William Gibson talks

So i went to a book talk. Which was a first. It was worth it though because it was William Gibson... my favorite all time author. I like to call him the Gibbernator. But i wouldn't do so to his face.

Anyway it was very interesting. He read chapter 2 from his new book Spook Country. This was interesting to hear him put his own stresses on the words.

Then he took questions from the audience which consisted of some of the most awkward and strange looking people in the history of... audiences. There were some decidedly po-mo questions about 'the sadness of the lone romantic character' that he wryly brushed off and some not so over-thought questions about micro celebrity and current emergent technologies.

I didn't have the balls to ask the question i had percolated over the past couple of days for fear of microphone failure or microphone non-failure. But hearing him answer other people's questions let me observe his character better than pretending to listen to a specific answer he gave me whilst sweating and wishing i had melted.

So there you go. I highly recommend geeking out at least once a year with something like this.