I read with much amusement (on Page 237 of the TLC Afterword) one Hollywood wag dismiss the Starman books with a `pithy' comment of "I get the impression that...
Wow! Sweet! =) Me likey!!!! I didn't know who was putting out the Narnia movies, and this makes me VERY hopeful of good things to come. =) Hey, this is Amy, I...
Amy Farmer
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Nov 2, 2005 2:49 pm
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Mark, Thanks for that link. All I can say is, good for Mr. Anschutz. We need more folks like that in the film industry who aren't bothered by what Hollywood...
David Ethell
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Nov 2, 2005 8:19 pm
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... Not quite correct. Harry Potter has sold about 300 million books. Nevertheless, Anschutz's Walden Media might be a good fit for the Starman series and vice...
And thank you to Michael D. Cooper for returning Marge Avery's poem to the Starman canon! While I certainly noticed it missing while reading MOM (and thought...
American Web Books' website shows that a few people have ordered copies of MUTINY ON MARS, DOOMSDAY HORIZON, THE HEART OF DANGER, and THE LAST COMMAND, and are...
The Starman Team encourages people who have read THE LAST COMMAND to post their comments. Be sure to put SPOILER ALERT on your message! Michael D. Cooper...
... message Thanks for the reminder about noting if a message has spoilers. I am reading the series for the first time and would hate to have the last book...
I have finished 'The Last Command" and well I now know why it was so hard to start. The book is quite intense for being one of the short ones. I would have...
... There may well have been such a device on the ships, but we pointed out in several places that the Xenobots themselves did not know how to operate much of...
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:43:03 -0800 ... Yes, I do realize this, however, relief values are generally automatic, something the Xenobots did not need to know how...
... I work in an IT department of a multi-billion-dollar company; I'm a computer programmer. We have a room just down the hall that has a great many powerful...
Jon Cooper answered the question about the Xenobots' safety valves very well. Regardless of how well people put our technology together, something can still go...
Hi Jon, I also work for a large computing company and I am quite familuar with such systems and I am also a programmer (and oh, by the way, I also have a...
"Technology is a race between engineers who are creating bigger and better fool-proof systems, and the Universe, who is creating bigger and better fools. So...
... That is pretty cool! What languages do you use? I tend to use Java/VB.NET/ASP.NET, with some HTML thrown in for good measure. (I do work for a gas station...
Hi Y'all! Yes. Professionally I was a COBOL guru from about 1974-1985. Those jobs also entailed a smattering of Fortran and IBM mainframe assembler (BAL). ...
... I was a programmer/systems analyst for the USAF for the last 7 years of my 20-year career. I worked with MS Batch, dBASE, Ada, COBOL, BASIC, Pascal, MASM,...
... Beautifully said, Jon. That describes the Starman series in a sentence or two. ... Can anyone guess what line that is? I can give hints if necessary. David...
The Starman Team is pleased to announce that the ENTIRE STARMAN SAGA may now be ordered as a unit. We have arranged with Cafepress to publish the entire saga...
The Starman Team has two extra advance sets of THE STARMAN SAGA in standard (i.e. NOT annotated) format. These sets will be sold at a discount to the first two...
... I suspect that Jon is thinking about this exchange from chapter 6 of The Lost Race of Mars: "How're the repairs coming?" asked Mark. "Okay," responded Joe....
One has been purchased but there is one advance-version set of THE STARMAN SAGA left, which may be purchased at a discount. Fifty dollars instead of sixty...
Hi David, I think I may not make it in time but I would be interested in the Advance-Verssion set if it is still available. Ed Pippin PS Yes, we are having...
cadeted
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Dec 5, 2005 7:57 pm
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Hi David, I'm sure I didn't make it but I would be interested in the advance-version of the Starman Saga. I'm still having hacker problems on the SG website....
Cadet Ed
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Dec 5, 2005 7:57 pm
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... Sorry, Ed, but thanks for your interest. Shortly after I posted the message that one set was left, two people asked for it. We are now sold out of the ...
Cafepress is offering "Free Super Saver Shipping" on orders over $50 through tomorrow (December 6) using the coupon code "FreeShip". Ordering the annotated...
Mark Zahn, a fan of The Investigators Series, has produced an online version of THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER. The original version of this magazine was published in...