3 April 2010: 'Eight Episodes' by Robert Reed

[13:51] Jago Constantine: hi, kara :) / hey babe!
[13:55] Eddi Haskell: hi!
[13:55] Eddi Haskell: still rezzing
[13:55] Jago Constantine: ok / Hi, Eppie, welcome :)
[13:59] Eddi Haskell: hi eppie
[13:59] Jago Constantine: Welcome Neal! / Hey Paolo!
[14:00] Neal Herriat: hi Jago
[14:00] Paolo Alfa: hello Jago, everyone
[14:00] Neal Herriat: relogging
[14:01] Eddi Haskell: sl has been hard today
[14:01] Eddi Haskell: many people have to relog
[14:02] Jago Constantine: ok so if you have your music streams on you should hear some piano music at the moment / if you can all hear it, I'll start the story :)
[14:02] Neal Herriat: /me nods
[14:03] Jago Constantine: Eddi? / Paolo? / Eppie?
[14:03] Paolo Alfa: yea
[14:03] Eppie Shoreman: I can't hear you.
[14:03] Paolo Alfa: moonlight sonata
[14:04] Neal Herriat: very nice
[14:04] Eppie Shoreman: oh is the music still on? okay
[14:04] Jago Constantine: yes / ok I'll start the playback :) / As usual, we're listening to an episode of the Escape Pod Podcast / it should begin soon :P
[14:05] Eddi Haskell: yes jago?
[14:05] Jago Constantine: Can you hear the music stream?
[14:05] Eddi Haskell: yes
[14:08] Jago Constantine: he's one of my favourite writers too :) / lol / Hi, Pookrucker, we're listening to a story on the music stream
[14:13] Pookrucker Guyot: oh cool im just exploring
[14:13] Neal Herriat: excuse rl
[14:13] Jago Constantine: ok / hey rhiannon! / the story has already begun
[14:15] Rhiannon Dragoone: hi Jago!
[14:16] Rhiannon Dragoone: awww. I was afraid of that
[14:16] Rhiannon Dragoone: and my bandwidth won't support sound
[14:16] Jago Constantine: http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP107_EightEpisodes.mp3 / you can download it there / :)
[14:16] Rhiannon Dragoone: i tried to IM you, but ur not on my friends list for some reason
[14:17] Rhiannon Dragoone: ok, i'll download it
[14:17] Jago Constantine: oh sorry I might have cleaned you out without thinking ... I go through my list regularly
[14:18] Rhiannon Dragoone: yeah, and i've not been able to come to your meetings
[14:18] Rhiannon Dragoone: but that should change
[14:18] Rhiannon Dragoone: :)
[14:18] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:19] Rhiannon Dragoone: web browser is not opening; can't be in sl and download it
[14:19] Jago Constantine: aw ok
[14:19] Rhiannon Dragoone: i'll copy and paste the link and listen to it later.
[14:19] Rhiannon Dragoone: thanks
[14:21] Jago Constantine: hi, roxette ... we're listening to a story on the audio channel
[14:21] Rhiannon Dragoone: i'll be here next week
[14:21] Rhiannon Dragoone: enjoy
[14:21] Roxette Zane: hi, what book is this
[14:22] Jago Constantine: its a story called eight episodes, by robert reed
[14:22] Roxette Zane: thank you
[14:23] Jago Constantine: hi, mir... we're listening to a story on the audio channel
[14:24] Mir Nirvana: hi, trying to connect
[14:33] Jago Constantine: cool story :) / is everyone finished?
[14:34] Eddi Haskell: yes i did!
[14:34] Eddi Haskell: i liked it
[14:34] Jago Constantine: There wasn't much of a plot to it ... it was basically a description of the show wasn't it
[14:35] Eddi Haskell: it did not have a deeper meaning?
[14:35] Eddi Haskell: i was looking for a deeper meaning
[14:35] Jago Constantine: well it was about the concepts I think
[14:35] Eddi Haskell: like the ultiate redemption of tory spelling
[14:35] Paolo Alfa: a story within a story
[14:35] Jago Constantine: I like the way that the show was described
[14:35] Eddi Haskell: so all the story was
[14:36] Eddi Haskell: was a description of a show then
[14:36] Jago Constantine: as being slightly awkward ... like the creators weren't totally familiar with human media / yes lol
[14:36] Eddi Haskell: yes
[14:36] Eddi Haskell: now it makes snese
[14:36] Eddi Haskell: sense
[14:37] Jago Constantine: and the last line about wet breathing and songs / was the most telling .... / that it was an alien writing it lol
[14:37] Eddi Haskell: the deeper meaning to me was when they were talking about the alien civilization ejecting trillions of pods
[14:37] Jago Constantine: yeah?
