If you missed the reading by John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal at Borderlands Books last night, well, I hope you were off saving the world or at an all-star orgy or something equally top drawer, because otherwise your evening, by comparison, was as lame as lame can be.
- John Scalzi is even funnier in person, if you can imagine such a thing. He is also extremely gracious and did not attempt to stuff me into a microwave or drop me down an elevator shaft, as SF authors are occasionally rumored to do to those they find annoying.
- Mary Robinette Kowal is not only an amazing writer, but she forever changed the way the audience members think about tortillas. And chess magazines.
- I was, in fact, the only one wearing suit. (Not on purpose. I had to drive over directly from a deposition in Oakland.)
- It is far, far better to park elsewhere and BART over than to try and find a parking space in the Mission.
- Steven K— got the best author book signature ever; how often does an author write “WTF?” in your book?
- The reading of “Alternate History Results” is up on YouTube.
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No I didn’t, silly Mythago. That was Tim.
For some reason my brain refuses to believe he actually purchased a book.
Was that you in the suit? I think we met the other day :)