worlebird: yeah, this is pretty cool
TheClone: Greetings!
evenstar: Hello!
*Nita*: this is the most people i've ever see in this room
Khendon: Greetings, my lady author...
worlebird: Diane! hello!
Birdhead: Yo!
EWizard11: Hi!
evenstar: I just hope it stays small
DD: Hey guys!
evenstar: Less confusing that way
Birdhead: I'm already confused! ;)
worlebird: I know what you mean, evenstar
EWizard11: My life is confusion
Birdhead: my life is exams. shh!
TheClone: I think I got lost after worle said "Howdy".
DD: :) You wouldn't be the only one.
evenstar: Who's isn't
Khendon: So... how much jetlag are you suffering from now?
*Nita*: hi
TheClone: Greetings!
Birdhead: Yikes!
DD: Khen -- > ALL of it.
EWizard11: Hi!
worlebird: You just fly in from somewhere, Diane?
DD: No, seriously, the lag's gone. But now I'm just tired.
DD: Worle -- > Zurich, this afternoon.
Birdhead: :(
TheClone: So whats up?
worlebird: Wow, cool. Do any skiing?
evenstar: Oh, I'd love to see Zurich again
DD: Skiing? Egad, no.
worlebird: *chuckle*
Khendon: -- read "Stealing the Elfking's Roses" a few days ago.
DD: I will *watch* people strap boards on their feet and fall downhill.
DD: Won't do it myself.
DD: Khen -- > Aha.
evenstar: And? How was it? No spoilers, though!
Birdhead: kiing's easy! even i can do it?
*Nita*: i will never ski it sounds to dangerous
EWizard11: Most of my friends snowboard.
Birdhead: no. only if you're good.
DD: Bird - > Better you than me. I'm strictly an apres-ski type.
worlebird: Diane: I can understand that. Even so, the atmosphere's lovely
Khendon: Very enjoyable - especially a mention about Hermes scarves...
TheClone: I bought The Book Of Night With Moon today,
TheClone: Better be good!
evenstar: I can (vaguely) ski, but it involves falling down a lot
Birdhead: Clone, it is.
DD: Even -- > It's the falling down part that I specially seek to avoid.
*Nita*: i had a questions for DD I was wondering how many cats in totall do you have??
worlebird: evenstar: you just need to learn to fall, and then miss the ground ;-)
TheClone: Birdhead, I know!
evenstar: Hee, worle
DD: Nita -- 4. They just seem like more.
Birdhead: omeone's been reading Douclas Adams recently...
Khendon: Ones that use you and Peter for crashing into?
*Nita*: i have 2 and can barely deal with them
TheClone: I have Dogs
Birdhead: i have none.. I'm allergic. :(
DD: Khen -- > U got it. Middle kitten's eye infection has flared up again.
evenstar: Gerbils
TheClone: And gerbils
worlebird: Birdhead: Not recently, just a fan...
DD: (mutter, mutter)
EWizard11: I have 1 cat
TheClone: I have hundreds of gerbils
EWizard11: Gerbils..
TheClone: And I'm not exagerating
DD: Clone -- > "Hundreds"?
evenstar: Oh, my.
TheClone: Yes
Birdhead: how ?
*Nita*: that sounds like to many gerbils
evenstar: yes, how??
DD: Put them in little treadmills, make them power the house, huh?
TheClone: They are very happy gerbils.
Khendon: Tsk, tsk... no practicing "safe rodents"?
Birdhead: gerbils and dogs and guinea pigs, oh my!
worlebird: Birdhead: Simple, you start with two, then they figure it out on their own
Birdhead: orry...
evenstar: The birds and the...gerbils, then? :)
worlebird: LOL
Birdhead: !
*Nita*: so how was everyone's day (so far for people on the west coast)??
TheClone: I started with like 12 for a school project, now I have like 130 (I think).
Rysade: ahah!
DD: Wow, wind blew over a locomotive today in Austria. Sheesh.
evenstar: Nice. I wrote nearly half of my essay on Howard Zinn
Birdhead: :o
Khendon: Boy gerbils and girl gerbils get very very friendly.
DD: (EuroNews running in background)
Rysade: Hi Khendon, congrats.
worlebird: Some wind.
TheClone: I read A Wizard Abroad today
Khendon: Thank you, Rysade.
EWizard11: The WIND blew over a locomotive??
*Nita*: i went and saw Spirited Away with my little sister
Birdhead: We had gusts to 100 k's in NZ, and rain. lots of rain
evenstar: Oh, was it good nita?
TheClone: Err I reread Wizard Abroad I mean
DD: EWiz -- > It's the Foehn. The "bad wind" that comes over the Alps.
evenstar: It won't come to my town for a long time
*Nita*: i really enjoyed the second time had to take Bethany this time last time i went with a friend
*Nita*: enjoyed it*
EWizard11: I went and saw the new Harry Potter movie
TheClone: What did you think of it?
worlebird: DD: Wow. Never been close enough to the Alps to experience that
DD: EWiz -- > any shorter than the last one?
