Back in 1996, prior to the creation of http://www.repairmanjack.com fans would visit a site put together by Kade Cole.

Compared to today's website there isn't much but at the time it was the first and only site dedicated and endorsed by Paul.

For grins and giggles you should click on the "Chat Transcript" link and see one of the first chat sessions Paul participated in. There is nothing that you haven't read before, but for many folks, the chat session was the first time they were able to interact with FPW.

This was 15 years ago, I remember watching the chatroom on AOL thinking it was the neatest thing in the world. I was too terrified to participate and it would be another 2 years before I spoke my first words to Lisa, Marc, Susan and many others including FPW.

The links to the sections are on the bottom of the main page. Enjoy this piece of FPW history.

http://www.siue.edu/~kcole/f.paul/index.html

We also had a mailing list I started in 1993 (before the web, obviously). It was called "WilWin" because it was a combo F. Paul Wilson/David Wingrove fan list. No, those authors have absolutely nothing in common, I just happened to admire them both at the time. I believe that Marc and Aphew were both on that list. F. Paul Wilson discovered it one time and I almost died from fangirlitis when he asked to see the archives. Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago now!

I missed the boat on that mailing list somehow...mostly because I had an aversion to mailing lists. Back then, it seemed EVERY mailing list I joined devolved into the owners spamming me with jokes and chain letters every chance they got.

LOL@ WilWin!!!!!

Yeah, I know... what can I say, I was 20 years old. :p

Thanks Tony! That was really cool. But Marc's was the only name I recognized. Who were the other people? And did the start of the Nora Roberts thing happen in a similar chat room?

It's been so long I don;t remember if any of those names exist on this forum or not. I can't tell you who was there just watching because the transcript doesn't list the names of the people in the chatroom, just those who were asking questions.

This thing just won't go away. Jesus... what year was this? I think I was 13 or 14.

DelJ : Were you happy/satisfied with the film adaptation of "The Keep"?

FPAUL46 : AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!

MBuhmann : Man... what a great guy he is

MBuhmann : Man... what a great guy he is

Marc used to be Yoda when he was 14.