Fan Forums
In June of 2008, you fans of the Golden Age asked for a forum where you could discuss the books, the universe, and everything. You can find that back on the old server.
Comments
Comment from Steve Duffield
Time: July 19, 2008, 10:23 pm
I was trying to save this book for another time, but I lacked the necessary discipline! I started Friday night and finished this morning - all the episodes. Fantastic. Can’t wait for the next book in either series.
Comment from Holly
Time: July 20, 2008, 6:06 am
and if you want to get a little more hi-tech - take a look at bbPress to run your fan forum…..
thanks for getting the last book episodes out so rapidly. But now you are going to here from all of us about wanting yet another book!
Comment from Nate
Time: July 20, 2008, 6:09 am
Yea, I don’t like bbPress. I’ve used it before and SMF does fine. I just need to take some time to make it pretty, and I got too much other stuff going on 
The last episode wasn’t published for 2 hrs before I got the first query about “when’s the next book coming?”
It won’t be TOO long.
Comment from Tag
Time: July 26, 2008, 6:20 pm
I really enjoyed your shares series of books. Somehow I missed downloading the last 5 episodes of Double Share and it just ended with nothing resolved! I was quite upset! Then I found the final episodes and stayed up most of the night finishing the book and series. It is really rare that I get THAT HOOKED by a book. But you GOT me!
Thanks again!
Comment from Nate
Time: July 26, 2008, 6:26 pm
I’m glad you got the last set
I’ve had a couple people ask me when I was going to finish the book … in each cast it was because the episodes just hadn’t been downloaded
Comment from Eric
Time: July 28, 2008, 2:58 pm
Hey Nate,
Thank you for everything you do for your fans. I have spent the last hour browsing your site. I am a hard core geek and I completely loved finding the background info on the Great Diaspora, the McKendrick, etc. This is really going above and beyond! And I love it!
Also wanted to thank you for inspiration. It really shows that a guy with an idea and a gift for words can do geat things, even without a major publisher. You’ve got me working on my own space-based novel again. =)
Thanks again!
Comment from Nate
Time: July 28, 2008, 4:18 pm
A little bit at a time — you can do a lot. This place has changed a lot in the last 18 months
I’m happy to be an inspiration! We need more people writing and podcasting
Comment from Megan Pawlak
Time: July 28, 2008, 6:14 pm
You always make me hungry the way you talk about food >.>. I’m vegetarian, but I eat eggs and dairy. When I listened to the trilogy a year ago (I think) I ate omlettes for dinner for a week straight! With all the eggs and bacon I kept wanting breakfast! Can’t wait to see what ELSE Ish is going to do for Billy. :quivers with excitement:
I’ve already listened to Double Share 3 times cause I listen to audiobooks all day at work. Good books make time fly!
Comment from ben
Time: August 3, 2008, 5:28 pm
Dear Sir
Thanks for the great books. Having spent most of my life on the ocean as a captain and engineer you have managed to capture quite well the inner workings both good and bad of life on board a vessel, was wondering if you spent any time on ships?.
Cant wait for triple and quadruple share!
Cheers
Comment from Nate
Time: August 3, 2008, 7:03 pm
Hey, Ben. I spent time at sea on a Coast Guard Cutter on patrol in the North Atlantic.
Glad you like the books and I’m looking forward to Captain and Owner myself
Comment from Vince
Time: September 2, 2008, 11:07 pm
Mr. Lowell,
I must add my thanks to all the others. I have listened to all 4 books of the Share series and am just about done with South Coast. I cannot wait for more. You have managed to capture the very best of story telling. Wonderful characters, beautifully crafted stories, perfect settings, and oh the food and coffee… Without the splash and crash of a Star Wars or flashy story and set you tell a riveting tale. Pure Art. Since I started listening to audio books I truly appreciate hearing the author read it. No wondering about the tone of the speech or the feel of the character - we get it straight from the source. The quality of your recordings and pacing is superb. I’ve been a Science Fiction fan for some 45 years and consider your stories to be some of the most welcome in a long long time. Please don’t ever stop.
Thanks
Comment from Nate
Time: September 3, 2008, 4:45 am
Thanks, Vince.
I’m really pleased with the way the stories turned out, myself. It’s doubly gratifying to get great feedback from the listeners.
There’s more on the way!
Comment from Mark
Time: September 19, 2008, 6:03 pm
To start off with. Love all of your books. I can’t wait for more. The stories are wonderfully done. I hope that there will be more stories with ishmail. I listen to alot of audio books, but yours keeps me hungry for more. Keep them comming .
thanks.
Comment from Nate
Time: September 19, 2008, 6:22 pm
There’s more on the way.
Comment from lois mckendrick
Time: September 25, 2008, 1:51 pm
I would appreciate it if you would in future desist from using my name in your stories- I’m getting fed up of my name now being an item on peoples tee shirts!!! Or perhaps I could get royalties for your use of my name??
Comment from Megan Pawlak
Time: October 6, 2008, 11:49 am
I was just wondering if any one else is having a problem with podiobooks.com feeds or if you know, Nate, if something is going on. I can’t get to the website anymore and I had to delete all my book feeds becasue they kept coming up as “!” in iTunes. I’ve even tried going through the iTunes store instead and got the same problem with any books originating at podiobooks.com. I hope everything is ok! Is it just me?
Comment from Nate
Time: October 6, 2008, 2:56 pm
I’m actually logged into the podiobooks site in another window now. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it that I can see here.
Comment from Scott
Time: October 7, 2008, 10:07 pm
I am almost finished with Double. Will there be two more books - Captain & Owner? If so, when will they be released - and please hurry!! Very excellent story
Comment from Nate
Time: October 8, 2008, 3:55 am
Yes, two more Share novels and at least one more Shaman’s Tale - the sequel to South Coast. As for “when?” … I don’t have a good answer, I’m afraid.
Comment from Ben Rogers
Time: July 16, 2008, 1:37 am
Absolutely love your books! Normally I listen to the more horror driven sci-fi but I find that your stories are very well put together, so it is difficult not to listen to them. Just wanted to let you know that you are doing a fantastic job and that I look forward to more of your fiction in the future.