Khendon: I have my friend Anne here with me... she actually has something that DD wrote for the C-64 back in the 80's...
evenstar: DD, out of curiosity, do you speak German or any other languages besides English?
EWizard11: about the same length
DD: Even -- > Working slowly on Italian.
EWizard11: It actually was pretty good
*Nita*: was the second better then the first
worlebird: Khendon: C64, how cool!
TheClone: EWiz --- I didn't like it as much as the first, but I didn't think it had as good of a storyline
EWizard11: The movie or the book?
evenstar: Oh, I'm supposed to say hello to everyone from Em
evenstar: She couldn't come
Rysade: Hi, Em.
EWizard11: HI, Em!
worlebird: What did DD write for the C64?
TheClone: Ewiz ---- Both, Because the movie followed the book
Birdhead: Hi, em!
EWizard11: Yeah, it stuck to it pretty well.
Birdhead: NO WAY! the book is cool, the movie, well, as an adaptation of the book it was kinda bad.
DD: (brief bemusement) What did I write for the C64?
Khendon: "The Kobayashi Alternative".
*Nita*: Em huh i like that name (happens to be my name too)
Rysade: C64?
DD: Oh! I forgot.
TheClone: Greetings Caledonian!
Rysade: HEY, CALEDONIAN!!!
EWizard11: Hi Caledonian!
Khendon: Greetings, Caledonian.
DD: I tend to think of it in terms of the PC.
Birdhead: Hi!
*Nita*: hiya
evenstar: and our resident astrophysist!
Caledonian: Hello, all.
worlebird: Rys: Commodore 64. Cool old school PC.
Rysade: oh.
evenstar: oops. spelled that wrong
Rysade: shrug
Birdhead: astrophysicist?
TheClone: Yes
Birdhead: aha!
evenstar: Cale's posted some interesting things he's written on space, etc
worlebird: Rys: "shrug"?!? I sneeze in your general direction. ;-)
TheClone: DD --- Were did you get your ideas?
DD: No sneezing! Peter's trying to stave off a cold at the moment.
worlebird: *heh*
Birdhead: ditto...
DD: Clone -- > Tempted to say "Schenectady".
Rysade: your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Khendon: (she probably subscribes to the same service in Schenectady that Harlan does...)
*Nita*: i am haveing a little problem with a cold at the moment also
evenstar: NEE!
EWizard11: Colds stink
Birdhead: And it's summer here?
Rysade: NI!
Birdhead: grr! !
DD: Khen -- > :) I know about that.
DD: Seriously..it's hard to say.
DD: Often from news stories,
Caledonian: I believe Barry B. Longyear has a subscription as well.
*Nita*: the news just seems to keep getting sader and sader lately
worlebird: I subscribed, but my check keeps bouncing. ;-)
evenstar: Nita- what do you mean?
Caledonian: Hence his book "It Came From Schenectady"...
TheClone: Nita --- Its just how the media reports it
EWizard11: The news gets worse before it gets better.
Birdhead: Bali, 11/9, Russia- the media is just paying more attention now.
*Nita*: in general i used to be kinda a perky thing for me to watch the news but know everytime i watch it i go to bed feeling sad
DD: I tend to concentrate somewhat on "strange news" --
Rysade: "schenectady? is that another world?
evenstar: Eh, I don't know if things will get better soon if Bush gets his way
TheClone: Its a City in NY I think
EWizard11: Ugh. Iraq...
TheClone: (Thats what came up on google)
DD: the WINS news page has a section called "You Couldn't Make This Up" -- I read that a lot.
*Nita*: i like watching Encounters with the unexplained for strange things
evenstar: but no politics tonight :)
EWizard11: good.
worlebird: DD - I like to get my news from theonion.com ;-)
EWizard11: I am thouroghly sick of polictics.
DD: Worle -- > Definitely.
Birdhead: lol Funny site!
EWizard11: sorry spelled that wrong
TheClone: EWiz - Vote for yourself
evenstar: DD-- Could you tell us anything about "A Wizard's Holiday"?
EWizard11: what do you mean?
*Nita*: Evenstar--I think we should go to war with Iraq get it over with so future generations won't have to
worlebird: EWiz - eh, don't worry about spelling here
DD: Even -- > Nothing new to report. WIzards go on holiday. Film at 11.
TheClone: EWiz - It was a joke
Caledonian: Remember the awful threat of Iraq Washington's PTB kept going on about?
EWizard11: Ok, ok.
evenstar: DD- drat :)
TheClone: DD - Film at 11?
EWizard11: I'm tired!
Caledonian: They seem remarkably quiet now.
worlebird: Nita - Nothing personal, but maybe we can steer clear of politics tonight, hmmm?