[14:37] Eddi Haskell: i thought that was interesting
[14:37] Eddi Haskell: yeah
[14:37] Eddi Haskell: never quite thought of aliens
[14:38] Eddi Haskell: trying to populate the universe virally
[14:38] Jago Constantine: oh yeah
[14:38] Eddi Haskell: but im reading too much into it it is just an interesting thought
[14:38] Jago Constantine: there's a lot of sci fi with machine probes
[14:38] Eddi Haskell: we tend to think that life forms will visit each other in starships
[14:38] Eddi Haskell: deliberately
[14:38] Eddi Haskell: but why not just eject trillions of genomes
[14:39] Jago Constantine: yes ... well I don't think that so I liked this story
[14:39] Eddi Haskell: in hopes that they will take
[14:39] Eddi Haskell: i always read too much into these things lol
[14:39] Jago Constantine: that is called panspermia / the idea that life can spread from planet to planet / either naturally or artificially
[14:40] Eppie Shoreman: take care every one
[14:40] Jago Constantine: you too eppie!
[14:40] Eddi Haskell: im gonna make an avatar alt today with the name panspermia
[14:40] Jago Constantine: I think an alien probe would probably be so advanced that it could make a show that would seem very well made to us lol
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: yes really involving holography
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: time travel
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: glimpses of cosmic events
[14:41] Jago Constantine: unless the amateurish nature of the show was part of the clues it was giving
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: yes
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: well
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: with any new miedium once it is introduced
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: the intiial failures occur
[14:42] Eddi Haskell: when they mimic the media they are supposed to repleace
[14:42] Eddi Haskell: an alien trying to broadcast in media
[14:42] Eddi Haskell: might see the first broadcasts on televsion
[14:42] Eddi Haskell: the 36 nazi olympics
[14:42] Eddi Haskell: and think that is what the earth is like
[14:42] Jago Constantine: yeah / thats from the novel Contact by Carl Sagan
[14:43] Eddi Haskell: instead of rozeanne barr we have leni riefesnstahl
[14:43] Jago Constantine: the first message from aliens
[14:43] Eddi Haskell: yeah?
[14:43] Jago Constantine: is a picture of hitler
[14:43] Eddi Haskell: oh thats right
[14:43] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:43] Eddi Haskell: they were the first to broadcast!
[14:44] Eddi Haskell: all these short stories hint at more context
[14:44] Eddi Haskell: i wonder how many short stories are written
[14:44] Eddi Haskell: with the thoughts of turning them into novels
[14:45] Eddi Haskell: this one seems like it would make a great novel
[14:45] Jago Constantine: I wonder / maybe some are written as proposals for publishers / someone could make a machinima of this story in second life / hehe
[14:46] Eddi Haskell: if you did it it wuold get 200,000 hits
[14:46] Eddi Haskell: you have a knack
[14:46] Polygnotos Azemus: u r the book lovers?
[14:47] Jago Constantine: yes, hi, polygnotos
[14:47] Eddi Haskell: im the easter bunny
[14:47] Jago Constantine: we just finished listening to a story
[14:47] Polygnotos Azemus: hi nice to be here
[14:47] Jago Constantine: we have the science fiction meeting every saturday at 2pm / second life time
[14:48] Polygnotos Azemus: just sf?
[14:48] Polygnotos Azemus: no Tolstoi? lol
[14:48] Jago Constantine: I am only the sf guy / if you join the bookstacks group / you will get notices about other genres
[14:49] Polygnotos Azemus: ok! i only know a.c Clark
[14:49] Jago Constantine: cool :)
[14:49] Polygnotos Azemus: wow, beautiful place
[14:49] Jago Constantine: its very friendly looking / ok folks ... next week's meeting we will have a discussion about what we've been reading
[14:50] Polygnotos Azemus: it's really a nice interior to talk about books
[14:50] Polygnotos Azemus: i am impressed
[14:50] Polygnotos Azemus: may i sit down?
[14:50] Jago Constantine: it's a nice pub hehe / sure! / we're just winding up the meeting though
[14:50] Polygnotos Azemus: oh...
[14:50] Jago Constantine: I'm in Australia so I am going to have breakfast
[14:51] Polygnotos Azemus: oops australia
[14:51] Polygnotos Azemus: other side of the world
[14:51] Jago Constantine: yes hehe / I think the next event here is poetry tomorrow at 11am second life time
[14:51] Polygnotos Azemus: wow i like poetry
[14:52] Polygnotos Azemus: reiner maria rilke...
