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Neil Gaiman arrives in Decatur
Dec. 8th, 2009 09:28 amOr, actually, is supposed to arrive in less than a week to do a reading at Agnes Scott College, the reward to Little Shop of Stories for having staged one of the two most successful Halloween party homages to The Graveyard Book.
A photographer whom I have discussed before on this blog is planning to present him with exactly the photograph I would have recommended (actually, I would have recommended either of her two chefs d'oeuvre, but Neil Gaiman should be able to see the virtues of this one when she hands it him, even after hours of signing umpteen thousand books for a miles-long line of well-wishers).
This has got me to thinking that the poor fellow ought not to be subjected to the Standard Tour during his brief visit since, as I have tried to indicate occasionally, there is so much Authentic Strangeness to be found in the neighborhood. But I'm not on the Little Shop of Stories circuit, and it's their party. And given the fact that he is doing the same gig in Winnipeg, Manitoba exactly twenty-four hours later, I have the feeling he will be rushing in from the airport and rushing out again, so I would like for him to be driven to Agnes Scott via the scenic route, at least, if not shunted off to some hypothetical très intime Edgewood-mansion gathering.
I do wonder how many artists are planning to attend the Agnes Scott reading, and how many of those would say that Neil Gaiman has been influential in the formation of their artistic sensibility.
Anybody who wants to contact me offlist, as they say, with the answer presumably has my e-mail address already. Anybody who wants to post here as an Anonymous Commenter and put their name in the body of the comment should be able to use the comment function without being an LJ-user. (Unlike blogspot, apparently, where Counterforces regularly reverts to denying anonymous comments no matter how many times I supposedly change the default setting.)
Unlike my recent song-and-dance vis-à-vis Leonard Cohen, this is not a subterfuge to give away a spare ticket. I don't even have a ticket for myself for the Presser Hall event, which is described (as of today, since the page will change soon enough) here:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/where/
A photographer whom I have discussed before on this blog is planning to present him with exactly the photograph I would have recommended (actually, I would have recommended either of her two chefs d'oeuvre, but Neil Gaiman should be able to see the virtues of this one when she hands it him, even after hours of signing umpteen thousand books for a miles-long line of well-wishers).
This has got me to thinking that the poor fellow ought not to be subjected to the Standard Tour during his brief visit since, as I have tried to indicate occasionally, there is so much Authentic Strangeness to be found in the neighborhood. But I'm not on the Little Shop of Stories circuit, and it's their party. And given the fact that he is doing the same gig in Winnipeg, Manitoba exactly twenty-four hours later, I have the feeling he will be rushing in from the airport and rushing out again, so I would like for him to be driven to Agnes Scott via the scenic route, at least, if not shunted off to some hypothetical très intime Edgewood-mansion gathering.
I do wonder how many artists are planning to attend the Agnes Scott reading, and how many of those would say that Neil Gaiman has been influential in the formation of their artistic sensibility.
Anybody who wants to contact me offlist, as they say, with the answer presumably has my e-mail address already. Anybody who wants to post here as an Anonymous Commenter and put their name in the body of the comment should be able to use the comment function without being an LJ-user. (Unlike blogspot, apparently, where Counterforces regularly reverts to denying anonymous comments no matter how many times I supposedly change the default setting.)
Unlike my recent song-and-dance vis-à-vis Leonard Cohen, this is not a subterfuge to give away a spare ticket. I don't even have a ticket for myself for the Presser Hall event, which is described (as of today, since the page will change soon enough) here:
http://www.neilgaiman.com/where/
