Anderson did a signing at Worldcon a few years ago and only 12 people showed up. After he finished he went outside and found a huge queue stretching around the building for the next author. He asked who it was and it was George RR Martin. Anderson then made a joke about how he should have brought some crates of beer and more people would have come. No-one laughed and Anderson left, looking a bit sorry for himself. Guess there was a lot of DUNE fans in the queue still angry with him.
Serves the guy right though.
Has anybody ever felt sorry for these authors at book signings?
- 13/12/2010 09:59:18 PM
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None of the bookstores I've been in have ever had a signing when I've been around. *NM*
- 13/12/2010 11:54:32 PM
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The author was there and no one showed up?
- 14/12/2010 12:13:06 AM
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Excellent Kevin J. Anderson story.
- 14/12/2010 10:26:32 AM
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That's awesome.
- 14/12/2010 03:06:54 PM
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Ever heard George R.R. Martin's story about a signing in the 1990s in the St. Louis area?
- 14/12/2010 01:18:04 AM
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My wife was at a bookstore where several signings were going on at once.
- 14/12/2010 03:51:39 PM
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