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padders · 24th October 2000, 07:59 AM

Mything, you interviewed her? Lets have a transcript then

MythingLink · 24th October 2000, 09:10 AM

Ah wish that I could. A little history lesson.

In the middle of October of 1998 we moved from Washington, D.C. to Tennessee. In November of 1997, my husband was shipped to Korea for a year. What this accomplished was that only really necessary things were unpacked from the boxes they were moved in -- dishes, bedding, clothing, etc. Books, video tapes, all of our games (role-playing, strategy, and board), miscellaneous paperwork, photo albums, etc. were left packed in the boxes they were moved in. My husband came home from Korea in November 1998. Two weeks later our water heater burst flooding the basement. I'm just thankful that it waited until he got home to do that. The upshot is that anything in the boxes at the bottom of the stacks was forever turned to mush and as luck would have it, one of those boxes was from my days working at a public access TV station for whom I did the interview for. It's been so long ago, I don't even know if the TV station would still have a copy of the tape. The good news is that the books she autographed for me weren't destroyed.

I do remember her as a very educated, intelligent, charming woman who didn't seem to mind all the chaos that was going on around her with people dressed up as their favorite movie characters running around the place. She seemed to find it great fun. It amazed me that she even attended. It was a relatively small convention, in Salt Lake City, Utah ... not the convention center of the world by any means. She was a gracious host who made us feel at home in her hotel room always putting us at ease when mistakes were made with the camera and we had to reshoot something.

Cheers,

padders · 24th October 2000, 11:43 AM

arr what a story. When this place gets popular that we can ask her for an interview

MythingLink · 25th October 2000, 09:40 AM

That would be kind of fun, wouldn't it?

Cheers,

jsc · 26th October 2000, 05:34 AM

Yes, and you could be the interviewer again. Sort of like old times.

I am glad with the net and all that people still have time to read books... you know the old fashioned way of communicating long distance with people! But books last over time unlike net chatter! I am glad that yours and their autographs survived!

MythingLink · 26th October 2000, 09:21 AM

Books will always be my first love.

Being brought up in a home where books were always seen in the hands of someone, it was only natural that I should pick them up as soon as I started to learn how to read. It was the one thing my parents did nurture.

Even with the computer revolution and the beginning of ebooks, I don't think I'll ever think of them the same way as I do print books. It just isn't the same.

Besides it's kind of difficult to curl up in bed to read an ebook on a computer.

Cheers,

jsc · 26th October 2000, 11:42 AM

We are as two peas from the same pod on this one Mythinglink! I find that there is something freeing about a book that will enhance concentration and let the mind explore at the same time. It a sensual pleasure (the touch, feel, and smell of books)and a mental one!

The one major difference would be cultural. In New England,
and in my family particularly, one person would read, usually my grandmother, while the rest of us would work. That is how the Bible and Koran were both first heard by me. My son still loves to be read to and he is thirteen! We started him out early, before he was born, hearing books. The one he remembers more that any other is the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. He was just four and was absolutely goggle eyed when Joe and I started to read that to him!

[Edited by jsc on 10-26-2000 at 06:48 AM]

Sci-Fi16 · 13th January 2001, 12:57 PM

16, I might be, but I know what you're saying. Reading is a true love for me.

Skip · 14th January 2001, 03:56 PM

My first love! Words!
Ceptin choc!

Asmiley · 7th February 2001, 06:45 PM

I Looove reading anything that's not a school textbook.

Anne McCaffrey is my fave Author at the moment. Love reading about Pern and the Dragons

and Weyrs. Lessa is my fave carachter. Who's your fave?

[Edited by Asmiley on 02-08-2001 at 08:04 PM]

jsc · 8th February 2001, 06:21 AM

The Dragons!

Asmiley · 8th February 2001, 01:37 PM

Cool. Wich one? Or you like them all?

[Edited by Asmiley on 02-08-2001 at 08:03 PM]

jsc · 8th February 2001, 02:08 PM

F'lar's, bronze,Mnemnoth, Lessa's queen, Flor's Brown, Mirrim's Path, Jaxom's Ruth and of course the fire lizzards!

Asmiley · 8th February 2001, 02:59 PM

Lessa's queen is awsome. I wish I could have a dragon and a couple firlizards.

Then I'd be An'rea or Asmi'ey.

Asmiley · 8th February 2001, 08:03 PM

Now this is an awesome looking dragon.

