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Tonight I went to Embra and saw Neil Gaiman, he read a chapter from the Graveyard Book and he answered some questions and he signed my book (and I told him about giving John Barrowman our copy of Odd and the Frost Giants) and drew a gravestone round my name which seems to be what he does for signing that book. (Two people in front of me was a girl who also had a copy of The Dangerous Alphabet, which seems to get "K is for Katie" or, y'know, and she took a Polaroid and he defaced it, and seemed to have fun with that. And then he refilled his fountain pen, which was interesting to watch.)
And I should have worn more clothes because I got quite cold at various points during travel. And I should not really have waited for signing (half-an-hour, and I was not even half-way down the queue) because I missed the last bus and got the train to paisley instead (hoping buses went later there, which was in vain and wrong) and then I walked because it is only a few miles and I felt like warm out of exertion.
Before he came on there was classical music playing - I recognised a bit of Grieg, a bit of Vivaldi - and then the theme from The Addams Family and, I kid you not, at least a quarter of the audience clicked their fingers. It was magic. Then, um, The Monster Mash and then Ghostbusters and then he came on and talked. Music after included Werewolves of London, the Time Warp, and Bat Out of Hell.
Apparently there will be a podcast on the bookshop's website in a few days, I hope it includes the Q&A as it was entertaining. There was a question about vampires vs werewolves, and he said that was silly because it depends on which vampires and which werewolves. And there was the inevitable question about whether he would write with PTerry again, and he said most likely not, but last time they saw each other they were sitting next to each other at some award ceremony and, having caught up on families etc, spent five minutes saying "never happen" "of course not" etc, then "would be nice though"... followed by "I wonder what Aziraphale and Crowley are doing now." "They're probably living in a house together." and plotting.
The house is cold and my hands are cold and my gloves are far away so I will just go to sleep now.
Tonight I went to Embra and saw Neil Gaiman, he read a chapter from the Graveyard Book and he answered some questions and he signed my book (and I told him about giving John Barrowman our copy of Odd and the Frost Giants) and drew a gravestone round my name which seems to be what he does for signing that book. (Two people in front of me was a girl who also had a copy of The Dangerous Alphabet, which seems to get "K is for Katie" or, y'know, and she took a Polaroid and he defaced it, and seemed to have fun with that. And then he refilled his fountain pen, which was interesting to watch.)
And I should have worn more clothes because I got quite cold at various points during travel. And I should not really have waited for signing (half-an-hour, and I was not even half-way down the queue) because I missed the last bus and got the train to paisley instead (hoping buses went later there, which was in vain and wrong) and then I walked because it is only a few miles and I felt like warm out of exertion.
Before he came on there was classical music playing - I recognised a bit of Grieg, a bit of Vivaldi - and then the theme from The Addams Family and, I kid you not, at least a quarter of the audience clicked their fingers. It was magic. Then, um, The Monster Mash and then Ghostbusters and then he came on and talked. Music after included Werewolves of London, the Time Warp, and Bat Out of Hell.
Apparently there will be a podcast on the bookshop's website in a few days, I hope it includes the Q&A as it was entertaining. There was a question about vampires vs werewolves, and he said that was silly because it depends on which vampires and which werewolves. And there was the inevitable question about whether he would write with PTerry again, and he said most likely not, but last time they saw each other they were sitting next to each other at some award ceremony and, having caught up on families etc, spent five minutes saying "never happen" "of course not" etc, then "would be nice though"... followed by "I wonder what Aziraphale and Crowley are doing now." "They're probably living in a house together." and plotting.
The house is cold and my hands are cold and my gloves are far away so I will just go to sleep now.
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Date: 2008-10-29 10:49 am (UTC)Yay Neil.
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Date: 2008-10-29 11:24 am (UTC)I want Miss Lupescu fic. And Liza Hempstock. And Nehemiah Trot, the Poet. Oh, and the two ghosts that are 'walking out' with each other despite being from different times. And Scarlett. And...
Also, of course, Aziraphale and Crowley living in a house together.
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Date: 2008-10-29 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-29 02:05 pm (UTC)It was all really good, especially the fact that he Does The Voices. Although I thought that he paused at exactly the wrong moment when talking about Terry Pratchett, because I spent the time it took for him to have a sip of water panicking that "it took the first five minutes" was going to followed by "for him to remember who I was".
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Date: 2008-10-29 06:02 pm (UTC)The Voices were excellent, I agree.
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Date: 2008-10-29 08:11 pm (UTC)People often don't see me because I'm good at blending in and can hide in plain sight. I can sit in a Gatty kitchen without being noticed.