Famous authors, indecision.

[gement]

So, the Science Fiction Museum is throwing an awards shindig, hosted by Neil Gaiman, featuring Connie Willis, and honoring Anne McCaffrey.

Gaiman: Seen him. Signed stuff. Rubbed his shoulders. Feel bad for the amount of attention hounding he gets. Promise not to pester him this time.

Willis: Haven't read very much of her, overall, but everything I read of her is BRILLIANT and her writing implies an interesting personality that I would like to meet.

McCaffrey: Idol of my pre- to mid-pubescent reading shrine. Seriously. Dude. And she's turning 80 this year.

Tickets to the awards thing (which appears mostly to be for the "let us feed you snobby things") are $45. I can't figure out how other parts of it work - I'd really rather go to some of the more informal day bits.

[Poll #747509]
Leave a comment if you can figure out more about how I could get into the non-swank parts of the weekend extravaganza.

Comments

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

How poor are you these days? This would mean way more to you than it would to me.

[gement.livejournal.com]

It won't kill me, but I'm fairly conscious of the tens of thousands of loan dollars gathering interest over my head. I don't tend to shell out for things like this. Frankly, right now I'm dreaming of paying someone to mow my lawn, and thatsounds really attractive.

[littlemystories.livejournal.com]

Sadly, overlaps with several other planned activities. Otherwise I'd be tagging like crazy.

[mrukpyr.livejournal.com]

OMG - Gaiman *and* McCaffrey - for an event that honors her.
**looks sheepish** haven't heard of Willis - should fix that.

If it won't break the budget - GO!!

If I was there I'd be going, but sadly it's a bit of a drive from Omaha to attend. I'll have to make do by reading some McCaffrey and Willis.