Warming up for Andy Weir earlier this evening:
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Awesome ! Congrats chad and Patrick
Looks like fun event
It was a fun evening. Andy was very nice and engaging. The bookstore owners who ran the event were very nice. The whole purchasing ticket thing before hand was a bit odd - we all ended up getting everything signed. Looking back on it I didn't need to buy so many extra tickets - since they never held fast on the one ticket per item signed. But realistically there were only a handful of people with more than 1 book (can you guess who?).
The talk and q&a started around 6:30 - that lasted little over an hour - and the signing started at about 7:40. There were probably a little over 100 people there. Our group got our books signed early. I got all 5 books I needed to get signed (and purchased tickets for). The line went quickly (no posed photos). So patrick and I went to end of line (only two who went through twice) to get our extra 2 books each signed. They were cool about that. We were done by 8:15 - since by the time I said goodbye to everyone, got to the car and started on the 95 minute ride home - I was home just before 10.
Oh, and our little group was able to head over to a little Mexican place - had some nice food, beer and margarita's before the event; doors opened at 5:30 and we strolled in about 6:10 after food - and had plenty of seating. And there was a guy in the audience who let us all know that he was friends with buzz aldrin - and sent him an email during the talk - asking if he saw the movie - and got a reply - and let us all know - during the event.
Now just looking forward to the next local event, hoping it will be for The Fireman release somewhere in the city in the spring.
Oh, and there were no extras, nothing really from the bookstore or museum even talking or advertising for the event, just talk and signing - and that was plenty.
Sounds like a great time!
Patrick - what were you drinking with a straw??
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
Good summary of the evening, Chad. What the heck was Jerome up to?
Chad had the unique idea of bringing the S/L's, so we both did, and I had the not-so-original idea to have Andy inscribe the book's opening line, so we did that too. I'll post a few book photos tonight too.
I was drinking a margarita. It was pretty good for being served in a flower pot!
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Chad and Andy
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I'm glad you guys had a great time - also happy that he was able to sign more than one book.
Long night, but I'm up and have my coffee, so I can relate a bit of yesterdays event.
The wife and I arrived a few hours early in Los Gatos. Had a chance to check out the venue and visit the bookstore that was sponsoring the event.
Patrick, Taunya, and Chad around 5pm. We went for a bite to eat at a local Mexican restaurant. Of course Patrick ordered an entire bottle of tequila:
Two posts up is a picture of Patrick, Chad, and myself.
Taunya, Patrick, and Chad:
We arrived at the venue about 20 minutes before the scheduled start time of 6:30 PM. The had a nice temporary setup in a small recently opened museum. As we were waiting for the event to begin, I was in the lobby and took a pic of the lady who owns the bookstore:
I asked the man in the Tam hat when was Weir going to arrive. He turned around and said "I'm here right now, and will start in one minute". I managed to get a quick picture with him just before he took the stage:
Weir talked for a bit over 30 minutes then did another 30 minutes of Q&A before signing books.
Weir was kind enough to sign all the books people brought.
I still think RF shoulda got him to sign the helmet.
Is that a left over from your days at NASA Jerome??
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
The astronaut suit was the highlight of the evening. Look at Andy's grin!
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I though he was going to ask Andy for some candy too
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
WANTED
US 1st Printings. I have THESE
#92 IT Portfolio (or the #95 IT to swap for the #92 that I have)
Any #95 SK-related Cemetery Dance Edition
Any #7 PS Publishing Edition
Sleeping Beauties: Signed Tour version.
...so nobody gave him a bag of spuds?
Someone did at an earlier signing.