[14:52] Jago Constantine: cool!
[14:52] Polygnotos Azemus: german romantic love poetry\
[14:53] Jago Constantine: cya next week Paolo!
[14:53] Paolo Alfa: nice meeting, really good story, thank you for having it
[14:53] Polygnotos Azemus: u got to be a member of this group?
[14:53] Jago Constantine: if you want to learn more about sci fi, come along next saturday at 2pm Polygnotos :) / you don't have to be / but you will get notices if you are
[14:54] Polygnotos Azemus: ok! ty
[14:54] Eddi Haskell: happy easter Oly
[14:54] Eddi Haskell: poly
[14:54] Polygnotos Azemus: ty!
[14:54] Eddi Haskell: is it cool to call you polly?
[14:54] Polygnotos Azemus: bye sorry i am too late
[14:54] Jago Constantine: thats ok! / bye!

20 February 2010: 'Harry the Crow' by John Kratman

[13:50] Jago Constantine: Hi, Cloud :)
[13:50] Cloud Pilote: Hi Jago
[13:50] Jago Constantine: Are you here for the sci fi meeting?
[13:51] Cloud Pilote: I guess - I looked to see what was on and thought this looked interesting...
[13:51] Jago Constantine: Great - we'll start in about 10 minutes
[13:51] Cloud Pilote: OK
[13:51] Jago Constantine: This week we're listening to a story podcast
[13:52] Cloud Pilote: oh kool - this is every week at this time?
[13:52] Jago Constantine: Yes - 2pm Saturdays / Would you like a group invite?
[13:52] Cloud Pilote: Yes please :o)
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: While we wait I can tell you how i fell in love with sf if you like?
[13:53] Jago Constantine: Sure!
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: OK
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: I am 54 now but for my tenth birthday I got a book token
[13:53] Sora Bluebird: hello everyone
[13:53] Jago Constantine: Hey, Sora :)
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: Dad took me to town and prevailed upon me to buy a brand new book...
[13:53] Cloud Pilote: AC CLarke - 2001!
[13:54] Sora Bluebird: my stream is on already jago
[13:54] Jago Constantine: Wow nice :)
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: I read it deep into the night on my Birthday
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: At 2am I sat bolt upright in bed
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: as Dave Bowmans las words sped from Iapetus
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: to Earth
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: "Its opening and...
[13:54] Cloud Pilote: Oh MY GOd
[13:55] Cloud Pilote: Its full of stars...
[13:55] Cloud Pilote: Who needs drugs!!
[13:55] Jago Constantine: Hehe
[13:55] Lukos Tairov: I think that IS a fantastic line, personally.
[13:56] Cloud Pilote: who are fav authors for you guys?
[13:56] Jago Constantine: yes it has that sense of wonder / personally, I'd say Iain Banks or Neal Stephenson / Sora probably likes manga and anime :)
[13:56] Cloud Pilote: lol
[13:56] Sora Bluebird: you are correct
[13:57] Sora Bluebird: and dysney
[13:57] Cloud Pilote: wELCOME!
[13:57] Jago Constantine: hey zobeid :)
[13:57] Zobeid Zuma: Hii!
[13:58] Lukos Tairov: I haven't read so much sci-fi as watched it, but I do like it.
[13:58] Jago Constantine: Hi, Lukos ... come in and join us if you like :) / We're listening to a podcast sci fi story this week
[13:58] Zobeid Zuma: When it's written, then it's SF. The word "sci-fi" applies to lower life forms, such as TV and movies. :)
[13:58] Cloud Pilote: What is that disc on your face Jago?
[13:59] Jago Constantine: hehe its from the anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
[13:59] Lukos Tairov: I'm on a text-only client. I can not navigate around the doorway just using the minimap, haha. So, I'm just gonna stand wherever I am and talk as well x)
[13:59] Jago Constantine: oh ok then you won't be able to hear the story today lol
[13:59] Sebastian Diranovitz: Hello everyone... ^^
[13:59] Jago Constantine: Hi, Sebastian :)
[14:00] Sebastian Diranovitz: HelloZ Jago/... >.<
[14:00] Sebastian Diranovitz sits down shyly
[14:00] Jago Constantine: We'll start the story at about 5 past to give any latecomers time to get here
[14:01] Sora Bluebird snickers at the cute schoolboy
[14:01] Zobeid Zuma: Oh, I think I found a new favorite chair.
