At 07:09 AM 2/3/01 -0500, Tom wrote:
>Hello everyone, I am the lurker that was at the talk Brin gave on Thursday
>night. I've been lurking here on the list for about 4 weeks now, and
>thought that I might contribute a bit.
I was hoping you'd come out soon! Welcome aboard......
>As far as what John had to say about how people acted around Brin - I wonder
>how many other author signing/talks he has been to?
Well there you go, that was my very first one.
> People act like that
>all the time with celebs, esp. if the celebs eat it up, and Brin was
>certainly basking in the adulation of his fans. As far as people walking
>out during question and answer, Brin had said at least once that if people
>had to leave early they should not be shy about coming up and getting their
>book signed, etc.
It wasn't so much that as the intrusive picture takings that seemed rather
annoying to me. That, and those people that insisted on having their
entire Brin libraries be autographed. Maybe I'm weird or something, but
to me, the decent thing to do seemed to bring just one book that you might
like signed. Having five (or more!) signed seemed like overkill and also
an undue burden.
JDG - who is sure that if he ever wrote anything would start to find the
whole autograph business a bit ridiculous after a while.
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