JMS on CompuServe (Nov 30, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #7916-I am not a Number !!!!
    Sb: #7947-#I am not a Number !!!!
    Sb: #8133-Between
    Sb: #8165-LOSCON: Sunday Still On?

 [ Summary: "I tend to think that almost all story lines have been written
   in one form or another.  I think what a writer now brings to the table 
   is his/her own settings, set of details, [and] of course twists." ]

 #: 7955 S3/Bab 5:International
    26-Nov-97  12:57:13
Sb: #7916-I am not a Number !!!!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Thanks.  Yes, there are themes that are eternal and metamorphose and are 
reinvented regularly; that's the point of myth and the art of storytelling, so 
I agree with your premise.  Each generation sees these elements differently.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: "So, why the problem with being 'associated' with The Prisoner 
   anyway?" ]

 #: 7956 S3/Bab 5:International
    26-Nov-97  12:57:13
Sb: #7947-#I am not a Number !!!!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      The *problem* is that it didn't happen that way, for starters, and it 
makes it into something more appropos for a fanzine.  Basically, if you spent 
all summer building a car, and somebody said you just bought it from somebody 
else, no matter how nice that other car might be, how good it would be to be 
associated with it...you put in a hell of a lot of work building it, and to be 
offhandedly told otherwise is annoying.

      And, again, it just diminishes the implications, makes it safe...it's 
not about the real world, it's just about the Prisoner.


                                                                    jms


 [ Summary: See below.  The comment was about 419 and the ease of Sheridan's
   rescue, but JMS confuses 419 with 420. ]

 #: 8177 S3/Bab 5:International
    29-Nov-97  03:30:11
Sb: #8133-Between
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

"What was needed was at least talk of a major Mars resistance attack occuring 
at the same time to draw off the security."

      There was.  Go back to the scene on the Apollo when the first word of 
attacks comes in...it says specifically that they're hitting a number of 
places *including* a White Star hitting that particular base.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: Some info about this weekend's LosCon. ]

 #: 8300 S2/Bab 5: General
    29-Nov-97  23:03:05
Sb: #8165-LOSCON: Sunday Still On?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      Yes, the Sunday 1:30 presentation is still on.  What follows after is 
not clear; I'm supposed to be autographing, but the program mentions the HE 
interview, so I'm not sure what's up there.  The opening ceremony was over 
quickly, so you missed it...but I did a couple of other panels during the day, 
as well as a quick blip-in at Hour 25.

                                                                    jms


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