In the city by the bay with the demon cat
Greetings from San Francisco, where the sun has appeared in brief intervals these last couple of days, but other than that is maintaining a resolute absence. Which is fine by me, coming from the East Coast where the heat’s like walking into a wall. Yesterday’s book signing at Borderlands went well, though the real star of the show at that place is Ripley the Demonic Cat. And the non-feline staff were great as well: owner Alan Beatts (who turned me on to Sean McMullen’s Souls in the Great Machine, which looks awesome), Jude Feldman, and Cary Heater. I wish there were stores like that in D.C., but D.C. ain’t exactly an SF town. (Go into a video store, and SF is usually under action/adventure, and there ain’t much of it anyway. I could speculate on why D.C. is so inclined, but maybe that’s best saved for another post.)
Anyway, I have a confession to make: I never made it to Comic Con on Saturday. My friend and I drove to the beach and chilled there. Sorry folks. Two days of it were awesome, but I needed some fresh air after that. But the cool folks at Bantam have posted a video of me signing books while I simultaneously make witty banter with the ComicCon masses. You can check it out here.
Tags: books, future of war, Mirrored Heavens, novel, science fiction, scifi, SF, weaponisation of space, Weaponization of space
July 28th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Ick! Ripley is nasty. Sorry. Seriously, can we get a single blog on the net that runs from beginning to end with no cat references?
July 28th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
No. We cannot.
And this blog will never end.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Ack. I’m sorry tht I missed you are Borderlands. I only live a few miles from there.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:04 am
that’s a great video. just smashing.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
@Al: no worries sir, there’ll be another time. SF’s too cool a town for me to stay away from for very long.