Comments for Stoney Compton's Place on the web http://stoneycompton.com/blog Russian America, Whalesong, and more... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Welcome by stoney http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-52 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:12 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-52 I really appreciate all the nice things you folks are saying. I apologize for not monitoring this site more closely. I've been working hard on the sequel to Russian Amerika as well as trying to set up the next VR-24 reunion. Not to mention Colette just had her left hip replaced and we've been a bit focused on that. Okay, back to writing. More later. Stoney I really appreciate all the nice things you folks are saying. I apologize for not monitoring this site more closely. I’ve been working hard on the sequel to Russian Amerika as well as trying to set up the next VR-24 reunion.
Not to mention Colette just had her left hip replaced and we’ve been a bit focused on that. Okay, back to writing.
More later.
Stoney

]]> Comment on Welcome by Walter Cevelin http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-44 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:55:32 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-44 I just finished reading Russian Amerika and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading it. I cant wait till you publish the next one :) I just finished reading Russian Amerika and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading it. I cant wait till you publish the next one :)

]]> Comment on Welcome by Mark http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-20 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:02:32 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-20 Stoney, It is always nice to see what you are doing... So happy to hear life is going well.. Stoney,
It is always nice to see what you are doing… So happy to hear life is going well..

]]> Comment on Welcome by Clare Gorst http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-19 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:10:04 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-19 I just thought I would email you to say how much I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Naples and the Flamingo Club. My dad was a musician from England who worked at the club. Unfortunately, he died a few years ago. My mum has also just died and going through some of her things, I found a postcard from the Flamingo Club and looked it up on the internet. It was great to see the photos of where he worked, I just wish he was here to see them too! Clare I just thought I would email you to say how much I enjoyed seeing the pictures of Naples and the Flamingo Club. My dad was a musician from England who worked at the club. Unfortunately, he died a few years ago. My mum has also just died and going through some of her things, I found a postcard from the Flamingo Club and looked it up on the internet. It was great to see the photos of where he worked, I just wish he was here to see them too!

Clare

]]> Comment on Welcome by Phill Rowell http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-14 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:02:05 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-14 Stoney, I live in Omaha NE, and was interested to see that you came from Grand Island. I'm curious to know whether you have plans for a mass-market edition of Russian Amerika (I buy & read ~10 F&SF books a month, & don't really have the room or budget for them to be hardcopies). Stoney, I live in Omaha NE, and was interested to see that you came from Grand Island. I’m curious to know whether you have plans for a mass-market edition of Russian Amerika (I buy & read ~10 F&SF books a month, & don’t really have the room or budget for them to be hardcopies).

]]> Comment on Welcome by Ed Finnesey http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-9 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:01:21 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-9 Hi Mr. Compton I live in Kingman AZ. I moved here from Juneau in '04. Anywho, I came across your new book in the local Hastings today and read the jacket. I gotta have it but cannot get it til the 1st. But what got my attention was the info on you. I was stationed at Eilson from 1/74 to 5/75. From 76 until 88 I worked at the Eilson AFB Power Plant. From 92 til '00 i lived and worked in Sitka. And from '00 til 04 lived and worked in Juneau. On the jacket I beleive it said Gandy dancer USAF/AK Railroad. Did you by any chance work on the Eilson AFB train crew as a civilian? I was on the plants coal crew myself. Just curious. And hey the book looks like I good one. I can barely wait. Hi Mr. Compton

I live in Kingman AZ. I moved here from Juneau in ‘04. Anywho, I came across your new book in the local Hastings today and read the jacket. I gotta have it but cannot get it til the 1st. But what got my attention was the info on you. I was stationed at Eilson from 1/74 to 5/75. From 76 until 88 I worked at the Eilson AFB Power Plant. From 92 til ‘00 i lived and worked in Sitka. And from ‘00 til 04 lived and worked in Juneau.

On the jacket I beleive it said Gandy dancer USAF/AK Railroad. Did you by any chance work on the Eilson AFB train crew as a civilian? I was on the plants coal crew myself. Just curious. And hey the book looks like I good one. I can barely wait.

