Festival of Books - Page 2

mousepod · 04-11-2007, 07:12 PM

Darn it! I'll be in the area - but I'm doing Westfest (the Disney Podcast Network's DL meet). I'll have a car and an AP... maybe I can sneak away for a bit.

lindyhop · 04-12-2007, 07:07 PM

There's always too much going on that weekend.

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.

flippyshark · 04-29-2007, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

Michael Barrier will be there too, in a panel discussion. He just finished an autobiography on Walt Disney

Wow! How did he manage that!?! (Was Sylvia Browne his co-author?)

Kevy Baby · 04-29-2007, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

He just finished an autobiography on Walt Disney...

That would be a Biography. An Autobiography is when one writes it about themselves. Walt would have had to have written the Autobiography of Walt.

I'm pretty sure that is what Flippyshark was saying.

flippyshark · 04-29-2007, 02:58 PM

Yep. That's what I was saying. (And no, I don't for a moment think that Sylvia Browne could really help anyone write a posthumous autobiography.)

lindyhop · 04-29-2007, 07:24 PM

Oh dear this is giving me flashbacks to elementary school. I did a book report on Black Beauty and described it as the autobiography of a horse. My teacher scoffed but that's what it said on the title page of the book.

Scarred me for life.

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-29-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Wow! How did he manage that!?! (Was Sylvia Browne his co-author?)

doh! biography...

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 05-05-2007, 01:17 PM

http://www.booktv.org/feature/index....70&schedID=485

You can view the panel with Neil Gabler and others as he talks about Disney. The section is about 4:28:00 on the counter so you'd have to fast forward or move to that section.

Check it out!

mousepod · 05-05-2007, 01:43 PM

... and the Michael Barrier MousePod will be up next week (shameless plug).

04-11-2007, 07:12 PM	#11
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Darn it! I'll be in the area - but I'm doing Westfest (the Disney Podcast Network's DL meet). I'll have a car and an AP... maybe I can sneak away for a bit. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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04-12-2007, 07:07 PM	#12
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	There's always too much going on that weekend. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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04-28-2007, 11:17 PM	#13
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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04-29-2007, 02:58 PM	#16
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Yep. That's what I was saying. (And no, I don't for a moment think that Sylvia Browne could really help anyone write a posthumous autobiography.)
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04-29-2007, 07:24 PM	#17
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	Oh dear this is giving me flashbacks to elementary school. I did a book report on Black Beauty and described it as the autobiography of a horse. My teacher scoffed but that's what it said on the title page of the book. Scarred me for life. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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05-05-2007, 01:17 PM	#19
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	http://www.booktv.org/feature/index....70&schedID=485 You can view the panel with Neil Gabler and others as he talks about Disney. The section is about 4:28:00 on the counter so you'd have to fast forward or move to that section. Check it out!
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05-05-2007, 01:43 PM	#20
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	... and the Michael Barrier MousePod will be up next week (shameless plug). __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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