[14:01] Jago Constantine: hehe
[14:02] Sebastian Diranovitz: I iz shy! *Frowns*
[14:02] Jago Constantine: um so yeah Cloud - in the anime the character they're hunting is the Laughing Man, a hacker / and he always conceals his face with this symbol / I've been watching it lately so I bought one for myself :P
[14:03] Sora Bluebird: hello eddi hunni
[14:03] Eddi Haskell: hai
[14:03] Jago Constantine: hey eddi babe :)
[14:03] Eddi Haskell: hai
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: hey sweetie, you too jago
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: lol
[14:04] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: i just consecrated two dogtags today
[14:04] Eddi Haskell: at a wedding
[14:04] Sebastian Diranovitz: Hii Eddi!
[14:05] Eddi Haskell: hi seb
[14:05] Jago Constantine: ok does everyone have their music stream on?
[14:05] Sora Bluebird: you should be hearing the moonlight sonata
[14:05] Sebastian Diranovitz: yuss... I am swaying to the moonlight sonata
[14:05] Zobeid Zuma: I had to stop and restart it. . . but it's going now.
[14:05] Jago Constantine: Hi, Souldeaf, Jairdan / Are you here for the sci fi meeting?
[14:06] Jairdan Tearfall: hello
[14:06] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: hello
[14:06] Jairdan Tearfall: yes, thought i would come and listen
[14:06] Jago Constantine: Great - put your music stream on cos we're just about to start / today's story is Harry the Crow / by John Kratman
[14:07] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: helo
[14:07] SOULDEAF Zabaleta: hello
[14:10] Sebastian Diranovitz: Guys... *Sighs* gotta go.... Suddenly... RL... I will try to make it back
[14:11] Jago Constantine: kk :)
[14:11] Sebastian Diranovitz waves
[14:11] Eddi Haskell: bye seb
[14:18] Eddi Haskell: must be from new york
[14:18] Jago Constantine: hi, serafina, we're listening to a story on the music stream
[14:18] Serafina Faith: cool
[14:38] Jago Constantine: hi, niccole :)
[14:38] Niccole Damone: hi!
[14:38] Jago Constantine: we're listening to a podcast story on the music stream
[14:38] Niccole Damone: ok
[14:53] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:53] Zobeid Zuma: That was wild!
[14:53] Eddi Haskell: hi!
[14:53] Jago Constantine: lol hi? / So what did you all think?
[14:54] Zobeid Zuma: Very funky story. A flight of fantasy, really, but a fun one.
[14:55] Jago Constantine: Yeah I thought it was fun / I've read a few stories and novels with native american themes / It would be good to have a NA perspective on the story
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: ok question
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: they were robot animaloids right?
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: what did they do?
[14:56] Jago Constantine: animaloids?
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: yeah
[14:56] Eddi Haskell: like kinda animals and kinda robots
[14:56] Jago Constantine: there was one robot in the story / harry
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: what were tthe others?
[14:57] Jago Constantine: there was a horse / and some buffalo
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: but how come it talked
[14:57] Jago Constantine: how come what talked?
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: the horse
[14:57] Jago Constantine: did it? / what did it say?
[14:57] Eddi Haskell: well everyone was intelligent
[14:58] Eddi Haskell: I got the sense that all the animals were semi robotic
[14:58] Jago Constantine: all the people were / no I don't think so
[14:59] Zobeid Zuma: Sometimes a horse is just a horse.
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: of course!
[14:59] Jago Constantine: of course
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: unless it is a horse that talks of course!
[14:59] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:59] Eddi Haskell: mr. ed
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: that was the opening of a TV show about a talking horse
[15:00] Jago Constantine: I wonder if the author is native american? / yes we know
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: im batting 100 today!
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: im just tying to make sense of it
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: the crow
[15:00] Eddi Haskell: the native americans
[15:01] Eddi Haskell: the starbase
[15:01] Eddi Haskell: but i guess the story about about Harry who is a robot
[15:01] Jago Constantine: yes / basically its the old story about the robot who wants to become human
[15:02] Eddi Haskell: oh yeah
[15:02] Jago Constantine: like pinocchio
[15:02] Zobeid Zuma: He seems to posit a future in which the native tribes have -- somehow -- retaken large parts of the country.
[15:02] Jago Constantine: well it said the government handed Yellowstone to the native americans in 2053
[15:02] Sora Bluebird: ok guys im gonna get going
[15:03] Zobeid Zuma: One of those things that would be hard to explain, but you can get away with it just by treating it as a given and leaving the rest to the reader's imagination.
