LOL! This did happen to me, though. To make matters worse, Tim Powers and Pat Cadigan did not show up (there was a note on the door outside the room, so it was clear that they'd informed programming and hadn't just blown it off). So...
I am standing outside the room, there are people in the audience, waiting, and no one else is there. No one.
And because I knew people were there for the other panelists, two of whom weren't going to be present, I waited outside the door like a nervous child until Gene Wolfe came hobbling along - literally; he was walking with a cane and he had to rush from one end of the convention center to the other, because he had back to back panels.
The first thing he said was, "Why are you standing outside?"
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Date: 2011-07-26 04:21 pm (UTC)LOL! This did happen to me, though. To make matters worse, Tim Powers and Pat Cadigan did not show up (there was a note on the door outside the room, so it was clear that they'd informed programming and hadn't just blown it off). So...
I am standing outside the room, there are people in the audience, waiting, and no one else is there. No one.
And because I knew people were there for the other panelists, two of whom weren't going to be present, I waited outside the door like a nervous child until Gene Wolfe came hobbling along - literally; he was walking with a cane and he had to rush from one end of the convention center to the other, because he had back to back panels.
The first thing he said was, "Why are you standing outside?"
But. Well.