Khendon: I get film at 10 - curse that Central time zone. Caledonian: So, what *shall* we discuss instead?
*Nita*: ya i agree
Birdhead: why will future generations have to go to war with Iraq?
Birdhead: oops... forget that?
EWizard11: I thought we said no politics
DD: Leonid meteor shower!!!
Rysade: when?
TheClone: Tension
EWizard11: ooh, cool
Birdhead: What about it?
worlebird: Well, let's talk about religion. ;-) No I'm kidding
Caledonian: Ooh, burning space stuff. Excellent.
*Nita*: i will not say any more of my opinion's
DD: Happens this weekend, ne?
evenstar: Oh, it does?
DD: Or rather, the 19th.
Khendon: I believe so... it's tough with cloud cover, though....
Rysade: best place?
worlebird: Yeah, I hope the sky clears up here
DD: Or thereabouts.
evenstar: yes, cloud cover in my region as well
DD: Duh, not sure of best location. NASA keeps sending me e-mails
Rysade: reallY
*Nita*: ya i heard about that on the space channel but they said my town probably won't see any to many lights
Rysade: ?
Birdhead: Does it? I can't believe Mum didn't tell... where abouts is it?
DD: but have been too buty the last few days to follow the links.
DD: Busy. (mutter)
Birdhead: Nth Hemisphere?
Rysade: Nasa emails you?
Khendon: Read a news story - after this one, the Leonids won't be back for several decades.
TheClone: Hope your busy writing Wiz's Holiday :)
EWizard11: so do we all
DD: Rysade -- > It's canned stuff. You can subscribe to it.
worlebird: Actually, you should be able to see SOMTHING about anywhere on the planet
EWizard11: that's cool
Caledonian: I can't help wondering how long it will be before the Leonids are gone completely.
Rysade: dd -- ok. Cal: Good question.
Caledonian: Rather like Saturn's rings.
Khendon: It's nice passing through dust. Birdhead: There'll be other space junk.
evenstar: Cale-- interesting question. Wonder how many years we've been passing through the cloud
Birdhead: I just asked Mum- it peaks this tuesday, so, 19th
DD: Not sure how much the full Moon is going to interfere.
worlebird: DD : hmmmm.... good point
DD: Observing tips from NASA here:
DD: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/14nov_leonidtips.htm?list151902
TheClone: DD --- What was your favorite Star Trek?
Rysade: which series?
TheClone: Yea
DD: Would you cease to respect me if I said "Spock's Brain"?
DD: ;)
TheClone: Greetings Wizard
Caledonian: [snicker]
worlebird: grrr
Rysade: HI
EWizard11: Hello, wizard!
Birdhead: hi!
TheClone: I meant which TV series ;)
evenstar: hey!
Caledonian: Dai
wizard: dai
Khendon: Greetings, wizard...
DD: Clone --> Oh. Probably the original.
DD: TNG comes in second...never warmed to DS9 or Voyager that much...
*Nita*: my favorite Star Trek is the one that's on T.V. now I like the beagel dog
evenstar: DD- What do you think of the LOTR movies thus far?
DD: can't get interested in Enterprise for some reason.
TheClone: I liked Voyager
wizard: *choochoo*
TheClone: lol
DD: Even -- > Sure liked the first one. Can't wait for the second one -- saw the extended trailer
Rysade: Haven't seen much of that one, but I liked t.w. Tribbles, and the one where the black ooze eats whatshername. she was my favorite charactr.
DD: a few months ago and it looks even better than the first.
TheClone: *meow*
Caledonian: Has anyone read
Birdhead: NZ scenery... it's all good!
Caledonian: "Bored of the Rings"?
evenstar: I've heard of it
Rysade: I might.
wizard: :)
TheClone: Me too
Caledonian: drat... accursed 'enter' button...
DD: Cal -- > I had to produce an annotated version for Peter.
DD: He didn't get the brand names.
EWizard11: Bored of the Rings?
Caledonian: "Pervy hobbit fancier"... hee hee hee
TheClone: I've heard of it, some one told me to read it when I told them Lord of the Rings bored me.
Birdhead: parody-type thing...
evenstar: It's an...er, retelling of LOTR, to put it politely
Caledonian: Try searching for it on Google.
worlebird: Where can you find that?
evenstar: Oh, the secret diaries?
Caledonian: Quite funny, although somewhat NFBSK.
worlebird: google, gotcha
wizard: diane do you have a estimated date for the next book ste in the YW universe?
worlebird: NFBSK?
Rysade: yah.
Rysade: wanna know nfbsk
DD: Wiz -- > Looks like October of next year.
evenstar: wbird-- http://diaries.diagon.org/
Caledonian: Not For British School Kids
wizard: cool dd
worlebird: oh ;-)
Rysade: that's a weird one.
DD: Got to turn the thing in around Christmas.
worlebird: Well, lucky me, neither british nor school kid
Caledonian: See www.snopes.com for references.
wizard: any more plans for any of the "cat" books? you know the cat gating series?