[15:03] Jago Constantine: ok thanks sora :)
[15:03] Sora Bluebird: have fun!
[15:03] Eddi Haskell: io need to go too
[15:03] Jago Constantine: well I figure that if a lot of the population is moving into space
[15:03] Eddi Haskell: i need to run i have a commitment for dinner
[15:03] Jago Constantine: then the people with more ties to the land would remain / and why not get their lands back / it seemed like it was pretty sympathetic to the Crow culture / but again I would be interested in a Native American point of view on the story
[15:05] Zobeid Zuma: Well, it's been fun. :)
[15:05] Jago Constantine: so next week we'll be back to book discussion :) / thanks zobeid!
[15:06] Zobeid Zuma: I should read something!
[15:06] Jago Constantine: niccole, would you like a group invite?
[15:06] Niccole Damone: i just joined the group the other day. seems good. i had no idea what this story was about
[15:06] Zobeid Zuma: You arrived in the middle of it, didn't you?
[15:06] Niccole Damone: yeah, halfway through.
[15:06] Jago Constantine: hehe well you can download the full story here / http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP201_HarryTheCrow.mp3
[15:07] Niccole Damone: that's ok, just wanted to get here and meet some people.
[15:07] Niccole Damone: i'm already in the group
[15:07] Jago Constantine: oh cool / anyway, next week we'll be talking about what we've read lately / 2pm saturday, same location
[15:07] Niccole Damone: oh ok
[15:08] Jago Constantine: Time for my breakfast - see you next week!
[15:08] Niccole Damone: ok, nice meeting you

9 May 2009: Liberation Square

[13:56] Andrea Fairlady: Hi...glad to be here.
[13:57] Jago Constantine: I'm glad too ... you're the only one so far :P
[13:58] Jago Constantine: Usually we meet in a different location in second life, but this week we're at my home
[13:58] Jago Constantine: Hey eddi babe!
[13:58] Jago Constantine: lol arabella :)
[13:58] Jago Constantine: andrea sorry
[13:59] Jago Constantine: it's a little laggy because there's a party next door I think
[14:00] Eddi Haskell: hi / it is laggy / but it should not have anything to do with that party
[14:00] Jago Constantine shouts: oops watch out for that drop andrea!
[14:00] Andrea Fairlady: Well I don't know where I went to ...lol.
[14:01] Jago Constantine: you fell down into the box below us
[14:01] Jago Constantine: I sent you a teleport request to bring you back up
[14:01] Jago Constantine: You can't fly this high up
[14:01] Andrea Fairlady: lol / I'm awful at this
[14:02] Jago Constantine: it's ok, you're new
[14:02] Andrea Fairlady: Where is the teleport
[14:02] Jago Constantine: do you see the teleport link in the corner of your screen?
[14:02] Andrea Fairlady: lol
[14:02] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:03] Jago Constantine: Come sit here eddi :_
[14:03] Phantom Republic is Online
[14:03] Jago Constantine: maybe try a chair andrea :P
[14:03] Eddi Haskell: this is very laggy now
[14:04] Jago Constantine: Hey tawney
[14:04] Tawney Ferryhill: hello jago, how are you?
[14:05] Jago Constantine: Great! Thanks for coming / Are you rezzing slowly Tawney?
[14:06] Eddi Haskell shouts: if you wear that flght feather you can fly up at this height
[14:07] Jago Constantine: there's nothing really in the windmill :P
[14:07] Jago Constantine: Hi, Freemason
[14:07] Eddi Haskell: if you want in a few mintues we can head over to the rain box for less lag
[14:07] Jago Constantine: No it's ok
[14:08] Jago Constantine: Hi, Bryce thanks for coming
[14:08] Bryce Galbraith: Hi Jago
[14:08] Jago Constantine: Well I guess we should start
[14:08] Freemason Magic: hello everyone
[14:08] Eddi Haskell: hi freemason
[14:08] Jago Constantine: For those who are new ... the way we do this is to go round the circle and talk about what we've read during the week
[14:09] Eddi Haskell: hiya bryce
[14:09] Jago Constantine: This week if anyone else has seen it, we might talk about Star Trek :P
[14:09] Freemason Magic: ive been continue developing cyberfreemasonry in SL
[14:09] Jago Constantine: But only if it won't spoil it for anyone
[14:10] Freemason Magic: one member of the group donated me a parcel
[14:10] Jago Constantine: Oh?
