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Tuesday night Mike and I spent two and a half hours at the Olsson’s on Wilson Blvd at a Terry Pratchett book signing. There were quite a lot of people there, and I can safely say nearly every single archetype of geek and nerd was in attendance. Some of the people, I swear I’ve met before. You could probably attend anyone of these book signings and see almost exactly the same people.
A few comments about Mr. Pratchett. He’s quite a bit shorter than I expected, and the voice doesn’t fit the image (at least in my mind.) The line to get your books signed was quite long and Mike and I were numbers 113 and 117. Fortunately the people in line with us were pretty normal people who could carry on decent conversations — including another Wisconsin transplant from Milwaukee. We didn’t actually get out of there until nearly 9:30pm, which doesn’t sound late unless you’re sick and only slept 4.5 hours the night before.
We had “Good Omens” signed by Mr. Pratchett and guess what? Neil Gaiman will be in town in 2 weeks on a book tour for The Anansi Boys, yet another book I have to buy. Actually, Neil Gaiman is in town for the 2005 Library of Congress Bookfest. Can’t wait — should be interesting. I can’t believe I’ve lived here 6 years and have never gone to this before.