Talked to some people in the coffee shop. Well, mostly one guy who kept bringing up SFF authors whose names he couldn’t quite remember, so I’d eventually jump in and say “Edgar Rice Burroughs” or “Philip Pullman,” etc.* Now wondering if that was a good idea, because I go there every weekend and I think they’re also regulars, so the chances are high I’ll see one or more of them again and have to talk to them again. But live social interaction is a Good Normal Healthy Thing that I ought to be doing more of, so…
*For some reason he hadn’t heard of E. Nesbit at all. One of the others had heard of her, but hadn’t read her.
*For some reason he hadn’t heard of E. Nesbit at all. One of the others had heard of her, but hadn’t read her.