[14:10] Freemason Magic: with 500 prims to build a temple
[14:10] Eddi Haskell: if you want a house put up i own 40 / can put up 40 designs
[14:10] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:10] Andrea Fairlady: Iguess I should have practiced before coming back
[14:10] Jago Constantine: lol it's ok Andrea / Can you work the seats? Just right click and sit
[14:11] Andrea Fairlady: it keeps saying there's no where to sit
[14:12] Jago Constantine: This week I read an old book by Isaac Asimov - Pebble in the Sky
[14:12] Jago Constantine: Hmm ok, try the other seats maybe
[14:12] Jago Constantine: try a stool
[14:12] Bryce Galbraith: I remember Pebble in the Sky -- been a long while since I read it. Fun book :)
[14:12] Bryce Galbraith: To be honest I don't remember a lot of it now though. I'll have to give it a read again.
[14:13] Jago Constantine: Yeah. Basically it's part of the Foundation universe, but a long time before those novels
[14:13] Andrea Fairlady: did it again
[14:13] Jago Constantine: An archaeologist from the empire comes to earth, which is an irradiated backwater / he has a crazy theory that the human race originated here :P / try one of those chairs andrea / hmm I think we lost andrea / she's having quite a lot of trouble, even for a new user / Anyway, the Asimov book was pretty fun / the earthlings are plotting to take over the galaxy :P / So the archaeologist has to stop them
[14:16] Eddi Haskell: im the spouse and Im like having family visit so Im gonna chill out today
[14:17] Eddi Haskell: lol
[14:17] Jago Constantine: I don't like asimov's novels that much, but I liked this one
[14:17] Jago Constantine: lol ok eddi, I guess you haven't read anything this week :P
[14:17] Eddi Haskell: duh me as usual im bart simpson
[14:17] Bryce Galbraith: I'm pretty sure that's an earlier work for Asimov right? Do you find maybe the stuff he wrote earlier on is more interesting compared to later?
[14:18] Jago Constantine: Well I thought Foundation was pretty dull, apart from a few of the ideas :P
[14:18] Jago Constantine: This one is from 1950
[14:19] Eddi Haskell: my editor is coming she likes azimov
[14:19] Jago Constantine: Oh cool / Hey Sherrie
[14:19] Eddi Haskell: hey everyone this is sherri from the magazine i work for
[14:19] Sherrie Shepherd: Hey Jago!
[14:19] Bryce Galbraith: Hi Sherrie :)
[14:19] Sherrie Shepherd: Hi Bryce / hey eddi :)
[14:19] Eddi Haskell: hi sherri
[14:20] Eddi Haskell: this is the sci gi group
[14:20] Eddi Haskell: sherri and i work together
[14:20] Sherrie Shepherd: yes.. colleages and friends :)
[14:20] Bryce Galbraith: Cool :)
[14:20] Jago Constantine: We're discussing Isaac Asimov ... he's one of the greats, but I'm not really into him
[14:20] Sherrie Shepherd: I've read him and I did enjoy his novel
[14:20] Bryce Galbraith: As it happens I started reading an Asimov book too just the other day -- The Gods Themselves.
[14:20] Sherrie Shepherd: its been awhile.. I know he's prolific
[14:20] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:21] Sherrie Shepherd: have not kept up though
[14:21] Jago Constantine: Yeah I think his prolificity (?) was part of the reason for his stature
[14:21] Sherrie Shepherd: that's true
[14:21] Jago Constantine: I think clarke was a better writer / Is he dead or alive, Clarke? / lol
[14:21] Sherrie Shepherd: haven't read him
[14:21] Bryce Galbraith: I rather like how that starts out -- in fact it reminds me a bit of the story of the discovery of DNA. That is, it shows scientists as being flawed humans too.
[14:21] Sherrie Shepherd: I'm more stephen king and Michael Criton
[14:22] Bryce Galbraith: Clark passed away the other year I think.
[14:22] Jago Constantine: yeah march 2008
[14:22] Eddi Haskell: you guys want to hear something strange
[14:22] Sherrie Shepherd: sure
[14:22] Jago Constantine: I like some of stephen king. his stories are better than his novels
[14:22] Eddi Haskell: it seems that one of my best friends is a famous si fi writer / i cant out him
[14:22] Jago Constantine: I think he gets paid per pound of manuscript
[14:22] Bryce Galbraith: Arthur C. Clarke was probably my favorite sci-fi author when I was growing up... perhaps still now too.
[14:22] Eddi Haskell: but im workign on it
[14:22] Sherrie Shepherd: yes.. I loved his early works under a pseudonom
[14:22] Sherrie Shepherd: nym?
