Yes, I'm making a virtual appearance in Bantam's virtual bookstore on Second Life. For those of you who don't know it, Second Life is... well, sort of like World of Warcraft without the axes, swords, and monsters. Our world, kinda sorta, virtually. Anyway, I'll be there this Thursday evening, in avatar form, doing a reading from A DANCE WITH DRAGONS and doing a Q&A afterwards. Proceedings will start at 9:00pm eastern and run about an hour. This will be a first for me, so it will be fun to see how it goes. Ah, 'tis a brave new world, surely.
If you'd like to be part of the festivities, get thee to www.secondlife.com. You can sign up there, download the software, and design your own avatar. (I've never done a reading with monsters in the audience before, at least not the sort you could tell my looking at 'em).
The virtual bookstore can only hold about sixty avatars, but the overflow will be able to see and hear the reading from satellite sites, and send questions via IM.
I've never done this before either, so that's about all I can tell you about how things will work... but if you live out in the bookdocks where I'm never likely to visit on a book tour, this virtual appearance could be the next best thing. See you there!
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Maybe some people will burn virtual books >-)
I hope everything goes well and that you'll enjoy yourself there!
happy living!
Anyway, SL does have some minor issues that can bog down a live event like this, but am hoping it'll go smoothly! Now I just need to be sure to get in early to get a seat.
Come close to WV someday. =)
*groan*
Have to check timezone to know what time that is going to be here.
A virtual reading though... You should hold a virtual reading/re-enactment in World of Warcraft, because seeing a 'A Song of Ice and Fire' battle re-enacted would be pretty awesome.
you'd love it here... and there is a large english speaking crowd despite it being a french province...
Second Life scares and confuses me almost as much as tax returns.
Aahahaha! I actually just roared with laughter reading that!
Does anyone know if there will be a recording? It's a good time for we Australians, but I have to work! Damn!
Consider my mind boggled :)
and i hope robert baratheon,eddard stark,lord tywin and maybe king aerys are living too.
maybe only for SL.
Nice avatar, by the way.
Sigh. I keep trying to get out and it keeps dragging me back in.
Having had the pleasure of hearing you on the Feast of Crows tour, I know that will be a good time. :)
Cheers