*Nita*: i hope that the book store this time actually gets it on the day it's supposed too
evenstar: Oh, yes. I'd love to see more of Rhiow
DD: Nita -- > Wish there was a way to control that.
Khendon: Maybe published around October 4th? That would make a great birthday present... EWizard11: hey, same here
DD: Re the Cat books -- they didn't sell well -- I doubt we'll see a third, at this rate.
wizard: man
wizard: i was liking them....
Birdhead: heh! If I get it before 2004, I'll be pleased.
EWizard11: Although i'd be the 7th for me...
Khendon: Well, *I* loved them.
TheClone: You mentioned something about a TV series on the forums, can you give any details?
worlebird: DD: Sorry my fault. I haven't read them yet. ;-)
Birdhead: yeah, I liked em too.
*Nita*: i have the cat books on my shelf I got them for an early christmas present I have to get around to reading them
DD: Clone -- > No news on that at present. Pitching season ended in Sept...we're going to take another run at it in the spring.
DD: But there is interest.
Caledonian: Hmmm... let's hope it turns out well.
Birdhead: cool!
wizard: BONWM starts slow but gets good
TheClone: Thats good, I'd watch it.
evenstar: I would as well
Caledonian: I still haven't gotten over "Starship Troopers".
EWizard11: What exactly makes the cat books "adult" books?
worlebird: DD: You couldn't say who might be interested? As in network names?
TheClone: Just don't let them do what they did to Animorphs.
wizard: and TVTQ is godo to
DD: Cal -- > Argh, tell me about it.
wizard: yeah
Rysade: You do screenplays often, i noticed, so would you do the scripst for the YW series or would someone else be hired to take care of that?
DD: Heinlein must be spinning.
Caledonian: I'd guess the cat books' references to feline sexuality would qualify them as "adult".
DD: Rysade -- > I would do the majority of them and function as exec. story editor on the rest.
wizard: k
Caledonian: They're also fairly dark. Not kiddie fare.
Rysade: good
EWizard11: oh, okay
*Nita*: dd please can you possibly put it on one of the local channels 4,5,7,9,11,13,16,22,28,33 I on;y get those channels at my house and until the house is all remoded no cabel
Birdhead: Nah! worse stuff in other kids books.
Rysade: I don't get any tv at all.
DD: Nita -- > Wish I had control over that kind of thing. Where it airs is a function of who we sell it to.
wizard: its nice of you to come here DD. i know its late in NZ
TheClone: Nita, I don't think she controls the channel number :|
Rysade: new zealand?
Birdhead: She's not in NZ! I am!
wizard: yes
Rysade: Ireland right?
DD: WIz -- > I'm up past my bedtime but don't mind it for an hour or so.
wizard: :)
DD: Ireland, yup.
Rysade: l
Caledonian: "It's just a bird. I don't control the birds -- I will someday, but not now." *Ten points for the reference.
EWizard11: what time is it there?
wizard: THATS WHAT I MENT!
worlebird: Hee hee, it's only 5:30 here
Khendon: And how's the hubby doing? Sharpening any objects in the vicinity?
evenstar: Thank you for coming to talk with us, DD!
Birdhead: it's 1 pm here... not late
Rysade: er.. k. not l, k.
DD: 00:29 here.
wizard: :<
Birdhead: ouch!
*Nita*: it is 4:26 here West Coast ROCKS
DD: For another half hour, I can cope.
TheClone: 7:30 USeast
EWizard11: 7:30
Rysade: says 7:27 on the timelogs.
DD: Cats are sitting at me, though, willing me to Go To Bed.
Caledonian: My timelogs claim 7:30 PM.
worlebird: DD: We certainly appreciate it. i think it;s cool you're here
wizard: resist them!
Rysade: hmmm.
TheClone: Ewiz - what state you in?
EWizard11: Ohio
Caledonian: Huzzah for Diane!
Khendon: (DD's getting a cat scan) DD: Rysade -- > The chat client uses your local machine time, I think.
Rysade: Me too.
worlebird: LOL Khen
evenstar: Cats do have that stare :)
TheClone: Ohios in USEast?
Rysade: ok, that's iteresting.
EWizard11: Rysade-Ohio?
evenstar: It's almost hypnotic
wizard: :O
TheClone: I didn't know that!
Rysade: Ewizard -- yup
evenstar: Evenstar--Nebraska
EWizard11: Yup
DD: Even -- > Especially when these guys gang up on you.
Khendon: I've got a kitty dozing on the cable box above the 'puter, and another sleeping on the electric blanket on the bed. TheClone: I'm in Virginia
Rysade: I want a cat, but my mom's allergic.
wizard: any plans to tour the west coast of americia DD?
Birdhead: the www.
DD: As the man says in the Goon Show, "Little Lightningbolts Come From My Eyes " -- that kind of stare.
