yeah...i'll sign your book


so this weekend william gibson was having a book signing in the bay area. i drove all the way down there myself, and when i got less than a block away to this little hole-in-the-wall book store, i noticed there weren't any other people around. i got paranoid like i would be the only one who showed up and it would be all awkward. luckily all the geeks showed up early and were already inside and seated for gibson to read a chapter from his book and a q&a.

he seemed like a cool fellow. great sense of humor and very sincere. i brought my advanced copy of "pattern recognition" to be signed by him, and when i took it to him to get his autograph he had this look on his face like "thanks for not buying my book. you'll probably sell this on ebay". but he did sign it, and i WILL buy the book when it comes out on paperback.

ok bill?