRAAAAAAAPS To All

Welcome to Club 19.5

The high priest of this session of the Cult of Braapinality hereby declares this information dump of the Almighty Hoagmeister,
The master of Braap-daster & Technical difficulties,
The holder of the 19.5 secrets of the immaculate hair,
& The Guru of the sacred hyper-dimensional anomylous noises and Skype Sounds,
officially under way.



In the begining was the Hoag,
And the Hoag had the word,
And the word was 'Hyper-Dimensional Torsion Physics'

I say to you now:
Let the word be sent forth to all archologies by the High Priests and Priestesses of the Braap
REJOICE NOW, AND HEAR THE WORD

       It's In The Data !!!

So says the data! Nuke Florida!

[trostol]

i am such a braaping sap getting all these feels at the end of Schindler's List

[RoseGirl]

that music is very strange

[PrairieGhost]

Braaaps! Hope you're all well!

[Sandra Kristen]

lol oh Richard.

[GravitySucks]

Somebody make the phone ring

[Oleus]

Braaps.  That guest art just had was terrible.

[sydtron]

Hoagland Hailing frequencies???

I like it!!

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Psst., Hoagie

Psst.

Some of those 7 billion people don't have internet access.

[GuerrillaUnReal]

Open Frequencies does sound pretty cool.

Hollywood Hoags has a listening audience of 7 or 8 billion, give or take a few billion.

[SaucyRossy]

Hey all call in to open hailing frequencies and have fun!

[malachi.martini]

BRAAPPPPS

[chefist]

Braaaaps folks...I always fall asleep but its not the fault of the content...