Festival of Books

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 04-28-2007, 11:17 PM

Well, I got to go today. Didn't do much more than walk around but... the highlights included

- Ray Bradbury - I purchased his book "The Homecoming" and got it signed. He's looking alot better than last year.

- Neil Gabler - author of Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination. He was part of a panel on 20th Century Biography which I went to. Apparently it was broadcast on C-SPAN - which I'd like to find and hope you all would seek this out to see the insights on "Disney." The other panelist wrote recent bio's on Einstein, Franklin Lloyd Wright and Upton Sinclair.

He talked about his book, why he wanted to write it and that it took over 7 years to write. He had contact with Diane Disney Miller and interviewed her and she made herself available throughout the writing of the book. He had "unlimited" access to the Disney vaults and said that he had read "every letter written too and from Walt." He also said the Disney Company had no input into any edits of the book, which is an interesting point. After the program, he, and the others, signed their books and I got my book signed.

04-28-2007, 11:17 PM	#16
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Well, I got to go today. Didn't do much more than walk around but... the highlights included - Ray Bradbury - I purchased his book "The Homecoming" and got it signed. He's looking alot better than last year. - Neil Gabler - author of Walt Disney - The Triumph of the American Imagination. He was part of a panel on 20th Century Biography which I went to. Apparently it was broadcast on C-SPAN - which I'd like to find and hope you all would seek this out to see the insights on "Disney." The other panelist wrote recent bio's on Einstein, Franklin Lloyd Wright and Upton Sinclair. He talked about his book, why he wanted to write it and that it took over 7 years to write. He had contact with Diane Disney Miller and interviewed her and she made herself available throughout the writing of the book. He had "unlimited" access to the Disney vaults and said that he had read "every letter written too and from Walt." He also said the Disney Company had no input into any edits of the book, which is an interesting point. After the program, he, and the others, signed their books and I got my book signed.
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