He's going to be doing a bookstore over in Victoria....

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Originally posted by Kitsune:
The Edinburgh Book Festival site was down for maintenance yesterday and by the time it came back up and I finished work the even was sold out.

*WEEP*

That is a shame.

If you need a ticket to get into the Charlotte Square Gardens themselves, then perhaps purchasing one for a different author event might suffice.

Judging from the publicity, the author readings will take place in tents or pavilions. If there is a separate ticket for each tent, perhaps you can mill around outside the William Gibson one, the "Scottish Power Theatre" and listen to the reading and question answer session from outside.

With a bit of Social Engineering, it may be possible to join WGB friends in the queue afterwards for the book signing ?

its free to enter charlotte square. but i think thats more of a base than actual location. i expect that the talks as in different places. but not sure.

i'll be over for scarlett thomas the week before, i'll try scope things out best i can.

Hmm...

Perhaps we could formulate a totally cunning plan...

an email is in my profile if you want to discuss options.




surprisingly, it does actually all seem to be in the one area, must be the most self-contained part of the edinburgh festival going.

gibson is in 15.
just noticing tickets say no cameras, but its ok for them to film you. that kind of thing always pisses me off.

1 - Entrance Tent, Box Office
2 - Highland Park Spiegeltent (with cafe & bar)
3 - Toilets, Baby Change Area
4 - The Bookshop (with cafe)
5 - RBS Children's Bookshop
6 - RBS Workshop Tent
7 - RBS Imagination Lab
8 - RBS Children's Theatre
9 - Peppers Theatre
10 - Party Pavilion
11 - The Snug
12 - Writers' Retreat
13 - RBS Main Theatre
14 - London Review of Books Signing Tent (with cafe & bar)
15 - ScottishPower Studio Theatre
16 - First Aid, Administration Area

Now that we're planning a sort of bizarre reverse escape plan and I'm seeing the quaint map of the square...

What if they have a giant balloon to keep out intruders?!

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Originally posted by remotespook:

14 - London Review of Books Signing Tent (with cafe & bar)
15 - ScottishPower Studio Theatre

If the queue for William Gibson is in the "Signing Tent" with a cafe & bar [14] rather than where he is giving his reading [15], then just clutching a copy of Spook Country should be enough to social engineer your way in without any trouble.

Hmm...

It's rather a long way to go straight after work just to get a book signed, but can anyone remember the last time William Gibson touched down on the bonny banks of the Clyde?

kitsune, email me remotepush@hotmail.com , i have a ticket you may be able to persuade me to give up.

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Originally posted by martin:

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Originally posted by ChromaticRat:

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Originally posted by Rambaud:
He's done the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival before, so if he's in Van in Oct. I'd put my money on that.

But, but, that's like...let's see... a quarter of a YEAR away! I think I'm gonna cry.

Why does Penguin spurn the author's very hometown? I move to Vancouver and he goes off and reads in all the places I used to live? What have I done to deserve this? What's Seattle got that Vancouver hasn't got?

(Not that I'm taking it personally.)

Hint Hint. CBC's Studio One Book Club, like what happened with last time with "Pattern Recognition". I seem to recall they had a studio audience or something.

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/bookclub/williamgibson.html

Just like he did a "This Is Not A Reading Series" (TINARS) in Toronto last time too.

He'll be on CBC's book club on September 6.

Vancouverites (or those willing to travel!) can enter for a chance to win tickets.

Thanks for posting this!!!

I've entered the contest. Cross your fingers for me (unless you've entered too)!

Yes, thanks.

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Originally posted by ChromaticRat:
Thanks for posting this!!!

I've entered the contest. Cross your fingers for me (unless you've entered too)!

I have, but one doesn't preclude the other

First post: thanks much to all who put your thoughts out in this and other fora: your clarity, humor, and creativity have dragged me out of lurking, fwiw. I've tried meats w/"book groups", etc., but they've not been nearly as interesting, and other agendas usually surface at those, scattering whatever sand-mandala the group has created. 'Appreciate this reader-hive, along this series of pipes.
As for the SC book tour, I'm disappointed to miss Mr. G *again* due to other travel/biz; maybe he or his publisher could make the events, or a digest, available online for the schedule-challenged. I'd shell out a stack of piastres to download a stream or receive a DVD. Although tomorrow's party will keep me occupied awhile, this out-of-the-loop geezer type remains very grateful for y'alls' postings of interviews, articles, etc.; I buy 'em when I see 'em, but too often I miss out. Tanx salade.
BTW,The New Yorker of 2007.07.23 has a quick review of SC on p. 79 under "Briefly Noted"--'hadn't seen that mentioned on the board, although others that *are* posted include more depth and detail. I'd post a link if I knew how.
'Safe travel and happy meatings to those attending the tour!

Nice first post, trask. Out-of-the-loop geezer types are most welcome here - we even offer help to your tech problems - and can give a "post a link" tutorial:

Just hit the URL button in the editing window, type in (or better yet copy and paste) the address of the link and give it a Catchy title.

Quite frankly, the button really should say "Link" rather than "URL"...

Anyway welcome aboard!

Anyone else going to be in Seattle tomorrow?
Xen0phile and I are meeting @ UW after wurk.
The more teh merrier....

so. its started. may god help us all

Just to get an idea, how many people here are going to Gibsons Fri appearance in Pasadena?

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Originally posted by remotespook:
so. its started. may god help us all

It's not us we should worry about.

WG on 'On Point' Call in radio - 3 hours, an interview with 'the man'.

Just heard about it over me bowl of raisin clusters

[edit note: in 3 hours from posttime; it's a 1 hour show]

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