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Paul Levinson's Home Page

[Cybling] Folks...let's say Hi to Paul Levinson!
* Aquaeros thinks to repeat her message... ]]Welcometh, Paul, to the eerie, computer-bound world of DarkMyst's IRC server.
* Cybling waves at Paul
[Cybling] lol
[Poika] Hi
[Paul_Levinson] Hi everyone!
[Tomb] Hi Paul_Levinson !
[Aquaeros] Oh, did I mention the great Void?
[VeronicaMatrix] Hello Mr. Levinson
[Aquaeros] Careful...
[Aquaeros] Don't trip and fall into it, Paul
[VeronicaMatrix] ack! tomb
[Paul_Levinson] Nice, colorful hello, Tomb!!
[Cybling] If you have questions for our guest, please just ask. But please, let the guest answer one before asking another. Thanks!
[Tomb] Thank you
[Paul_Levinson] Hello VeronicaM!
[Cybling] Okay, Paul quite a bit of excitement last night eh?
[Cybling] (Hugo awards last night).
[Paul_Levinson] Yeah, it was a great ceremony
[Paul_Levinson] especially nice to see the writer & director of Galaxy Quest up on the stage
* Aquaeros has to slip idle, but will brb
[Cybling] LOL! Yes...Galaxy Quest won Best Dramatic Presentation, didn't it!
[Paul_Levinson] Yes, they did ... I have a feeling there will be a GQ II, about winning a Hugo
[Cybling] Folks...for a full list of the Hugo winners go to http://onsite.chicon.org and click on Hugos.
[Cybling] LOLOLOLOL Paul.
[VeronicaMatrix] There has to be another galaxy quest there has to be!
[Cybling] Now I was running an informal survey, and most people expected Matrix to win...so this was a bit of an upset.
[Tomb] Or they just might show the records of giligans isle.
[Paul_Levinson] The same kind of surprise happened with the Dramatic Nebula this year:
[Paul_Levinson] most people expected The Matrix to win, but The Sixth Sense won the award
[Cybling] Paul, let's talk a little about you. How long have you been President of the SFWA.
[Serenah_SS_Suchomimus] back...
[Poika] Well Galaxy quest had a story all along, Matrix was more superficial somehow, no?
[Cybling] (SFWA is the Science Fiction Writers of America)
[Paul_Levinson] I've been President of SFWA for 2 and 1/2 years
[Cybling] Yikes...how long is the term?
[Poika] 2 and a half?
[Cybling] lol Poika..I think he has to be in the barrell a little longer than that.
[Paul_Levinson] Yikes is a good word for this; the term is 1 year; I became Pres with the previous Pres left (I was VP), and then I was elected Pres twice
[Cybling] Wonderful...or is it. You're responsible for keeping things running in that organization. True? Must be a battle at times.
[Poika] So where did you get the half more year?
[Paul_Levinson] (smile) It's a battle all the time, but I love it -- because it really does give me a chance to do what I can to help further science fiction in the world
[Cybling] I see that you also presided at a SFWA Junior Meeting at Worldcon this year. Now is that folks under 21 who've made professional sales, or professional authors who write for Children?
[Paul_Levinson] The SFWA Jr. Membership is for folks under 21, who have either had an sf ot fantasy story published in a school or equivalent magazine, or have won or placed in a writing contest
[Cybling] Now the writing contest for youngsters at the convention here this year...the one that was awarded a prize...
[Cybling] that's run by the SFWA or the convention committee?
[Paul_Levinson] The contest here a Worldcon is run by the convention committee; but the winners are indeed now eligible for SFWA Jr. Membership
[Cybling] Paul... can you tell me a little about your book Silk Code?
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* Serenah_SS_Suchomimus curses under her breath. 12Sorry... g2 dash... too much work to pay attention to this room... have fun all, please!
[Paul_Levinson] The Silk Code is my first novel -- I've published 30 short stories and 8 non-fiction books -- The Silk Code features my NYPD forensive detective, Dr. Phil D'Amata, who investigates -- among other things -- a Neanderthal corpse that pops up in NYC, carbon dates at 30,000 years, but the guy was seen and alive just a week earlier
[Cybling] Ooooh...that sounds like a good one Paul. Tell me, does genetic research figure in the story at all?
[Paul_Levinson] Yes, one of the key points of the story is the possibility that 30,000 years ago, folks were engaged in a low-tech kind of genetic engineering
[Cybling] (Sidenote folks: The convention has killed the elevators in Hyatt's East Tower, so today's guest will be delayed getting here by a few minutes. We'll try to keep the chat running with people we shanghaii from tables.)
[Cybling] This is a must read then Paul. Paul, ...
[Tomb] (lol)
[Poika] Well genetic engineering has existed for centuries, no?
* Tomb will have to read the book it sounds interesting
[Paul_Levinson] Poika: Yes indeed: Darwin himself called it "artificial selection," as in the breeding of crops and animals
[Paul_Levinson] Hope you enjoy it, Tomb.
[Cybling] Paul, do you have excerpts of your stories available from your site? Or is there a story out in any of the mags right now we can look at to get a sample of your work?
[Poika] Yes that's what I meant
[Paul_Levinson] The December issue of Analog -- which will be out in a few weeks -- has my story, "The Man Who Brought Down the New York Times"; and The Silk Code will be out in mass-market paperback in mid-November
[Cybling] Folks...you can learn more about Paul Levinson by going to his Link page here at http://www.onsite.com. Just click on chats, then click on Chat Guests to get a full list of the people we scheduled for chats.
[Cybling] Folks...Swanwick is here. Luckily he wasn't staying in the East Tower...
[Cybling] lol...
[Paul_Levinson] Take care everyone! Good talking with you!
[Cybling] So, I'm sorry Paul...gonna have to say goodbye to you now.
[Cybling] Thanks so much!
[Tomb] Bye paul
[VeronicaMatrix] bye
[Tomb] sadly i didn't program a fancy goodbye...