On October 21, 2004, Stephen R. Donaldson visited Borders in Stonestown, San Francisco to promote Runes of the Earth. Donaldson is one of my all-time favourite authors, and I had never met him before, so to say I was excited was an understatement.
Mr. Donaldson reading an excerpt from Runes of the Earth.
The excerpt was bizarre enough that there were no spoilers to speak of. Some weird stuff happening to Linden Avery, though.
Waiting in line to get my copy signed.
SRD talking about the Lord of the Rings movies. He liked them, but in a very different way from the novels.
SRD signing my copy. A simple personalized incription, no more.
I tried to express 20 years of reading pleasure into a few words. I failed. I was a bit awe-struck, I'm afraid.