Last day of the first North American Discworld. Sir Terry Pratchett stopped in front of our dealer tables and casually conversed with his fans. Considering his health, we didn’t ask him to sign two tables worth of new titles, but did get a small batch of blurry phonecam photos.
A portal to the world of Palimpsest (in trade paperback from Random House) with theatrical readings by Catherynne Valente accompanied by music performed by S. J. Tucker.
Clare Bell read and signed the fifth novel of the Named, Ratha’s Challenge (in trade paperback from Beagle Bay). Armed with electronics, she sent out the first live tweet from an OCH reading!
Nisi Shawl read and signed her collection, Filter House (trade paperback from Aqueduct Press). The reading was recorded, but they never sent us a copy or link. 🙁
“On December 27, I read at The Other Change of Hobbit. An audience of 8, plus 3 store staff were in attendance. Only one white person sitting there. I thought ‘This must be the most black people this store has ever seen.'”
Rather presumptious. She don’t know the Berkeley demographic very well, do she?
Jeff Carlson read and signed his first novel, Plague Year (paperback from Ace Books) and his award-winning story, “The Frozen Sky”, in Writers of the Future XXIII (in paperback from Galaxy Press).