*Nita*: my kitty Meeko is asleep on the Dryer
evenstar: Ooh, Cat telepahy to the fourth power
DD: Wiz -- Possibly next year.
wizard: yay!
DD: May do something to coincide with "pitching season" in the spring.
EWizard11: oh, lucky.
EWizard11: Ohio is so BORING
Birdhead: *sob* You're not coming here any more...
wizard: :)
Birdhead: ;)
DD: Where? To Ohio?
Birdhead: NZ
Rysade: boring
wizard: whats pitching season?
evenstar: Ewiz- Ohio? boring?
DD: Bird -- > Nope, it fell through, unfortunately.
worlebird: Pitching a TV show concept
EWizard11: Oh, you have no idea
TheClone: Wiz - Pitching the show
*Nita*: DD-- Are you going to be doning on book singing's on the West Coast??
wizard: thats what i thought!
*Nita*: singhings*
TheClone: Wiz - Unless DD joins a baseball team
DD: Work commitments (to the miniseries we're doing for the Germans) got in the way.
wizard: :)
Caledonian: Q Re: Elf King's Roses: Isn't it somewhat problematic to have an available *absolute* standard of justice?
worlebird: Clone++ ;-)
wizard: what german mini series?
evenstar: DD- will the show be more aimed at children or more of a "prime time" thing?
DD: Cal -- > Not necessarily. It varies by world.
DD: Somewhat, anyway.
DD: Even -- > Intention so far has been to go prime time.
EWizard11: Prime time meaning what?
DD: Wiz -- > We wrote a miniseries of the Nibelugenlied for the Germans.
DD: "The Ring."
wizard: like 8/9 probally
TheClone: Thats good, I wouldn't want a *childerens* show
Caledonian: I'd think there would be problems a la Red Dwarf's *Justice Field*...
Khendon: 8-11 Eastern (main hours of viewing)
DD: EWiz -- > Probably fall on the early side of the watershed.
worlebird: DD: Technically, wouldn't that be "Ring Song"?
EWizard11: good
DD: 8-9 would be my preferred timeslot (like I get a vote. Hah.)
Khendon: (as long as it's not up against "West Wing")
evenstar: Or Alias!
*Nita*: or CSI
EWizard11: 8-9. good, good.
wizard: yep
TheClone: Or.... um John Doe?
DD: Worle -- " "The Lay of the Bibelungs", actually.
evenstar: So an hour format?
*Nita*: clone-- did you watch yesterdays episode of John Doe??
wizard: will the show you think going to be with the main characters or new characters or what?
worlebird: DD: Ah, "Lay", well that's pretty close. Adapted from Wagner?
DD: I refuse to do anything else while West Wing is on. If a show of mine was up against it, I might discorporate with the conflict.
TheClone: Nita - NO I MISSED IT! I WAS AT HARRY POTTER!!! I'M SO ANGRY!
TheClone: I forgot to set my VCR
EWizard11: did u like HP?
DD: Worle - > Ealier sources. The ones Wagner borrowed from. (And, to some extent, Tolkien.)
TheClone: It was okay, but I didn't think it had the best storyline. Chamber just was the worst HP in my opinion.
*Nita*: i like how it started it was funny. Hey Clone I am sure you'll catch it on a re run
worlebird: Makes sence. Pretty cool.
EWizard11: It wasn't my favorite either number 3 was
TheClone: Nita - I'll probally have to catch the whole series in reruns. i'm missing a lot. Firefly too!.
DD: even -- >Yeah, an hour is what they were thinking, the producers who were hottest on the concept.
Caledonian: Ixnay the otterPay, opyrightcay iolationvay ssuesiay.
evenstar: I'm personally not terribly fond of HP at all
Rysade: Prisoner of Azkaban was everyones favorite.
EWizard11: it was good
Birdhead: No, I liked 4
TheClone: lol I like YW far better.
worlebird: Rys: not mine. I liked "Chamber"
EWizard11: 4 was creepy
TheClone: I liked Azkaban best
evenstar: There's so many better things out there...like YW and Phillip Pullman
TheClone: Pullman is good.
TheClone: Did any of you read His Sally Lockhart stuff?
Rysade: Subtle Knife
EWizard11: I really liked The Wind Singer
DD: Haven't read the Pullman...mean to have a look at it when I can.
*Nita*: personally i am tired of Harry Potter it's always Harry potter this Harry potter that i am just soo annoyed
Caledonian: Ruby in the Smoke is still one of my favorites.
Birdhead: They're all good, there's lots of good stuff (and bad)
EWizard11: I KNOW
Rysade: yeah, didnt like it much ----->lockhart
evenstar: clone- yes, the first book
Caledonian: His works are really quite disturbing.
Birdhead: Don't be anti the books just cause of the hype!
