On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 19:36:15 -0500, JDG wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Well, you are weird. ;-) But seriously, you should see the rude
> people at comic book conventions. I have seen folks hand literally an
> author/artist's *entire* run on a book over for signing. I'm in the
> same camp as you; I pick my favorite of the creator's works, and have
> him sign that.
I don't even do *that*, a fair amount of the time. I mean, I've had
Gregory Benford sign at least 4 books, all on behalf of other people.
Usually I end up with 1 book signed for myself at some point along the
way, but sometimes I think it's more important to use whatever quota I
might have on books to give other people, because it lends a nice touch,
especially if I get it personalized. I mean, Paul was *thrilled* that 2
of the 3 books in the Killer B's Foundation Trilogy were signed by the
authors, and to him *personally*. And with some people (e.g. my sister
who's not really big on SF, but who I'm working on, anyway), if you want
to get them to actually read the book, it helps if it's signed by the
author to them personally. (At least, it helps sometimes.)
And yes, I am weird. :)
Julia
