IRC

Internet Relay Chat is a protocol for hosting chatrooms where people can come and go and hold conversations (via typed messages, not audio).

It is widely used by communities to get together and discuss topics.

There is an official larryniven.org irc chat server located at irc.larryniven.net and the channel (or room) #knownspace is where conversation happens.

There are usually a few of us on at any given time. The first Saturday of each month is Larry Niven chat time.

Many thanks to Sean Sullivan for kindly providing and maintaining the IRC server, and to Frank Gasperik for organizing the Saturday chats!

Please join us (sometimes Mr. Niven or one of his co-authors drops by)…

Ways to join the conversation:

• Direct link for IRC client

  If you have an IRC client (such as mIRC) ready, click here.

• Flash in your web browser

  You can join our chat via the Eris Flash client in your browser by clicking here.

• Java Telnet Client

  Sorry, but the Java Telnet Client has stopped working again. This seems to be some sort of signing issue. The flash based client above should work. If you are using a mobile device, there are many IRC clients available for these devices. As always, installing a dedicated IRC client is much better than a web based one.