Comments on: Greetings from S17° 32.18′ W149° 34.17′ http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/ Frederik Pohl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hayford Peirce http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-35961 Hayford Peirce Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:52:57 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-35961 This is a great blog and I've been fascinated by the RAH stuff. I do have to make a slight correction to the above story, however. My wife and I were at the Tahiti airport getting ready to board a flight to Los Angeles. We had spend the day with the Heinleins a few days earlier, picking them up at their cruise ship in the morning, driving up to the Belevedere Restaurant high in the mountains for a *very* liquid lunch (at least three bottles of rose for the four of us, maybe four), then talk at my place (where the above photo was taken), and then dinner on the Heinleins' ship, along with our two younger children, whom they had specifically invited. So anyway, here we are at the airport, and I see this guy standing in line ahead of me. I walk up to him and say,"Excuse me, you look just like someone named Frederik Pohl." And he replied, more or less, "That's because I am." And I said something like, "Gee, you just missed Robert Heinlein!" No mention of a great party because, as far as I know, there never was a party. At least not one that I knew about.... This is a great blog and I’ve been fascinated by the RAH stuff. I do have to make a slight correction to the above story, however. My wife and I were at the Tahiti airport getting ready to board a flight to Los Angeles. We had spend the day with the Heinleins a few days earlier, picking them up at their cruise ship in the morning, driving up to the Belevedere Restaurant high in the mountains for a *very* liquid lunch (at least three bottles of rose for the four of us, maybe four), then talk at my place (where the above photo was taken), and then dinner on the Heinleins’ ship, along with our two younger children, whom they had specifically invited. So anyway, here we are at the airport, and I see this guy standing in line ahead of me. I walk up to him and say,”Excuse me, you look just like someone named Frederik Pohl.” And he replied, more or less, “That’s because I am.” And I said something like, “Gee, you just missed Robert Heinlein!” No mention of a great party because, as far as I know, there never was a party. At least not one that I knew about….

]]> By: kittent http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-435 kittent Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:24:08 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-435 Thank you for this story. I hope you are having a wonderful time. You will be missed at Capricon. (I'm halfway through <i>The Last Theorem</i> and totally delighted.) Thank you for this story. I hope you are having a wonderful time. You will be missed at Capricon.

(I’m halfway through The Last Theorem and totally delighted.)

]]> By: Fathercrow http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-426 Fathercrow Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:54:08 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-426 Man I'd love the chance to fall off an island like that, but I'm guessing such climes are not exactly wheelchair accessible. Pity they haven't come up with anti-gravity boots yet. (G) Man I’d love the chance to fall off an island like that, but I’m guessing such climes are not exactly wheelchair accessible. Pity they haven’t come up with anti-gravity boots yet. (G)

]]> By: the blog team http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-349 the blog team Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:01:17 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-349 Er, randomly <em>not</em> meeting.... LAZ Er, randomly not meeting…. LAZ

]]> By: Squidhelmet http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-341 Squidhelmet Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:57:10 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-341 This blog is always a great read. Where else can you get first-hand anecdotes about SF grand masters randomly meeting on the same mysterious island? Tama’a maitai! This blog is always a great read. Where else can you get first-hand anecdotes about SF grand masters randomly meeting on the same mysterious island? Tama’a maitai!

]]> By: Jeff http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/02/greetings_from_s17_degrees/#comment-333 Jeff Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:39:04 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=236#comment-333 I say to you, Gandalf, beware the inclines of Moorea. I say to you, Gandalf, beware the inclines of Moorea.

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