Time is drawing near!! Jasper will be at the Library of Congress and then at another bookshop in DC on Friday!! I CAN'T wait!!! (I'm even making the hubby take a day off from work so we can go)

Hurrah! Have a good time...



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

ooh, you lucky blighter. Say hi from the fforumites!

Tell him I just got some book on design which features a lot about Escher - and includes details of those lizards that he painted onto thursday's car

was that in the list of books you bought?

I'm planning to catch up with Jasper in Dayton on Monday. It'll be a three and a half hour drive, but that's the closest to me he's getting this year. I'm planning to bring my dodo and a sharpie pen in hopes of getting him to sign her foot, as well as my book.



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

I do hope you people are taking your cameras with you ...



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Good thought - I've a new digital camera that needs testing.



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

Dave:
Just checked the piles of books upstairs - 17+ 2 booklets (2 books belong to Sarah though). None of them have anything about Escher. That book (if I haven't imagined it), may well be at Sarah's house.

I have got a book about Escher, but it's definitely mine and not yours. Yours may be in the suitcase you left here, but I may have to ask David to help me look, since it's heavy.

Don't let me forget that your coat with the furry collar is in my wardrobe, will you?



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)

Sarah

Just got an email back from the bookstore, suggesting that arriving an hour early should be sufficient to get a seat. Naturally I'll try to be a bit earlier than that, to allow for traffic delays, extra time to browse the bookshop, dinner, and other incidentals. And yes, if Jasper's willing I'll try to get a pic of myself (and my dodo) with him, and post it online eventually.



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

need I remind you guys that I used to be a pro-photog?? OF COURSE there will be cameras going along. In fact, I'm even dragging the hubby along to make sure I get in a few shots and then I'll also have someone to cart the equipment and stand in line for me if need be! He's such a great hubby!

And I promise that I will get them posted on Monday. (Have that costume party to go to all weekend)

I think I'm gonna go buy a few archival quality markers... WHOO HOO!

Ah, Sarah, yes. It would have been your book I was looking at. Which probably explains why I don't remember buying one on Escher recently. I've kind of lost track.....

BTW, there's a bit more info on the US stops (or at least some different info) on the Penguin website:

[www.penguinputnam.com]^isbn_0670031909



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

Ooh, thanks Magda! Now I know exactly where it's happening and I won't need to go ask the help staff! YEAH! (I hate looking like I don't know what's going on...which, unfortunately is most of the time!)

I see that Jasper is reading *and* signing ..... no saying the words in chorus with him, now.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

He should be pretty safe from me in that regard. I only just got my copy of LIAGB back, after reading it once and then lending it to several people--so I'm nowhere near having it memorized.

Besides, I'm hardly going to drive 3 and a half hours to hear myself read aloud. I can do that at home.



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

some people get to signings 1 hour earlier and that is just for straight signings...

the only thing with a talk (and no tickets) that i got to i managed to sit on the floor

I emailed the bookstore, and was told that 1 hour in advance was usually sufficient to get a seat. So naturally I'll be leaving here around noon, getting there arout 3:30 or 4, grabbing dinner somewhere, and trying to get there by 5 or so (2 hours early). If it's too early, I imagine I can find something to do for an hour or two in a large bookstore without any great difficulty. Although it could be expensive if I have too long to browse. Bookstores are dangerous places (for my budget).



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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith

This is a truth. I can never go near a bookshop without doing damage to my wallet.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty