Kim Possible 
@bookstodon Do you own any autographed books? If so, did you personally meet the author at a signing?
Dave the introvert 🦩@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I do and I didn't
Mama's Pinky Toe@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I have at least two autographed books addressed to someone who ended up selling them online. Harsh!
I have at least two autographed books addressed to someone who ended up selling them online. Harsh!
Trojan Duck@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Yes. Books my father wrote, primarily, but a few others as well. I knew them all personally. Literary family. Most have passed, unfortunately.
Jessamyn@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I've got one, from David Foster Wallace. He had taught a writing class I was in, back in the 80s. I saw him at a reading in the 90s. I said "Can you sign it to Jessamyn West" and he said "Jessamyn West, from Hampshire? I always wondered what happened to you."
I should track that book down.
WagesOf@kimlockhartga @bookstodon yep, I love conventions and live readings. Buying hardcovers from my fav authors gets me great books and so much more of the $ ends up in the artist's pocket.
Melissa@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Yes, several, and I love the memories. I don't always keep them - I donated the book signed by Laura Lippman to a library with a sad budget. I hope authors don't remember me, because that would mean I talked too much ;)
Jeremy Mallin@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I do, but they were gifted to me. I did not personally get them signed myself. In fact, in each case, they were actually regifts that were originally given to other people.
Ellie Warren@kimlockhartga Pre-signed copies are getting quite common in the UK, so I have loads of them where I haven't met the author and I don't feel strongly about having it signed anyway! I do have some from events where I've met the author, but I don't go to many any more. @bookstodon
Eoin O'Beara@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Yes. I met cave Diver Martyn Farr at a diving conference and got him to sign a copy of his book "Darkness Beckons".
OtterB@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have two signed by Lois McMaster Bujold when she spoke at the National Book Festival, one from Martha Wells at Capclave (she signed two, I gave the other to my daughter). The original Digger hardback omnibus signed by Ursula Vernon - can’t remember if I got it autographed from the Kickstarter or took it for signing when she spoke at a library near me. And, way back, an aunt got a Marguerite Henry book autographed to me when I was a kid.
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I do and did. Bruce Campbell and Don Coscarelli.
CaroleeA mix of both. One of my favorites was Douglas Adams where I got to hear him read at a bookstore (the non-fiction Last Chance to See). I also collect non-rare antique books and a few are signed. There’s something special about the hand of the author brushing across the actual page sitting on your shelf.
@Carolee @bookstodon very cool.
BeeCycling has moved@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have five signed Terry Pratchett books, all from in person signings. And a few other more obscure authors. Oh and I recently picked up a second hand book with a signed book plate in it by Aliette de Bodard.
Janice in GA@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have one: an early paperback of Startide Rising by David Brin. He came to the ole Science Fiction & Mystery Bookstore in Atlanta a few decades ago. I was a really big fan at the time, and showed up. (I usually don’t WANT to meet my heroes, for fear of being disappointed.
He signed it “To Janice, a lady with lovely eyes, David Brin”
He said at the time he wanted to personalize his autographs while he could.
He signed it “To Janice, a lady with lovely eyes, David Brin”
He said at the time he wanted to personalize his autographs while he could.
Filomel@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have an autographed copy of Suzanne Vega's "The Passionate Eye." It was sold that way.
I saw her play live in Zagreb. Everyone had lined up to have things signed but I didn't bring anything. Instead I told her that I was on the ancient fan mailing list in the 90s and early 00's and we reminisced a little. And she shook my hand. It was a nice interaction.
Leaping Woman@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Usually I've met the authors. I met Roxane Gay 💜 at the signing for Hunger, and Carolyn Paul & Wendy Macnaughton 💜 at the signing for Lost Cat (Wendy also drew two cats, for my wife & me). Alison Bechdel signed and illustrated my preordered copy of The Secret to Superhuman Strength after a 2021 (pandemic) online launch event. And it's always special to get a signed book from perhaps lesser-known authors I know personally. #sheroes #feministFanGirl
Jacqui Read@kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I have a collection of different versions of Good Omens (different languages, covers, etc) and some are signed by both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I met them both at separate signings.
My huge thing for this year is I got to do a book signing of my own book (technical non-fiction). I hope everyone liked having me write it just for them!
Fardels Bear@tekiegirl @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I discovered both seasons on the Internet Archive, which is good because I never saw season 2. I refuse to pay for a streaming service. Working through season 1 again at the moment. Even better than I remembered.
@riggbeck @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I don't pay for streaming either, but I do have a TV license and so watched Good Omens on BBC iPlayer 😉
Of course, adaptations are never true to the book (because they would not work for the screen if they were).
I don't pay for streaming either, but I do have a TV license and so watched Good Omens on BBC iPlayer 😉
Of course, adaptations are never true to the book (because they would not work for the screen if they were).
@tekiegirl @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I watched the first season on the BBC iPlayer, but as far as I know, the second season was only on Amazon. Which I wouldn't touch with a barge pole.
I did read the book, though it's been lost in the visual impression of the TV series. That's one of the problems of adaptations. They might do a brilliant job, but the image is seared on your retina, wiping out your impressions of the book.
neena maiya@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Only one book. The Secret Life Of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas. I won it at her book launch. It’s a delish book. But I get the feeling that some people are intimidated by the cover. I love the cover.
Dr Ro Smith@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Yes, several, and in most cases I was there at the signing. But when I got Robin Hobb to sign my book I was gushing too much about Alien Earth (a different book she wrote under Megan Lindholm) and she was distracted and wrote 'Wishes best' instead of 'Best wishes' and this is why I can never meet my heroes I am SO EMBARRASSING.
Pat@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Yes, and sometimes. (Same for vinyl records, though the signed albums are mostly face to face. )
In fact I’m going to a reading tonight at a bookshop near my getaway hotel and will pick up@ a signed book just for the fun of it.
Bram Meehan@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Most recently, helped with a conference where “E.” appeared, got a minute over breakfast to tell her how much I appreciated how very, very New England the book is.
@BramMeehan @bookstodon This is cool on several fronts: that you got to meet the author who wrote a great comment, and that it's a book whose title never fails to make me laugh. You see, I am a Lockhart, and at least in my corner of the family, there are a lot of liars. My cousin died laughing when I sent her a screenshot of the book cover.
Mike@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I have a collection of Roz Chast cartoons, but I was too shy to say much 😅 And my grandmother gave me a small hardbound Ripley's Believe It or Not, I wonder where she got it.
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon This reminded me that I needed to read it again, thanks 😊 Apparently I was able to say my name lol