
Of course, we made him sign lots of stock before we let him go, so autographed copies of both ARMADA and READY PLAYER ONE are still available from the JCC bookshop... along with lots of other titles (including a good selection of Neil Gaiman titles, but those are going fast!).
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Sadly, nope.
Those Rubik's Cubes garnishes are inspired. WOW.
And for those of you who don't know, Neil Gaiman doesn't do many signings anymore, which is why those are going fast. If you're a fan, get them while you can. If you're not a fan, please don't be a jackass and buy them just to sell on eBay. There's a special place in hell for people who do that.
And finally, a huge thank you to GRRM for everything the Cocteau does. The signed books are a real treat for fans who have a hard time traveling, and I love the fact that you go out of your way to promote other authors.
I am a book seller, located here in the USA, and I sell books online. I ship books to customers all over the world, but I do not ship them to every country. I only ship books to about 1/3 of the world's countries directly, for various different reasons. For those potential customers who live in a country that I am either unable to ship too, or am unwilling to ship too, this is a good alternative.
Their are hundreds of Mail Forwarding Services to choose from that are located here in the USA. A simple search will bring up hundreds of them. They usualy charge a modest fee, usually no greater than 25% of the total cost of USPS International Postage.
This would probably solve your dilema as you could order the signed books that you want from the Cocteau Theatre, and they would then ship it to the domestic address of the Mail Forwarding Service located here in the USA. The forwarding service, after receiving the package, would then ship the package to your home address, wherever it is that you live in the world. Just make sure to purchase the appropriate amount of postal insurance along with the international postage from the Mail Forwarding Service The Cocteau Theatre will have fufilled its obligation to you, once USPS Tracking shows that the package was delivered to the Mail Forwarding Sercice of your choosing. Everthing that happens with the package after that is between you and the Mail Forwarding Service that you choose to use.
I buy books from Europe and Great Britain all the time, and , many of those book sellers choose not to ship any further than their neiboring countries, and do not offer shipping service to the USA. It works well and usually adds no more than a week or so to the package's transit time.
It might be worth your while.
Thank you George for going through all of the hard work, time, and money that it takes to own and run a buisnees like the Jean Cocteau Theatre, and for offering an online store that we can purchase signed copies of some of our favorite author's books, many who may or may not make it to the city that we live in, anytime in the near future.
It is much appreciated.
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That being said, I have no problems with autograph collectors, any more than I do with coin collectors, stamp collectors, etc. I collect old toy soldiers and painted miniatures myself.
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Okay, I'm better now. Thank you, both, for writing the stories you have shared!
I'm so excited to see how Ready Player One is translated to film.
As for how GoT has translated to the screen, it's been phenominal! So many details survived the process... and many did not. *shrug* it's still pretty and gets the story across.
Again, thank you, George and Ernest! Having somewhere to visit vicariously has been helpful... for those times when my life is dark and full of terrors.