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Asmiley lost in Time Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,373	Love to read. I Looove reading anything that's not a school textbook. Anne McCaffrey is my fave Author at the moment. Love reading about Pern and the Dragons and Weyrs. Lessa is my fave carachter. Who's your fave? [Edited by Asmiley on 02-08-2001 at 08:04 PM]

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24th October 2000, 07:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
padders System Lord of ASciFi.com Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,812	Mything, you interviewed her? Lets have a transcript then

24th October 2000, 09:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
MythingLink First Prime of ASciFi Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,798	Ah wish that I could. A little history lesson. In the middle of October of 1998 we moved from Washington, D.C. to Tennessee. In November of 1997, my husband was shipped to Korea for a year. What this accomplished was that only really necessary things were unpacked from the boxes they were moved in -- dishes, bedding, clothing, etc. Books, video tapes, all of our games (role-playing, strategy, and board), miscellaneous paperwork, photo albums, etc. were left packed in the boxes they were moved in. My husband came home from Korea in November 1998. Two weeks later our water heater burst flooding the basement. I'm just thankful that it waited until he got home to do that. The upshot is that anything in the boxes at the bottom of the stacks was forever turned to mush and as luck would have it, one of those boxes was from my days working at a public access TV station for whom I did the interview for. It's been so long ago, I don't even know if the TV station would still have a copy of the tape. The good news is that the books she autographed for me weren't destroyed. I do remember her as a very educated, intelligent, charming woman who didn't seem to mind all the chaos that was going on around her with people dressed up as their favorite movie characters running around the place. She seemed to find it great fun. It amazed me that she even attended. It was a relatively small convention, in Salt Lake City, Utah ... not the convention center of the world by any means. She was a gracious host who made us feel at home in her hotel room always putting us at ease when mistakes were made with the camera and we had to reshoot something. Cheers,

24th October 2000, 11:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
padders System Lord of ASciFi.com Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,812	arr what a story. When this place gets popular that we can ask her for an interview

25th October 2000, 09:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
MythingLink First Prime of ASciFi Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,798	That would be kind of fun, wouldn't it? Cheers,

26th October 2000, 05:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	Yes, and you could be the interviewer again. Sort of like old times. I am glad with the net and all that people still have time to read books... you know the old fashioned way of communicating long distance with people! But books last over time unlike net chatter! I am glad that yours and their autographs survived!

26th October 2000, 09:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
MythingLink First Prime of ASciFi Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,798	Books will always be my first love. Being brought up in a home where books were always seen in the hands of someone, it was only natural that I should pick them up as soon as I started to learn how to read. It was the one thing my parents did nurture. Even with the computer revolution and the beginning of ebooks, I don't think I'll ever think of them the same way as I do print books. It just isn't the same. Besides it's kind of difficult to curl up in bed to read an ebook on a computer. Cheers,

26th October 2000, 11:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	We are as two peas from the same pod on this one Mythinglink! I find that there is something freeing about a book that will enhance concentration and let the mind explore at the same time. It a sensual pleasure (the touch, feel, and smell of books)and a mental one! The one major difference would be cultural. In New England, and in my family particularly, one person would read, usually my grandmother, while the rest of us would work. That is how the Bible and Koran were both first heard by me. My son still loves to be read to and he is thirteen! We started him out early, before he was born, hearing books. The one he remembers more that any other is the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. He was just four and was absolutely goggle eyed when Joe and I started to read that to him! [Edited by jsc on 10-26-2000 at 06:48 AM]

13th January 2001, 12:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sci-Fi16 Expert Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: England, S.E. Posts: 564	16, I might be, but I know what you're saying. Reading is a true love for me.

14th January 2001, 03:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
Skip Odi et amo et- CRUCIO! Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester. UK. Or near as dammit. Posts: 4,670	My first love! Words! Ceptin choc!

8th February 2001, 06:21 AM	#11 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	The Dragons!

8th February 2001, 01:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
Asmiley lost in Time Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,373	Cool. Wich one? Or you like them all? [Edited by Asmiley on 02-08-2001 at 08:03 PM]

8th February 2001, 02:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
jsc God Like Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, California,U.S.A. Posts: 4,353	F'lar's, bronze,Mnemnoth, Lessa's queen, Flor's Brown, Mirrim's Path, Jaxom's Ruth and of course the fire lizzards!

8th February 2001, 02:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
Asmiley lost in Time Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,373	Lessa's queen is awsome. I wish I could have a dragon and a couple firlizards. Then I'd be An'rea or Asmi'ey.

8th February 2001, 08:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
Asmiley lost in Time Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,373	Now this is an awesome looking dragon.