Comments on: Monday Nerd Bits

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:36:32 +0000

For sure, I plan on being there for Sophie’s stint (1 – 1:55 PM). Huston is there at noon and Hurwitz there at 2 PM. I’ll probably get there just before noon to catch them.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:46:55 +0000

I was going to ask you the same thing! Yes, I plan to be there. Don’t know yet how long I’ll stay or how many panels I’ll see. If you’ve never met Sophie, you’re in for a treat. She’s really fun and witty.

What are your plans for the festival?

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:20:11 +0000

I missed Ms. Littlefield the last time she was in town in August, but I'm planning checking her out at next week's West Hollywood Book Fair. I see Gregg Hurwitz and Charlie Huston are going to be there, too. You goin'?

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:37:17 +0000

His past works, like Into Thin Air and Under the Banner of Heaven, are what I'm most familiar with, and I agree that having his great investigation eye look at this story has me quite excited. I don't know how I missed that this was coming out tomorrow (and thankful for you mentioning it). I have Sean Chercover's Trigger City on deck, but I'm bumping others out of the way and putting this one in the hole (to completely stretch the baseball metaphor at this point). Thanks, PCN.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:25:55 +0000

LP13,

I’m practically drooling at the thought of Krakauer’s book. Have you ever read him? He’s a brilliant investigative writer who can probably make the history of lint interesting, so his tackling of a story like Pat Tillman’s is sure to phenomenal.

We can compare notes after we finish!

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:45:58 +0000

I, too, enjoyed A & D more than Da Vinci Code (but I didn’t hate it). So, The Lost Symbol I do plan on reading (the audiobook publisher is using the very good Paul Michael as the narrator for this–he did Da Vinci, too).

But PCN, I really have to thank you for pointing me to Krakauer’s examination of Tillman’s story. It’s one of the most intriguing true stories that came out of the ashes of 9/11. I’m definitely grabbing this!

Looking forward to what you have to say on the new season events you’ll be taking in. Good to have you back, though glad to hear you had a great time in S.F. Thanks.

By: Shelley P

Shelley P — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:04:13 +0000

I preferred Angels and Demons too! Read Da Vinci first and found it a bit of a struggle but A&D was much more entertaining and easier to digest for me.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:35:44 +0000

Yes. I’m looking forward to it. I didn’t mean to imply that I didn’t like The Da Vinci Code. I liked it very much. I was just saying that if you aren’t all that interested in reading it, you should skip it and read Angels and Demons instead.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:22:03 +0000

We had glorious weather—sunny, not too hot, a little bit of rain one night, just beautiful.

I ate at the Ferry Building like you did—loved it! The Slanted Door is awesome!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:20:12 +0000

Thanks, Shelley. I don’t know if the kudos were well-earned or if Sophie is just a really, really generous person.

I’m looking forward to this week’s events. A couple people from your corner of the world, Jane Campion & Abbie Cornish, will be here discussing Bright Star in person, which should be interesting.