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[1] On Mar-16-2006, the_quest wrote:

Hi!
No, he hasn't finishes his Euro tour yet. He is going to read in Leipzig/Germany on Saturday 18th and as far as I know there is one other reading on Sunday in Germany.

[2] On Mar-16-2006, Settemod wrote:

http://www.elmundo.es/encuentros/invitados/2006/03/1942/

[3] On Mar-18-2006, Jason wrote:

Ahhhhh, I wish I hadn't been abroad when BEE came to England.

[4] On Mar-18-2006, Johannes wrote:

Mr. Ellis stopped by in Munich on March 17th where he read excerpts from "Lunar Park" at the university main building. The moderator who basically came across like a total moron asked him some insipid questions and Mr. Ellis started answering at two occasions, only to interrupt himself and go "What was the question again?" which earned good laughs from the audience (the house was packed, by the way). When the Double M (Moronic Moderator) asked him if he stopped feeling like a son after his father had died, Ellis said that he didn't feel like a son to his father most of his life. Another question was if he regretted becoming an author instead of a rock star. Mr. Ellis said he didn't regret it and mentioned that he actually played guitar, bass and keyboard in three different bands during his college days, however added that he was bad at it. He said that his last band broke up after "Less Than Zero" had been published and he had earned some acclaim as an author. In the end, The Double M asked Mr. Ellis if he was in contact with Stephen King as "Lunar Park" is a hommage to the latter. Mr. Ellis then told a hilarious story, which started with him buying an issue of "Entertainment Weekly" at the airport. On the two-hour flight, he read through every single page of dumb celebrity gossip while having Bloody Maries. Then he came to the last page and there was a review of "Lunar Park" by Stephen King. Ellis said that King never liked his work but the review was very positive. So positive, in fact, that he started crying, which had never happened before after reading a review of one of his books. However, his crying started to disturb the other passengers so he was asked to stop. Mr. Ellis, with a smile, added that he had had about four Bloody Maries by then. He also mentioned that King's children had always liked his work so he credited himself with making the Kings one happy family. Mr. Ellis told the whole story in a hilarious way so there were many laughs and cheers from the crowd. All in all, a very pleasant appearance by my very favorite author.

[5] On Mar-19-2006, mitch wrote:

Thanks for that. Best scoop for the last few months.

[6] On Mar-21-2006, Philipp Eigenmann wrote:

He was in Zurich yesterday to finish the tour. Again, the moderator wasn't really, well... Let's put it this way: I hope she doesn't make a living by interviewing authors.

Anyway, it was an interesting evening. BEE seemed actually very nice and funny. Especially when he asked the moderator to pose a question again you knew he tought of something amusing to say.

All in all, positively surprised. Nice to see and hear him in person.

[7] On Mar-23-2006, Johannes wrote:

Here are some pictures from the Munich reading (copyright: Literaturhaus München):

http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/bilder/galerie.asp?IDEventClass=0&id=148

The man with the beard is Christian Ulmen, an actor who read excerpts from the German translation of "Lunar Park".

[8] On Mar-24-2006, wrote:

Here is an interview with him at the Leipzig book fair:
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/inhalt/2/0,4070,3914306-5,00.html

[9] On Mar-29-2006, guest wrote:

hey can someone capture the streaming interviews and post them as a quicktime or other video file for download?? pretty please.