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Posted by Observer (Member # 7256) on :

I attend Bethel College in Kansas and have been taking notes and thinking about OSC, and I have found that I have many questions to ask him on many different levels. Questions that I've always dreamed about asking him face to face. I figure that if I posted a new topic, where anyone could ask a question, whether it be philosophical, historical, etc., we could learn more about each other throughout our questions. I sincerely hope that this is a fruitful topic.

Posted by Saint_11 (Member # 7232) on :

I would ask what inspired him to write these books, about these topics, and how did he come up with these amazing charactors? [Dont Know]

Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

Hey Scott, Who do you think will make the Super Bowl?

Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :

If he comes to my party in June I will ask him if he wants a hamburger, a hot dog or a bratwurst.

And if he wants corn on the cob.

msquared

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

That's two questions msquared. [Wink]

*spoilers*

I asked him my question already at the signing last year...I said something like:

"Aside from your wonderful family, which is the piece of work that you feel the most attached to, or proud of?" Basically, what's your favorite book that you've written? [Wink]

He said something like: "You already mentioned that my family is the most important and it's the same in my books...Lost Boys is the book that I'm most attached to because it is about my family. It was the hardest book for me to write (having to imagine the death of your own child) and I'll probably never try something like that again."

Those are extreme paraphrases. [Smile]

That's the gist though and I thought it was pretty cool.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

"Can my wife and I take you and your wife out to dinner?"

Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :

If you have two patients and both are going to die at the same time and you can only save one. Which one will it be?

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Hmph. More like two IMpatients....

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Wow. I thought that book was autobiographical. I think it's my favourite. It made me cry last time I read it and I rarely do that...
Perhaps I'd ask him a nice safe question about opera or music in general rather than a political one.

Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :

I would ask him, Have you read Douglas Adams?

Posted by Dread Pendragon (Member # 7239) on :

"Can I co-author a book with you? (with me as first author, of course)." [Smile]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

I think I know what Icarus would ask, these days.

Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :

"Would you like to come to my wedding?"

(Or, if it's after I get married, I'd ask them out to dinner)

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

I asked him once about walking around our Bootcamp classroom in bare feet-- only because Geoff said that as kids, they were never allowed to walk around barefoot.

OSC said he did it because his sandals made his feet sweat.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

Would you be my lifeline?

Gee, what a convenient thread!

[Big Grin]

[ January 12, 2005, 08:39 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

Oh, wait. . . you said serious question.

My bad, yo.

Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :

I would probably ask him if he had his vision of the physical laws in the Enderverse as a factor of his faith, of if he gained faith by what he found creating that universe.

Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :

"What are you doing talking to me when you could be writing books?"

Posted by Dread Pendragon (Member # 7239) on :

Honestly, I would ask he what he thinks about constantly getting bashed on his forums (much more so on Ornery). I suspect he would make some comment about how he doesn't let himself take it personally, but it would be really hard not to, which is why I think he doesn't go there much.

Posted by Strawcatz (Member # 7215) on :

I'd ask if he has any regrets, and if so, what are they?

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

And he'd say there was this one guy, once, back in college . . . .

[Wink]

Posted by jjmelberg (Member # 7099) on :

Why do you believe the spiritual things you believe?

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

"Why don't you come to Utah anymore?"

Actually, if I asked him this it would probably mean he was IN Utah...