tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post417722025232838101..comments2024-01-27T16:58:23.292-08:00Comments on Daniel Keys Moran: Trent's walking around the house with a handheld...Daniel Keys Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-41212005384620359552007-10-02T09:51:00.000-07:002007-10-02T09:51:00.000-07:00I've read a lot of Dick, but he's not the huge fav...I've read a lot of Dick, but he's not the huge favorite with me he is with some others -- writers I like, I think about their books, think about reading them again, if only in passing -- this doesn't happen with Dick's work, though I always admire it when I do get around to it.<BR/><BR/>I re-read "Eye in the Sky" within the last few years. Good book, but again, didn't send me off on a tear to refresh myself with all the other PKD floating around out there.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-62083949178216017702007-10-01T13:00:00.000-07:002007-10-01T13:00:00.000-07:00I'm always curious as to what authors read and wha...I'm always curious as to what authors read and what influences or influenced them. I don't remember you mentioning anything about Philip K Dick, someone I have just recently gotten into. Have you read much of his stuff?josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128891354031712739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-68239733469385058042007-09-24T16:33:00.000-07:002007-09-24T16:33:00.000-07:00Handhelds, yes you did indeed, I read TLR so many ...Handhelds, yes you did indeed, I read <BR/>TLR so many times I forgot how long ago it first came out.<BR/><BR/>Praying for AI war everyday, 5 times a day...Neil Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363988561426525106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-44390496821942528602007-09-24T08:10:00.000-07:002007-09-24T08:10:00.000-07:00"nobody's going to finish mine, if I don't."So...O..."nobody's going to finish mine, if I don't."<BR/><BR/>So...<BR/><BR/>Off you go.<BR/><BR/>We'll wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-11923002137201638252007-09-23T21:02:00.000-07:002007-09-23T21:02:00.000-07:00Joseph -- "You are a man before your time I guess....Joseph -- "You are a man before your time I guess."<BR/><BR/>Maybe a little on the computer stuff. But it's best to not get too wrapped up in it -- just reading "The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton," by Larry Niven -- book published in '76, not sure when the last story in it was written -- but there's a line it about kids waching tv episodes on their telephones at school, and getting caught by the principal ...<BR/><BR/>Atergoboy, yeah -- I enjoyed the first several books in that series. Read them all in a rush. And then years passed, the stories came out infrequently and never seemed to advance the plot any, and I quit. Around volume 6 or 7.<BR/><BR/>As to Jordan, never met the guy, and while I enjoyed the series, it wasn't Tolkien, and isn't up to the standards of what George RR Martin is doing with the Ice and Fire series.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I could take it as a sign not to leave things hanging. Somebody will finish Jordan's series -- nobody's going to finish mine, if I don't.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-9874423627066569992007-09-23T13:10:00.000-07:002007-09-23T13:10:00.000-07:00I don't know if you're a fan, or even read any of ...I don't know if you're a fan, or even read any of his books, but do you have any comments on the passing of Robert Jordan?Atergoboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855979748734059016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-53977571276120853882007-09-21T15:26:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:26:00.000-07:00The Nokia's are nice.I have an N800 I use for audi...The Nokia's are nice.<BR/><BR/>I have an N800 I use for auditing and pentesting. Kismet and Metasploit runs just on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-67958332772092133322007-09-21T15:20:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:20:00.000-07:00Wasn't an elephant; he was a giraffe. Gerard the b...Wasn't an elephant; he was a giraffe. Gerard the basketball playing giraffe. His team would throw him the ball and he'd knock it through the hoop with his head. I don't remember the episode where Diamond Dan showed up, except it started with Gerard and Juliet digging up ancient gold bars ... <BR/><BR/>In one story Gerard helped the Lakers beat the Chicago Bulls, back when Jordan was still playing. In another, years later, after the Lakers knocked the Spurs out of the playoffs, I did a story about how Gerard's high school team had beaten a team that had previously always beaten them ... halfway through the story, my son Bram said "Hey! This is just like what happened with the Lakers and the Spurs!"<BR/><BR/>Had to come up with more original stories after that. You can do "ripped from the headlines" on tv, but Bram at 6 was smarter than most of the tv audience ...Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-24710333991393878562007-09-21T12:16:00.000-07:002007-09-21T12:16:00.000-07:00He's not really ready for the Long Run, and I'm no...He's not really ready for the Long Run, and I'm not really worried if he thinks I was pulling his leg or not. When the kids were really little I told them I had 4 arms -- two I kept under my shirt, and sucked back inside my skin when the shirt came off. They didn't believe me even then, but it kept 'em on their toes. Skepticism is a useful trait.<BR/><BR/>My 5 year old does want me to read some of my stories to him for bedtime. Can't really think of anything appropriate -- I used to tell the older kids stories about a basketball playing elephant -- I've forgotten the elephant's name. He was in high school and had a human girlfriend named Juliet.<BR/><BR/>There was also a ghost, Diamond Dan, who was Brett Maverick with the serial numbers rubbed off. He featured in several of the basketball playing elephant stories ...Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-51201054799478320032007-09-21T09:15:00.000-07:002007-09-21T09:15:00.000-07:00Years after reading The Long Run, when the Interne...Years after reading The Long Run, when the Internet became a household item, I used to tell people I knew about your book and how these things are becoming more viable. I have not read a large amount of Sci-fi, so I just assumed stuff like this was well used in some form or another. You are a man before your time I guess.<BR/><BR/>Has your son actually read any of your books? That's one way to prove it to him.josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128891354031712739noreply@blogger.com