[14:23] Jago Constantine: nym
[14:23] Sherrie Shepherd: psuedonym
[14:23] Sherrie Shepherd: LOL
[14:23] Jago Constantine: I did read Tommyknockers the other month and really liked that
[14:23] Jago Constantine: And The Gunslinger is fantastic
[14:23] Jago Constantine: pseudonym
[14:23] Eddi Haskell: i like steampunk
[14:23] Sherrie Shepherd: well.. Salem's lot and pet cemetary are favorites of mine
[14:24] Jago Constantine: I haven't read Salem's Lot, I can never find ti
[14:24] Eddi Haskell: they sound kewl
[14:24] Sherrie Shepherd: Salem's lot I think was his ultiamte / ultiamte
[14:24] Bryce Galbraith: Somehow I didn't really get into Stephen King. I did really like The Stand though.
[14:24] Sherrie Shepherd: ultimate
[14:24] Jago Constantine: and I don't like King enough to order it online
[14:24] Jago Constantine: The Stand, like a lot of King, is much too long :P
[14:24] Sherrie Shepherd: the stand was unique / it was intriguing and was all about kids
[14:25] Bryce Galbraith: Yeah, I needed a short comic book after finishing The Stand! :)
[14:25] Sherrie Shepherd: LOL
[14:25] Sherrie Shepherd: yeah.. heavy stuff
[14:25] Jago Constantine: heh
[14:25] Sherrie Shepherd: and how he described the dead boy by the railroad track that they discovered
[14:26] Jago Constantine: So what was the last science fiction/genre novel you read Sherrie?
[14:26] Sherrie Shepherd: I think when they made the movie.. that was keifer sutherland's first movie.. he was a teenager
[14:27] Sherrie Shepherd: hmmmm.. well.. as I said.. I like Michael Criton
[14:27] Eddi Haskell: i llike him
[14:27] Jago Constantine: Yeah me too
[14:27] Sherrie Shepherd: I'm sorry he's dead
[14:27] Jago Constantine: Yeah
[14:27] Sherrie Shepherd: he had a lot to contribute still / he died too young
[14:27] Eddi Haskell: yeah
[14:27] Bryce Galbraith: He wasn't that old, right?
[14:27] Sherrie Shepherd: and BTW.. I love Edgar allen poe
[14:27] Sherrie Shepherd: he was only like 60-ish
[14:27] Eddi Haskell: yeah
[14:28] Jago Constantine: Well, I did think that his recent novels were a bit below par ... Next and State of Fear
[14:28] Sherrie Shepherd: well.. I enjoyed The Prey
[14:28] Jago Constantine: But Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Sphere were all favourites
[14:28] Jago Constantine: Oh yeah, I thought that was below par too :P
[14:30] Eddi Haskell: why dont i tell everyone that sherrie is now lead weriter on the steampunk issue of sl vibe in july. the whole issue ot steampunk and it it a huge magazine
[14:31] Jago Constantine: Sorry I'm lagging a bit / No you can't tell everyone that
[14:31] Bryce Galbraith: Wow, that sounds cool -- congratulations Sherrie!
[14:31] Jago Constantine: Oops we lost Eddi
[14:31] Jago Constantine: And Sherrie
[14:32] Bryce Galbraith: Yeah, I'm afraid I'm lagging some as well... at the moment I'm in a cafe and there are a number of other folks with laptops .... we're probably all competing for the same bandwidth!
[14:32] Jago Constantine: I think it might be that there's a large party in the next parcel, but Eddi says that shouldn't lag us
[14:33] Jago Constantine: So what is the Asimov novel you're reading about Bryce?
[14:33] Bryce Galbraith: I just started The Gods Themselves, so I'm still getting into the story. But it is essentially about a 'limitless' power source that has become Earth's main energy source.
[14:34] Jago Constantine: How is it?
[14:34] Bryce Galbraith: It derives from exchanging matter with a parallel universe.
[14:34] Jago Constantine: Oh I think I recall that now / vaguely
[14:35] Bryce Galbraith: So far pretty good -- it actually starts out with the main character getting involved in figuring out how the scientific discovery actually happened, and encountering different roadblocks along the one stemming from the main discoverer.
