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Sep. 9th, 2016 07:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerOne of my former go-to authors, Dave Duncan, was in town on short notice and signing books at Borderlands. It's not really fair to call him a "former go-to" but I'm not sure what else to call him. During the late '90s to early '00s I bought his books unread and enjoyed them immensely. Then... his publisher dropped him, presumably for insufficient sales. I special-ordered a couple of his subsequent books but didn't like them enough to keep. He fell to my "be aware of his publishing and consider his books in my library queue" list.
The last time he was in the Bay Area must have been around 2000, because I have books from then signed. It was a bit sad that there were only four of us there yesterday... although one was a collector with a huge box that I really hope he isn't selling on E-Bay today. On the other hand, I got to chat with Mr. Duncan and show my bona fides ("I enjoyed Eye of Strife; it reminded me of the Hunter's Haunt books"). His wife was also a very nice woman.
I didn't get all my remaining books of his signed, but the ones that I re-read more I took. It was still six hardcovers. I hope he wasn't too disappointed by the turnout.
The last time he was in the Bay Area must have been around 2000, because I have books from then signed. It was a bit sad that there were only four of us there yesterday... although one was a collector with a huge box that I really hope he isn't selling on E-Bay today. On the other hand, I got to chat with Mr. Duncan and show my bona fides ("I enjoyed Eye of Strife; it reminded me of the Hunter's Haunt books"). His wife was also a very nice woman.
I didn't get all my remaining books of his signed, but the ones that I re-read more I took. It was still six hardcovers. I hope he wasn't too disappointed by the turnout.
