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which_chickY'know, I still haven't located my hardcover of Small Gods, but I did see the softcover in the bookcase last night, approximately thirty seconds after I walked in the door. *sigh*
The author gave an amusing talk about stents and heart surgery, things he's been doing with his summer vacation. (He assured us that he was all better now.) Advice for people in life-or-death circumstances on the operating table: "Don't go for the sandwiches." He also talked about writing books and being a kid in a library and visiting Australia, where he looked at the sky. Apparently they have rather a lot of sky in Australia and Orion is upside-down in it.
I'm not sure if he's thrilled about speaking in front of groups, but he's pretty comfortable with it and tells a good story. He also talked some about his new book, coming out here directly, called Going Postal -- the guy behind me in the signing line had a reviewer's copy (paperback). I did not mug the guy in line behind me or engage him in spoilery discussion about the contents of the book.
Here is a picture of me getting my book (Monstrous Regiment, as it happens) signed by the author. I only took one book because taking more would be greedy. One book is polite. Thirty books looks like you're going to sell them on eBay. For the people who might have difficulty interpreting the image, the author is the bald guy writing in the book. I am the longhaired (Face Not Visible), blue-shirted person holding a beverage. The thin, blonde bookstore employee in ecru is not me.
Following the book event, we (I went with my brother Roy) had dinner at a Thai place just down the road. It was quite tasty.
The author gave an amusing talk about stents and heart surgery, things he's been doing with his summer vacation. (He assured us that he was all better now.) Advice for people in life-or-death circumstances on the operating table: "Don't go for the sandwiches." He also talked about writing books and being a kid in a library and visiting Australia, where he looked at the sky. Apparently they have rather a lot of sky in Australia and Orion is upside-down in it.
I'm not sure if he's thrilled about speaking in front of groups, but he's pretty comfortable with it and tells a good story. He also talked some about his new book, coming out here directly, called Going Postal -- the guy behind me in the signing line had a reviewer's copy (paperback). I did not mug the guy in line behind me or engage him in spoilery discussion about the contents of the book.
Here is a picture of me getting my book (Monstrous Regiment, as it happens) signed by the author. I only took one book because taking more would be greedy. One book is polite. Thirty books looks like you're going to sell them on eBay. For the people who might have difficulty interpreting the image, the author is the bald guy writing in the book. I am the longhaired (Face Not Visible), blue-shirted person holding a beverage. The thin, blonde bookstore employee in ecru is not me.
Following the book event, we (I went with my brother Roy) had dinner at a Thai place just down the road. It was quite tasty.
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Date: 2004-09-11 02:02 pm (UTC)Also, many thanks for giving me a close-up of the shirt. I could never make out that second line at the con.
And that thing about thirty books reminded me of that quote about book dedications to be found on Words from the Master (http://www.ie.lspace.org/books/apf/words-from-the-master.html) on Lspace. A good read if you haven't already seen it ... also from the same page: "I would like to apologise to the relatives of the fan who gave me 29 books to sign in Odyssey 7, Manchester. I'm a little twitchy towards the end of a day of signing and did not mean to kill and eat him."
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Date: 2004-09-13 11:05 am (UTC)