[14:35] Ryce Skytower: hi eddi cant get in / i got kicked out
[14:35] Jago Constantine: Hey "Ryce"
[14:35] Ryce Skytower: hi im eddi
[14:35] Jago Constantine: This is Eddi's alt
[14:35] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:35] Ryce Skytower: h cant get in as eddi
[14:35] Bryce Galbraith: Hello :)
[14:35] Ryce Skytower: i got 20,000 items
[14:35] Ryce Skytower: hi
[14:37] Jago Constantine: What do you think of the venue today Bryce?
[14:37] Bryce Galbraith: Look for a future report :) / So the premise of the story is that this 'limitless' power source has a nasty side effect which may wipe out the earth or something. That part isn't clear -- just what I gleaned from the back cover, and I haven't gotten far enough along in the novel to know more details.
[14:37] Jago Constantine: cool
[14:37] Bryce Galbraith: Hmm... I seem to be losing some of my messages in the ether here?
[14:37] Bryce Galbraith: I like your place...
[14:37] Bryce Galbraith: Very strange.
[14:38] Jago Constantine: It's chat lag I think
[14:39] Bryce Galbraith: Your sky island with the windmill reminds me of the Gorillaz video for 'feel good'
[14:39] Jago Constantine: I don't suppose you've seen the new Star Trek yet?
[14:39] Jago Constantine: Freemason is AFK so I can't ask if he's read anything
[14:39] Bryce Galbraith: No, I haven't seen it yet... I'm definitely interested. Just have to see when I can get around to it (same with everything else in my life.)
[14:39] Jago Constantine: I think it was based on that ... the island and windmill came in a box set
[14:40] Bryce Galbraith: (w/o giving away too much) / What are your impressions of the new Star Trek movie?
[14:41] Jago Constantine: I liked it, I thought it was fun
[14:41] Eddi Haskell: sorry guys i am having problems bad
[14:41] Jago Constantine: It wasn't awesome, but it was a good movie
[14:41] Jago Constantine: The 'reboot' made sense, it wasn't just arbitrary
[14:41] Bryce Galbraith: Sounds about right.. I don't think I've been blown away by a Star Trek film, but I generally enjoy them.
[14:42] Jago Constantine: I thought the new Chekov was annoying
[14:42] Bryce Galbraith: I did at least see WatchMen before it left the theater.
[14:42] Jago Constantine: He's like Wesley Crusher in this version - a teenage whiz kid
[14:43] Bryce Galbraith: Hmmm... how about the other characters?
[14:43] Jago Constantine: They were all good, but I wasn't sure about Scottie either :P
[14:44] Bryce Galbraith: :)
[14:44] Jago Constantine: I think they grabbed the only scottish actor they'd heard of
[14:44] Eddi Haskell: lordie
[14:44] Bryce Galbraith: lol!
[14:44] Jago Constantine: he doesn't even look like scottie :P
[14:44] Eddi Haskell: get out the fried mars bars
[14:45] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:45] Bryce Galbraith: So are there any other books you have lined up to read next?
[14:45] Eddi Haskell: so im working on talking my friend into speaking to us
[14:45] Jago Constantine: Actually Simon Pegg is English :P
[14:45] Eddi Haskell: he apparantly is a famous writer / i cant out him yet
[14:45] Jago Constantine: lol eddi
[14:45] Eddi Haskell: what did he write jago?
[14:45] Jago Constantine: Simon Pegg is the new Scotty in Star Trek
[14:45] Eddi Haskell: ah
[14:46] Eddi Haskell: is he short?
[14:46] Jago Constantine: lol
[14:46] Jago Constantine: He was in Shaun of the Dead
[14:46] Jago Constantine: the star of that
[14:46] Eddi Haskell: yeah he looks like scotty i just looked it up / so are you guys into steampunk
[14:47] Jago Constantine: he's blond!
[14:47] Eddi Haskell: simon peg?
[14:47] Jago Constantine: I don't have anything lined up to read next / Yes I like steampunk :P
[14:48] Eddi Haskell: cause we gonna have 130 pages of steampunk edit
[14:48] Bryce Galbraith: I haven't gotten into that yet but I suspect I will at some point :)
[14:48] Eddi Haskell: yeah ive gotten into it
[14:48] Jago Constantine: heh
[14:48] Eddi Haskell: sherrie is lead writer
[14:48] Bryce Galbraith: Well, I need to head out.
[14:48] Eddi Haskell: take care bryce
[14:48] Bryce Galbraith: It was nice talking scifi stuff with ya :)
[14:49] Eddi Haskell: sorry but my lag is terrible , it must be the server I am on
[14:49] Bryce Galbraith: Till next time :)
[14:49] Eddi Haskell: bye!
[14:49] Jago Constantine: Cya Bryce!