TheClone: The second book made me cry!
worlebird: Nita: Yeah, Merchandising can really take the fun out of somthing
heClone:(The second lockhart book)
wizard: DD do you think the series will be with the main YW characters or with new ones?
Rysade: Pullman, Distubing? Read Clockwork, now that's disturbing.
*Nita*: i read the books first i read them in the 5th grade i am not against the books it's the hype i'm against
Khendon: Merchanding would be interesting... I'd like a white hole. DD: Wiz -- > The main characters, to begin with.
evenstar: Oh, me too
EWizard11: good
DD: Khen -- > (snort)
Caledonian: *A Clockwork Orange* was reassuring, actually. Just like High School.
worlebird: DD: cool
TheClone: Young Wizard Laptop Manuals :)
worlebird: Celen: Like Jr. High?
DD: But my dreams are haunted by the thought of Nita and Kit action figures.
DD: (shudder)
Birdhead: *snicker*
worlebird: Calen: You must've had a tough school ;-)
EWizard11: hee hee
DD: Not sure what I'm going to do about that when the time comes.
Caledonian: What would they do, read?
Khendon: Hey... I even tried to pronounce his name once. evenstar: Or a plushie Ed? *shudders*
Birdhead: horrible thought!
EWizard11: ew
DD: Run away clutching my head, probably.
TheClone: I loved Ed.
Rysade: caledonian -- no, i mean 'clockwork' by pullman. it's really short, but good. modern fable.
Birdhead: Don't let it happen!
EWizard11: so did I
*Nita*: i wouldn't mind action figures as long as they are good actions figures not the crappy kind
DD: Even -- > I have several. When that book came out, various friends started giving me toy stuffed sharks.
TheClone: Best 1 book char
EWizard11: I would!
wizard: i am very particular about detail between shows and books so try and make it as close to the book as possible please :)
EWizard11: me2
Caledonian: Ah. Ever read "Kirinyaga: a Fable of Utopia" by Mike Resnick?
DD: Wiz -- > Can't guarantee that. What makes a good book does not always make good TV.
DD: I may change things.
wizard: right
Birdhead: No way. ALL action figure are... horrifying
worlebird: DD: Good point
TheClone: DD ---- Did you write the songs in Deep Wizardry?
Caledonian: I think telepathy would be a lot harder to represent in TV than print.
DD: But since it's *me* changing them, I won't mind.
Caledonian: How would the Speech be handled?!
DD: Cal .-- > Voiceover, mostly.
Caledonian: [continuity worries]
DD: We'll burn those bridges when we come to them.
wizard: :()
EWizard11: telepathy- just voices w/o moving their lips
worlebird: Calen: Hmmmm, I can think of some neat directorial tricks to handle the Speech
Caledonian: [trying to imagine what Fred would sound like]
DD: Stephen Fry..
*Nita*: the only thing i want to know is how to pronounce Dairaine's(sp??) name
Caledonian: What would a white hole sound like, anyway?
Birdhead: echoes? Or something?
evenstar: I think he'd have static in his voice
DD: Nita -- > Dare - EEN.
worlebird: Static! ;-)
evenstar: Like radio waves or something
wizard: i am sure nomatter what DD does shell do a good job!
TheClone: Fred would be the first real superstar!
Caledonian: Hoody hoo! I'd pronounced it correctly!
EWizard11: :)
*Nita*: THANKYOU that's how i'd been saying it but my friend kept telling me now you say it Dair-a-reen
worlebird: clone++
DD: (one moment, cat yelling for attention)
Caledonian: It's so hard to transfer themes from text to TV, though.
wizard: will it take place in the books or a whole new storyline?
Rysade: tv is more compact, but can be less stimulating
Caledonian: The stories Diane wrote for *Gargoyles* had similar themes to *A Wizard Abroad*...
EWizard11: It'd be cool to see "Uptown Local" on film....
Rysade: "midnight Snack"
*Nita*: A Wizard Abroad and Deep Wizardry are my favorite books in the series
wizard: *evil*
evenstar: oh, my
DD: It's OK, Mr. Squeak just brought in a dead mouse.
Rysade: Lions?
Birdhead: there it goes again!
DD: Bubble is now playing with it and making fierce growls.
EWizard11: mice? ewwwww
evenstar: Oh, how adorable
DD: Hey, we all gotta eat.
EWizard11: cat food?!?
worlebird: mmmmm... Mice
5 wizard: :O
Caledonian: What do you think cat food is made from?
evenstar: Squeak and Bubble?
DD: He was shouting to let me know that he was doing his job.
Khendon: And then they bring it to mommy saying "fix, toy broken"
evenstar: Isn't that some kind of british food?
*Nita*: there was a mouse in my house one time and the cats ran into the closet and hid i had to get rid of it alone
TheClone: Stupiod 56k!
DD: Re Bubble, Squeak --> yup, the cats. Two of.
