tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post259312750780422878..comments2024-01-27T16:58:23.292-08:00Comments on Daniel Keys Moran: I Love Daniel Keys MoranDaniel Keys Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-49107722474972359312008-04-14T17:19:00.000-07:002008-04-14T17:19:00.000-07:00I love Dan's stuff. Check out "The Terror," for a ...I love Dan's stuff. Check out "The Terror," for a book that will make you really, really, cold ...<BR/><BR/>That said, he gets the gun stuff wrong -- even after I offered to read it and vet it for him ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-63906124108957895862008-04-13T23:35:00.000-07:002008-04-13T23:35:00.000-07:00"Odysseus.""Odysseus."Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-78933460835655869132008-04-13T23:34:00.000-07:002008-04-13T23:34:00.000-07:00Rob, or anyone else -- I'm not anti-getting-paid, ...Rob, or anyone else -- I'm not anti-getting-paid, just trying to be cautious about putting myself in a position where I disappoint people. Fifteen years is a long time -- I'll try to get a donate button up in the next day or two; I actually went to Paypal and got the code for it.<BR/><BR/>However, if you want to donate to any particular charity in my name, bless you.<BR/><BR/>Any charity mentioned so far is perfectly cool with me. I lean toward EFF and the ACLU myself -- there aren't enough organizations out there supporting freedom of expression -- but that's a minor preference.<BR/><BR/>~~~~~<BR/><BR/>Alex, good to hear from you. I'll write you an email privately tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>~~~~~<BR/><BR/>Anon,<BR/><BR/>Dan Simmons writes the best fucking space opera in the history of SF ... except for Doc Smith. Hyperion is space opera of a high order, plus Big Thoughts, and doesn't embarrass itself anywhere, which space opera + Big Thoughts tends to do.<BR/><BR/>I loved the idea behind his Troy novels -- but not the execution so much. The Hyperion material felt long but not too long; the Troy stuff just felt too long. (Or maybe crammed into too short a time period -- the war against the Gods seems to take a couple of weeks of Achilles and Hector's time, though, as per spec, Odysses gets hosed.)Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-10110044395019717062008-04-11T16:38:00.000-07:002008-04-11T16:38:00.000-07:00What Rob said. My usuals are Doctors without Borde...What Rob said. My usuals are Doctors without Borders, International Rescue Comittee, and the ACLU. Take your pick, $25.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-60586036289547794332008-04-11T09:05:00.000-07:002008-04-11T09:05:00.000-07:00This is great. You have arrived.This is great. You have arrived.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-17986452750015139902008-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:002008-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:00hey dan im looking forward to your next book. id l...hey dan im looking forward to your next book. id like to know what u think of dan simmons hyperion novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-36768523295033388492008-04-10T17:36:00.000-07:002008-04-10T17:36:00.000-07:00Hi Dan,I'm really bad with this comment stuff but ...Hi Dan,<BR/><BR/>I'm really bad with this comment stuff but I left you 2 messages already. The last one (today. all of them) was a comment to Feb. 14th Valentines Post. Just says how much of a fan I am and would love to read Terminal Freedom and Devlin's Razor. My email is alex.nikolich@sbcglobal.net Don't care about how much spam I may get from this because, like I said in the other comment, it's worth any risk to read anything written by you. You rock, brother!!<BR/><BR/>Your fan,<BR/><BR/>Alex NikolichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-71144341665833417492008-04-10T11:22:00.000-07:002008-04-10T11:22:00.000-07:00Speaking of showing some love for Daniel Keys Mora...Speaking of showing some love for Daniel Keys Moran, and <I>AI War</I>...<BR/><BR/>Dan, I've shelled out the bucks for everything you've written except <I>The Ring.</I> I would like to continue doing this for <I>AI War,</I> except that you're graciously offering it as a free download.<BR/><BR/>I know, I know. It's a gift to the fans who have been patiently waiting fifteen years for the next installment. But still, it's the principle of the thing: I'll feel better if money changes hands.<BR/><BR/>So, since you don't want the fans to pay you for it, and since some of us fans want to pay you for it--<BR/><BR/>--my usual charitable tastes go towards Oxfam, the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and buying books for a local elementary school library. If any of these meet with your approval, say the word and I'll bump up my next check to them by $25.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161511448938342839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-9207445421352466542008-04-10T03:55:00.000-07:002008-04-10T03:55:00.000-07:00Hmm...Your name is pretty unique, I'd think you sh...Hmm...Your name is pretty unique, I'd think you should get a percentage. A quick Google search on your name yields hits that are exclusively you as far down as 20 pages. Around 30 or so you start to see some Daniel Morans. I suppose it could be a random Daniel Keys Moran who just isn't "net famous".rhudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825290631372084880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-53297768417259836682008-04-10T01:00:00.000-07:002008-04-10T01:00:00.000-07:00Ummmm. I love your books mate, but .....Ummmm. I love your books mate, but .....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865414526007840323noreply@blogger.com