After my last e-mail regarding the CHF, Teri Goulding was kind enough to send me this info:
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Seth,
This may or may not help, but I believe Gene will be at Windycon on the 12th and 13th. Last year >he read his first draft of "The Little Stranger" and was on a panel discussing research. He usually does an autograph session in the hallway as well.
He would quite probably sign something if it were handed to him in a polite manner at the >Humanities Festival as well, but I couldn't promise anything.
All the best,
Teri
I also sent Gaiman a missive via his web page and this appeared in his blog soon after:
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Consider the word gotten out. That was easy. By the way, on my birthday this year I'll be doing a >reading in Chicago and also interviewing Gene Wolfe, at the Chicago Humanities Festival.
http://www.chfestival.org/november/index.cfm (They've got a strong SF
track this year, which, in >addition to Gene Wolfe, includes William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and John Crowley and >Peter Straub being interviewed by Gary Wolfe. Tickets are incredibly cheap, and there's always a >signing after the panel.
So there you go. Right now I'm probably leaning toward the CHF of only because I'm pretty out of the sf loop, but my friends and aquaintences who are con regulars might overrule me in favor of Windycon.
seth
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