EWizard11: The cats hid? hee hee
wizard: *slap*
Birdhead: Bubble and Squeak is.. some sort of food, yeah.
Caledonian: Well, a lot of cat foods are made out of vegetable matter. And ash.
Birdhead: Dunno what!
TheClone: NIta - Scardycats
Rysade: I had a mouse trapped in the stove. it was electrocuted to death. guess how i found that out?
EWizard11: ash?? whoa
DD: Nita -- > They've got the division of labor _all wrong._ :)
evenstar: oh, ew
wizard: *meow*
EWizard11: there was a mouse in my school library once
Caledonian: All right, how?
wizard: *grr*
*Nita*: my cats are the indoor city cats to the max
Birdhead: Math classroom. It was cute!
worlebird: Ok wizard, I'm turning my sounds off. Thanks.
wizard: *meow*
Khendon: And a mouse using a computer would use a... "cat"? EWizard11: enough, enough!!
TheClone: I saved a mouse once
TheClone: It was outside freezing to death
evenstar: was it in some food, Rys?
wizard: ok no more unless needed :)
Caledonian: There are sounds?
TheClone: Yes
TheClone: Check Audio
worlebird: Cale: *chuckle*
DD: Oh yeah, those.
TheClone: and then scroll down
Khendon: Oh, that reminds me... how goes your laptop repairs?
DD: Lee tells me they get a lot of use on the weekdays.
wizard: *bleep*
Rysade: even -- no, it was where the pilot lights on the stove by electricity.
Caledonian: Now I'm regretting having to log on at the computer labs...
wizard: :P
worlebird: Yeah, the sounds are fun WHEN YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE
*Nita*: DD-- Was Aunt Annie's house in A Wizard Abroad based on your house??
DD: Nita -- > Nope, Anne McCaffrey's.
evenstar: Oh, I knew it!
Rysade: evenstar -- i tried to get it out with tweezers and was ZAPPED!!
Birdhead: Really? I have a friend who will be very interested in that!
TheClone: Ry - Use a rubber glove
Birdhead: The house thing
wizard: any hints on what the next book will be about? please!!!!!!!!!!
Rysade: did'nt know it was electrified.
TheClone: Wizardry
evenstar: no, that Aunt Annie is really Anne McCaffery
worlebird: LOL clone ++
wizard: :(
Rysade: PIKACHUUUUU!
TheClone: No!
Caledonian: Q for DD: come across any ghosts in Ireland?
Birdhead: arrgh!
DD: Wiz -- > CAn't really hint much at this point. Too many things are still flexble.
evenstar: oh no please not that!
Rysade: (electric mouse, get it)
evenstar: not the evilness of the yellow thing!
TheClone: Yes we do!
TheClone: Gerbilchu!
Birdhead: Horrors!
DD: Cal -- > Nope, Neighbors claim the hill next to us is haunted. Haven't seen any evidence of this myself.
*Nita*: Rysade you in really the wrong room the Pokemon room was 5 doors back
TheClone: Gerbils are far superior to mice.
wizard: any names for the next book?
DD: WIZARD'S HOLIDAY.
evenstar: Clone- yes, they are
wizard: ok
EWizard11: More about gerbils?
Rysade: it really was an electric mouse tho.
EWizard11: nice
TheClone: Ry- I know but Gerbils are better
wizard: ive heard to many varations :P
Birdhead: poor mouse. What a way to go...
evenstar: at least he went out with a bang?
TheClone: IT didn't have a wet sponge on its head...
Birdhead: yuck!
worlebird: I had a mouse once. My Mom sat on it.
Rysade: or a zap
TheClone: Even - No thats the microwave
evenstar: or in this case, a zap?
*Nita*: DD-- Can you tell us in the next book will there still be interplanetary cabel I thought it was funny
DD: Nita -- > I have a feeling the cable problem is going to get worse before it gets better.
Rysade: ugh, eggbeaters.
EWizard11: or that laser thing/ kitchen appliance
Birdhead: no alone spoilers!
wizard: she will probally turn the alien eggbeater into a big story point :)
Caledonian: Although I did think it was odd that alien TV would be 2D...
TheClone: Hey
TheClone: I noticed something!
Birdhead: *sob*
DD: I wouldn't say a _big_ story point.
EWizard11: you noticed something?
TheClone: In 3 someone was carrying an eggbeater!
TheClone: err 4
Birdhead: No, that was 4.
DD: Cal -- > The TV was adjusting for local protocol the best it could. As our PAL machine handles NTSC. (Never The Same Color)
TheClone: Yeah!
EWizard11: So?
TheClone: Thats cool.
TheClone: Was that planned?
EWizard11: It didn't seem important
DD: No. I think I must just feel that eggbeaters are intrinsically funny.
Caledonian: Which is remarkable, since presumably alien TV would use tachyons, or neutrions, or something...
TheClone: No it didn't, but a lot doesn't.
