As I feel it is inappropriate to send several posts to you, with all of my questions and comments, I'll send it in one summarised letter, with my personal apologies for the quick jumping off-topic.
1) I'm sorry for the "Auschwitz and Genocide" thread of mine; it was a bit excessive... It was on the 60th, so I felt a moral obligation...
2) I heard that you met my old SciFi teacher (Raz Grinberg) sometime in 2003 (I think in Israel, but it might have been in the USA): once the Schience-Fiction class heard of that fact, it erupted in joy; just to alert you.
3) As you have a fantastic talent of making a brilliant book aout of anything, anytime, anywhere, anyhow - I thought of it: why not make some plot out of the characters in this forum?
I mean, every active poster here can be a base for a character in your book (hopefully me too, but that's not my business). Why not try and make it? It could be anything from a documentary of how forums function in 2005 to a bunch of smart guys starting their own nation. Whatever comes to mind, you're simply the one and only I know who can write a book out of anyithing, and make it interesting.
Please, do it; for Hatrack!
Yours sincerely, Your #X fan, The one who still needs the Homecoming Saga and persuades his parents, The one who, while having only 20 Euros to spend over two weeks, went all around Dublin searching for your books (bargain) on the first day, The one who is desperate for SOTG, Jonathan Howard
(P.S. Did I sound too flattering or pompous? Sorry for that!)
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
he already did.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Which, where, when, what, why?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:3) As you have a fantastic talent of making a brilliant book aout of anything, anytime, anywhere, anyhow - I thought of it: why not make some plot out of the characters in this forum? I mean, every active poster here can be a base for a character in your book (hopefully me too, but that's not my business). Why not try and make it? It could be anything from a documentary of how forums function in 2005 to a bunch of smart guys starting their own nation. Whatever comes to mind, you're simply the one and only I know who can write a book out of anyithing, and make it interestin
I would be a good character.....I feel I have a certain mysteriousness to my actions....and am all around crazy guy....oh and I am an active poster too... Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
I wrote that story and finished it last year. It's about 22,000 words, and it's been sitting on my hard drive waiting for me to summon the energy for another edit.
[ February 05, 2005, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
wait... Irami is OSC?
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
Don't start anything you cannot finish, Kama.
[ February 05, 2005, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I don't think so... your guess is better than mine....and since I don't know I will go bang my head on a wall Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
no
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
No what? No you aren't OSC or no you are?? Or no to something else I don't know about? I'm confused!!! Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
orange
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
stop confusing me.. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
As far as I know, Irami is NOT Orson Scott Card, but merely wrote a story including many hatrackers.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
If anyone does happen to write a story that involves me, I hereby give you permission to change my name to something infinately cooler. Perhaps something like Darth Vader or Eddie Vedder. Oh, and give me sunglasses.
That is all. Carry on.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
How 'bout Hot Nathan?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Myeh... ::does wavy hand thingy::
I prefer something that strikes fear into kittens, and causes grass to die.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Irami is not OSC: eg no photograph exists of Irami pulling the head off of a Jatraquero. And that's not even the amazing part. That same Jatraquero posted a picture bragging about how OSC pulled his head off!
OSC has included several Hatrackers as characters in his writing as the prize for winning an OSC-books trivia contest. And has asked some to edit as series-continuity checkers : eg PapaMoose had the opportunity to read Shadow of the Giant prior to publication. I believe that part of the thanks&dedications in his books include their names.
BTW -- The Auschwitz and genocide thread wasn't even close to being excessive. We've had far far more hyperbolic postings inre eg treatment of cats.
[ February 05, 2005, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
quote:And that's not even the amazing part: that same Jatraquero posted a picture bragging about how OSC pulled his head off.
I had that picture saved under my favorites back home, and have the one with my head being squished framed.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Just goes to show that when OSC wants to pick somebody's brains, he doesn't mess around.
Could you post the link(s) to the picture(s), please?
[ February 05, 2005, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I had it saved back home. I don't live there anymore.
I could post my picture, if you'd like.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Also, if you want the original persons, I could ask them for you.
[ February 05, 2005, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Please. That's why I edited in the (s) above.
EDIT: Thanks! I jes ain't fast enough.
[ February 05, 2005, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Nathan hates NH.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
NewHampshire? Or didja mean HN?
[ February 05, 2005, 07:22 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Also, if you've read Alvin Journeyman, many of the citizens of Hatrack River were characters taken from the Hatrack River RPG on AOL.
Posted by foundling (Member # 6348) on :
Gasp! How can anyone hate NH? It's cool there. Really, really cool. Alright, so it's cold. But NH is great. Why doesnt he like it there?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Dunno. Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
mack, then move to the civilized lands of MA.
Much nicer this side of the Merrimack/Pemigewasset.
-Bok
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
quote:Also, if you've read Alvin Journeyman, many of the citizens of Hatrack River were characters taken from the Hatrack River RPG on AOL.
Oh, dang, now I feel like a newbie. I never knew about that. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Isn't it mentioned in the Author's Note? I can't check at the moment . . .
*misses her books-in-storage*
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Well, I remember the Hatrack River forum on AOL, but not so much an RPG... I guess some of the forum was "in character"... is that what Tom's talking about?
I was imagining something more like a MUD. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: I prefer something that strikes fear into kittens, and causes grass to die.
Attila?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
It is mentioned.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Oh, really? I didn't see it!
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
Oh my heck!
What is going on in here?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I'm writing a thread. That's what's going on here.
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Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Did someone just say "Oh my heck!"
Oh my heck...
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I often think of Hatrack as a play - all dialogue, fascinating characters. I want to save the whole forum and turn it into a drama. In fact, the KamaCon - BobnDanaCon time period has a number of dramas that would go very well on stage, and you could open and close with a party, like in the O.C.
*coniders* It almost makes me want to try being a writer again.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
But you are a writer, kat. Don't sell yourself short just because you get paid for it. Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*laugh*
I've been channelling the creativity into things I know I have no talent in (like art). I agree that that's craven in a way, but it's better than the raw and unhinged Katie that emerges when ever I try to write creatively. At some point, I'm going to figure out how to be open enough to write honestly and still keep myself together enough to maintain my life.
[ February 07, 2005, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Huzzah for art!! (tackleglomps and noogies katharina) If you don't draw, you won't improve! KEEP ARTING!!!
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