That there is Salman Rushdie on the right and Carrie Fisher on the left. I had a question about something she said in during the interview, so afterward I talked briefly to Ms. Fisher. She was surrounded by Sharpie-carrying, memorabilia-wielding StarWarsGeeks, and she nicely signed a bunch of stuff, but still they kept shuffling slowly along behind us as we walked and talked, like so many partially-sated zombies.
Rushdie had a long line of people waiting for him, too.
They also clutched memorabilia — copies of The Enchantress of Florence — and, come to think of it, they were also hoping for signatures. But somehow it wasn’t quite as creepy.
That must have been an amazing event to attend.
Oh, you have no idea.