EWizard11: true
Caledonian: Actually, will the alien cable take on plot significance the same way Ponch did?
*Nita*: i am really excited about the next book currently i am spending my time reading less important books
wizard: just because aliens are diffrent dosent mean there smarter maybe there in the 1940s :)
Rysade: Orson Scott Card used something else, uh, forget what it's called, smaller than quarks...
DD: Cal -- > The problem is making a tachyon stand still long enought o put salt on its tail, let alone encode it with anything. :)]
TheClone: Rysade = What book are you talking about?
Caledonian: IAMtons? No, that was a different author...
Birdhead: The ansible thing.
TheClone: Ahh
DD: leGuin.
Caledonian: No, that was le Guin.
DD: Different principle, I think.
wizard: *whip*
Rysade: theclone -- after ender's game, speaker for the dead and xenocide.
Caledonian: Although Card had something similar...
TheClone: I read those
EWizard11: what was that for, wizard?
Caledonian: I believe it exploited the EPR paradox.
evenstar: Out of curiousity, are there any Terry Pratchett fans here?
worlebird: Rys: Good books, esp. the 1st one
DD: Me.
Rysade: ME!!!
Caledonian: Aren't there always?
wizard: i did it by axeident
Birdhead: Book signing yeaterday!
DD: Terry is an old friend of the household.
Rysade: cool
wizard: whos that?\
evenstar: Oh, jealous, birdhead
TheClone: Never read him
evenstar: You should!
TheClone: I wish I was a billionaire like you DD ;)
DD: Worth a read. Very, very funny man.
Birdhead: Yeah- authors NEVER come to NZ! I'm so happy.
Rysade: read small gods. that was my first.
evenstar: Esp. the Discworld books
TheClone: Oh wait, isn't terry Disc world?
DD: Clone -- > You don't have to be a billionaire to be Terry's friend.
Caledonian: Such a warped and twisted mind. Who could help but love 'im?
Birdhead: Night Watch is great
TheClone: I have some of his books in my To be read lis
DD: Even if he does have more money than God, and nearly as much as the Queen.
DD: :)
TheClone: I still wish I was a billionaire :)
worlebird: Clone: And if you're an author, it's not likely you're a billionare. ;-)
evenstar: I've just started "Soul Music" and it's wonderful
DD: I know no one else so unspoiled by money.
DD: He told us about the day he knew he was rich.
TheClone: Worle : I know it was a joke
*Nita*: i wish i had alot of money then my family and i would just move out of this house and not remodel it
Khendon: I wouldn't mind being spoiled... Rysade: does he have more than sir elton john?
wizard: we should have the best 10 fantasy writers go together and make a really good fantasy book!
wizard: :)
worlebird: Clone: I know. So was mine. ;-)
TheClone: I saw an elton john concert recently
Caledonian: How did he know?
DD: He was in a bookstore and was looking at two videotapes,
Rysade: who would pick them though?
EWizard11: that would be cool, wizard
TheClone: I got Angry, he didn't play Circle of Life!
evenstar: wizard: too many cooks spoil the stew
DD: trying to decide which to buy...and thenhe realized he could have them both.
Birdhead: lol
Rysade: #2 pick : Terry Brooks.
Birdhead: No.
Caledonian: Neat.
*Nita*: circle of life is my favorite Elton John song
TheClone: I know, and he didn't play it
TheClone: I was so depressed.
DD: I'm partial to "It's Tough To Be A God" myself.
Caledonian: I always thought his works were kinda derivative of Tolkien...
worlebird: I like "Someone saved my life tonight"
TheClone: I hope that Paul McCartney tours again, I want to goto one of his concerts.
wizard: so are these chats once every 2 months?
*Nita*: that's sad but at least you got to see him in concert he's never even come to the Tacoma Dome of the Gorge or any other concert place here
evenstar: Cale- I always thought more "Alice" or "Hitchhiker" than anything else
EWizard11: Nita what state are you in?
wizard: washingtonian!
wizard: washington
DD: Guys, Mr. Squeak has come in to tell me it's time to go to bed.
*Nita*: Washington
Birdhead: I have to go :( English Exam study (tomorrow...)
TheClone: Night!
EWizard11: cool
Birdhead: Bye!
wizard: bye dd
EWizard11: bye!
TheClone: Cya guys
Caledonian: G'night, Ma'am.
wizard: see you in 2 months
DD: Mr. Squeak weighs ten kilos, so I tend to listen to him.
evenstar: and Mr. Squeak must be obeyed, of course
Rysade: Dai Stiho
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worlebird: aww man... g'night Diane
*Nita*: OMG wizard you live in WASHINGTON
evenstar: Good night.all
Khendon: Goodnight, my lady ... sleep well...
wizard: i never said that
TheClone: Gota prepare my timeslide
EWizard11: gotta go 2 bye!!
DD: Night night guys!
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wizard: i said you lived in washington
TheClone: :)
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