I &hearts Tim Powers
Aug. 27th, 2006 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cherydactylI've been reading Tim Powers' new book, Three Days to Never. His writing is awesome. I'm really enjoying the read. Mysteries to ponder, fast pacing, odd twists. It's all there. It also brings together his California settings (including Last Call, Expiration Date and Earthquake Weather) with his supernatural spy thriller Declare. I think there may be an actual character crossover, or maybe multiple ones, from Declare, but it's been too long and I only read it once. He only has a new book about every three years, so it's been a while. I should actually buy it...I don't have that one yet. Or TDtN either, since I borrowed them both from the library.
And he seems to be genuinely the nicest guy. He really thinks about his fans, and thinks about the details in every arena. I met him once at one of the local SF conventions. I had brought my hardcover copy of Last Call for him to sign. I bumped into him in the halls rather than at a particular scheduled event. He not only signed my book with a personal inscription, upside down, he drew a picture of himself with a caption claiming it was him doing research. Playing poker, that is. I had torn my book jacket in the transporting, so he signed that too, claiming in the inscription that it was his fault for trying to sign the book with his pen in his teeth. I doubt I will ever voluntarily give up this book, it's just too awesome.
And he seems to be genuinely the nicest guy. He really thinks about his fans, and thinks about the details in every arena. I met him once at one of the local SF conventions. I had brought my hardcover copy of Last Call for him to sign. I bumped into him in the halls rather than at a particular scheduled event. He not only signed my book with a personal inscription, upside down, he drew a picture of himself with a caption claiming it was him doing research. Playing poker, that is. I had torn my book jacket in the transporting, so he signed that too, claiming in the inscription that it was his fault for trying to sign the book with his pen in his teeth. I doubt I will ever voluntarily give up this book, it's just too awesome.