]]> Comment on Welcome by Daniel Boone http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-8 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:47:12 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-8 Hi, Mr. Compton. Just finished Russian Amerika and wanted to leave a note saying how much I enjoyed it. I grew up in Eagle, and so it was a lot of fun to read fiction set in a familiar landscape for once. Looking forward to the next book! Hi, Mr. Compton. Just finished Russian Amerika and wanted to leave a note saying how much I enjoyed it. I grew up in Eagle, and so it was a lot of fun to read fiction set in a familiar landscape for once.

Looking forward to the next book!

]]> Comment on Welcome by Joel Wagenaar http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-7 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:45:13 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-7 Mr. Compton: I believe you and I arrived on the Yorktown about the same time, July 1963. She had just returned from an Oriental cruise. I was a 16 year old high school kid who had been awarded a visit to the U.S. Navy for having a science project that caught some attention. They flew a group of us from Minneapolis to Long Beach on a C54, with stops in Bismarck, ND and Ogden, UT. Arrived on the Yorktown just before dark, where they fed us and bunked us for the night. Put out to the Pacific the next day and watched A-4 and A-1 pilots make carrier qualifications. Anchored in San Diego harbor late in the day and left the ship to spend the rest of the week viewing Naval points of interest. I still find it hard to believe they turned loose 100 high school kids on a carrier during flight operations. And we all lived to tell about it. I have a visitor card dated 30 July 1963, signed by the C.O. Captain James P. Lynch. I'm curious to know if you were aboard that day and if you happen to remember it. Somewhere in the boxed up history of my life I have a bunch of pictures taken on the ship that day. In Sept 2006 I visited the Yorktown at its current location in Charleston, SC. I much enjoyed the pictures on your web site. Thanks for the memories. Best wishes. Joel Wagenaar Mr. Compton: I believe you and I arrived on the Yorktown about the same time, July 1963. She had just returned from an Oriental cruise. I was a 16 year old high school kid who had been awarded a visit to the U.S. Navy for having a science project that caught some attention. They flew a group of us from Minneapolis to Long Beach on a C54, with stops in Bismarck, ND and Ogden, UT. Arrived on the Yorktown just before dark, where they fed us and bunked us for the night. Put out to the Pacific the next day and watched A-4 and A-1 pilots make carrier qualifications. Anchored in San Diego harbor late in the day and left the ship to spend the rest of the week viewing Naval points of interest. I still find it hard to believe they turned loose 100 high school kids on a carrier during flight operations. And we all lived to tell about it. I have a visitor card dated 30 July 1963, signed by the C.O. Captain James P. Lynch. I’m curious to know if you were aboard that day and if you happen to remember it. Somewhere in the boxed up history of my life I have a bunch of pictures taken on the ship that day. In Sept 2006 I visited the Yorktown at its current location in Charleston, SC. I much enjoyed the pictures on your web site. Thanks for the memories. Best wishes. Joel Wagenaar

]]> Comment on Welcome by Administrator http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-5 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:36:28 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-5 Thanks, Jason. Currently I am working on the first draft of Russian Amerika: The North Pacific War, and it picks up right where RA left off. Many of the same characters are back with a lot of new ones. Beyond that, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for the published version. Stoney Thanks, Jason. Currently I am working on the first draft of Russian Amerika: The North Pacific War, and it picks up right where RA left off. Many of the same characters are back with a lot of new ones. Beyond that, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for the published version.
Stoney

]]> Comment on Welcome by Dean Peterson http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-4 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:54:34 +0000 http://stoneycompton.com/blog/2007/08/05/welcome/#comment-4 Stoney, I am the website administrator of www.ussyorktown.net, which is the official website for the USS Yorktown Association. I would like to use some of your photos on our website. You'll get full credit and I'll mention your website in any articles/posting of photos. Take a look at our website. Let me know if this is ok with you? Regards, Dean Peterson Website Administrator and a USS Yorktown Association Board Director Stoney,

I am the website administrator of www.ussyorktown.net, which is the official website for the USS Yorktown Association. I would like to use some of your photos on our website. You’ll get full credit and I’ll mention your website in any articles/posting of photos. Take a look at our website.

Let me know if this is ok with you?

Regards,
Dean Peterson
Website Administrator and a USS Yorktown Association Board Director

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