/lit/ - Literature

If your favorite writer is still alive then you need better taste

what kind of things do authors talk about at these?

>>7205596
Other than having friends, is there an easy way to know when authors are going to do these things?

>>7205620
Normally, to bring new readers up to speed, authors will do a small bio and tell about the events that got them writing, they'll linger on their biggest sellers (I mean jesus, the guy created his own genre) and then tell about the new book, maybe read a passage, and then take Q and A before meet and greet with signings. Also getting a copy of Neuromancer autographed.

>>7205635
Google someone you'd like to see and if they have a new book, they're probably doing a tour.

Mr Gibson

>>7205596
You know there's a general warning about meeting your heroes irl, yes?

>>7205596
I saw Mr. Pinecone on a train in Brooklyn once. He had his eyes closed and was pretending to be asleep though.

>>7205638
Ask him what it feels like to walk into a book signing with only a half dozen NEETS getting the only book he wrote well autographed.

Congrats on getting to see Gibson in the flesh. He, Stephenson, and Pynchon are my favorite authors.

>>7205727
ask him about his book of pants

I went to a lecture Ihab Hassan, arguably the founder of postmodernism, gave at my university about five years back. He discussed whether nationalism had a place in 21st century literature. I think he was basing it on a lecture he wrote called Janglican. Good stuff.

>>7205596
I saw David Attenborough once at the Natural History Museum in London I think back in 2005 but 13 year old me couldn't be bothered to wait in line.

I got a signed copy of The Fear by Peter Godwin at the Perth Writer's Festival in 2013 I think. That was pretty cool.

I saw Eoin Colfer talk back when I read his books, so I was probably about 12 or 13. He was honestly fucking hilarious, or at least 13 y/o me thought so. He signed my copy of The Eternity Code. Was a good day.

The guy was really nice. He seemed frail but well spoken

I saw Valter Hugo Mãe in São Paulo in August.

>>7205638
>the guy created his own genre
I had forgotten that he directed Blade Runner.

>>7205736
You sure it wasn't Robert Crumb you saw?

Not sure about most of /lit/'s opinion on him (never seen any discussion about him but I have a feeling it's negative), but I've always loved Neil Gaiman's stuff and I saw him give a Q&A and read a few of his short stories before they were published at my university.

Real cool guy. Good stories and gave a lot of good motivational advice. As in, not just motivational bullshit, but actual advice for actually motivating yourself to write.

>>7206412
In life, I see people mention that they're reading neuromancer a lot, but I have to imagine they don't finish it or else more would mention that there's a fucking Rastafarian space colony in the book.

>>7206866
Theres a Rastafarian space colony in Neuromancer. They worship God with their beats.

>>7206294
Hey gas-kun, thanks for keying me in. He's coming to LA in November, I'm going to go see him and get a couple of books signed.

I saw Ainsley Harriot in a Sainsbury's in Fulham when I was around 14 years old.

>>7207668
Did he give your meat a good ol' rub?

>>7207702
No, this was pre-meme Ainsley. I am somewhat convinced I helped create the Ainsley Harriot meme when I first posted this story on /b/ in like 2010. I remember posting it and a bunch of people didn't know who he was and when they found out people started spamming images of him.

It was a good evening.

>>7205638
Fat as fuck thumb. Looks like a slug with salt poured on it.

>>7206044
I wish I could give you a gift or something, I REALLY needed that comparative table of modernism / PoMo of his and couldn't remember his name at all.

>>7208060
Yeah, sorry about that. It's all swollen from finger blasting your mom

>>7208165