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Her husband, John Cannizzo, is the proverbial rocket scientist. Catherine says she is a walking definition of the words absent-minded and has managed to spill coffee in every room of her house, which is a source of great amusement to her daughter. 

[Cybling] Thanks for joining us Catherine
[Catherine_Asaro] Hello
[Cybling] I understand you have a couple of new books due out soon? Can you tell us somthing about them?
[Catherine_Asaro] Sure ...
[Catherine_Asaro] The Quantum Rose is coming out in November (December, actually, but it will ...
[Catherine_Asaro] probably be available in November). It is in the SKolian EMpire universe
[Catherine_Asaro] It's the serial that appeared in Analog ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and its sequel, put together in one book.
[Catherine_Asaro] Then from Bantam ...
[Catherine_Asaro] I
[Catherine_Asaro] I've a near future science fiction thriller coming out ...
[Catherine_Asaro] called THe Phoenix Code. It's about ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and android who decides that he doesn't want the life that the military and corporation ...
[Catherine_Asaro] have set up for him, so he kidnaps his creators ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and goes to Las Vegas.
[Cybling] I like that! I'm sure your background in science has come in hand.
[Cybling] handy!
[Cybling] Can you tell us something about that?
[Catherine_Asaro] WEll, I've a thoeretical physicist ...
[Catherine_Asaro] I don't play a quantum theorist on TV, but I am one in real life ...
[Catherine_Asaro] (that's a play on an old commercial)
[Catherine_Asaro]
[g]
[Catherine_Asaro] I love to use science in my books, to extrapolate what we know into what could be ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and use it in a way that draws on a solid basis in science ...
[Catherine_Asaro] My experience is physics, math, and chemistry, with a lot in molecular dynamics.
[Cybling] A lot has been written in SF books about Andriods and Andriod Rights. Do you have a favorite?
[Catherine_Asaro] That's hard to say ...
[Catherine_Asaro] I enjoyed Balderunner
[Catherine_Asaro] BLAderunner
[g]
[Ken_of_the_White_Crane] ((Electric sheep??))
[Catherine_Asaro] That's right
[Cybling] If you have a question for Catherine, feel free to ask
[Cybling] You've been nominated for both nebula and hugo awards in the past...
[Cybling] what's it feel like,w hen you find something like that out?
[Catherine_Asaro] It's really great
[Catherine_Asaro] When I logged on one afternoon, I was reading the usual boards and posts ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and a list of the Nebula nominees came up ...
[Catherine_Asaro] When I saw my novella and one of my books ont he list I jumped up and yelled ...
[Catherine_Asaro] in a very undignified manner
[g].
[Catherine_Asaro] My ten-year-old daughter was sitting there ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and she said, "Mommy! What's wrong? What happened?"
[Catherine_Asaro] I had to explain that it was a happy yell, not a disaster.
[g]
[Cybling] Do you spend much time online?
[Catherine_Asaro] Too much! I like talking to friends, readers, and writers ...
[Catherine_Asaro] THings like this are a lot of fun ...
[Catherine_Asaro] but I have to ration it or I wouldn't get any writing done!
[Cybling] Where do you "hang" out online? Do you have a regular haunt?
[Catherine_Asaro] A lot of places ..
[Ryan] Feel free to hop on and connect here if you're ever in the mood :D
[Catherine_Asaro] I'm on a lot of listservs ..
[Catherine_Asaro] I also have a web page and newsgroup ...
[Catherine_Asaro] The web page is ...
[Catherine_Asaro] http://www.sff.net/people/asaro/
[Catherine_Asaro] It hs a link to my newsgroup ...
[Catherine_Asaro] Also, some readers started an asaro listserv on egroups and one on yahoo ...
[Catherine_Asaro] and I write for quite a few sites (reviews, interviews, that sort of thing) ...
[Catherine_Asaro] SF Site in particular, and the new site that launched here at Worldcon, Blackgate.
[Cybling] What is Blackgate?
[Catherine_Asaro] It's a new fantasy and science fiction site with both a web and print version ...
[Catherine_Asaro] I write reviews and interviews for them ...
[Ryan] Hello ISU
[Catherine_Asaro] I'm doing one of Brenda Clough and her new book for an upcoming issue ..
[Catherine_Asaro] Also I'm doing an interview of Mary Jo Putney which will come out in Lite LIterary magazine.
[Cybling] Do you have a favorite author(s)?
[Catherine_Asaro] I like a lot of authors. It's hard to give a list because I always miss someone ...
[Catherine_Asaro] A few that I can think of right now ...
[Catherine_Asaro] Lois McMaster Bujold, Greg Egan, Ben Bova, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Joan Vinge, and Charlesde Lint.
[Catherine_Asaro] Also Kate Elliott does wonderful fantasy
[Catherine_Asaro] ANd many other!
[Catherine_Asaro] Nancy Kress, Charles Sheffield.
[Catherine_Asaro] I could go on for too long with all the authors whose work I love!
[Cybling] How about an author that influenced your writing from the beginning then?
[Catherine_Asaro] Well, I read a lot of science fiction as a child ...
[Catherine_Asaro] Asimov, Heinlein, Andre Norton, then a little later I relaly got into Moorcock. Elric!
[Catherine_Asaro] Simak, all he greats!
[Catherine_Asaro] all The greats!
[Cybling] Thanks :)
[Cybling] It looks like it's about time to change shifts. thanks for joining us. It's been delightful!
[Catherine_Asaro] THank you. I enjoyed it. :-)
[Cybling] Hi folks, stay tuned for Brad Sinor, who'll be joining us in just a moment.
[Serenah_SS_Suchomimus] C Ya