Wednesday, February 25th

SF in SF, and the historic Balboa Theatre present

GALAXY QUEST

Schmoozing in the lobby & raffle – 6pm – 7pm
Film begins – 7pm
$10 general admission at the door — or buy tickets here
Beer, wine, cider, for sale at concession stand

The Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street, between 36th & 37th
SF, CA • (415) 572-1015, sfinsfevents@gmail.com
Ample street parking, or plan your bus trip here

Lots of restaurants in the area — come for dinner before the show!

Save the Date!

Wednesday, February 25th

SF in SF will be partnering with the historic Balboa Theatre for film night!

6-7PM – schmoozing in the lobby!
7PM – Film begins
Title to be announced next week

We’re VERY excited to begin this partnership — the luxury of seeing the films in a REAL theatre, and a historic one with great ties to the SF community at that! Wine/beer will also be available for purchase at the concession stand, and we’ll have a raffle for all attending for prizes!

For more info on the Balboa, please visit their website — they are a great community venue, and part of San Francisco’s landscape since 1926!

Thursday, January 22nd

Kim Stanley Robinson and Cecelia Holland, in conversation with Terry Bisson
Doors and refreshments: open at 5:30PM
Event: 6:30PM to 8:30PM

This event takes place at:

Book Club of California
312 Sutter Street, Suite 500 (cross street Grant)
San Francisco, CA 94108
Nearby BART Stations: Powell, Montgomery
Nearby Muni lines: 2, 3, 10, 30, 45
Nearest Parking Garage: The Stockton Street Garage; parking $1 hr. after 6PM

Each author will read a selection from their work, intermission, Q&A with Terry Bisson, followed by booksigning. Books will be for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books.

$8 at the door — Book Club of California Members, reserved seating; RSVP to jennifer@bccbooks.org
$10 at the door — General public, general seating
Cash or charge at the door
Refreshments at the bar

All admission costs, donations and tips benefit the Book Club of California.
The Book Club of California is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1912. It supports the art of fine printing related to the history and literature of California and the western states of America through research, publishing, public programs, and exhibitions.
Interested in becoming a member? Click here.

Join SF in SF for a very special event

Garth Nix — reading from his new book, Clariel — the long-awaited prequel, and a wonderful return to the Old Kingdom.

Ysabeau Wilce — reading from her new book, Prophecies, Libels, and Dreams: Stories.

appearing together to benefit the Locus Science Fiction Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion and preservation of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Saturday, October 25th
6:00PM – doors open
7:00PM – event begins

$20; general admission
$10; under 15 / will be seated up front!

cash, check or charge at the door

All admission fees are a tax-deductible donation to the LSFF!!

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation, founded by Charles N. Brown, holds the Locus Collection, a large, historical library of speculative fiction materials, including photographs, recordings, books, artwork, and ephemera. It publishes Locus, the Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, and its website Locus Online, and has administered the Annual Locus Awards since 1971.

Each author will read a selection from their new work, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by author Terry Bisson. Refreshments for sale at event. Books for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books; please feel free to bring books from home for signing!

This event takes place at:

The Women’s Building
Audre Lourde Room, 2nd Floor
3543 18th Street, one block up from Valencia
San Francisco, CA 94110

DON’T DRIVE! The venue is 2 blocks from the 16th Street BART, and several bus lines serve the venue within a block. Parking garage located at 3255 21st Street, off Valencia.

All proceeds benefit the Locus Science Fiction Foundation
(your admission cost is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law).

GARTH NIX — born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, he’s been a full-time writer since 2001. Garth’s books include the award-winning young adult fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen; the dystopian novel Shade’s Children; the space opera A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt’s Emerald. His fantasy novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; and the Troubletwisters series and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties (co-written with Sean Williams). Garth’s next book, Clariel, is a prequel to the Old Kingdom trilogy, to be released in October 2014. More than five million copies of his books have been sold around the world, his books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Guardian and The Australian, and his work has been translated into 40 languages. He lives in a Sydney beach suburb with his wife and two children.

YSABEAU WILCE — an award-winning American author of YA fantasy novels, featuring the rebellious young heroine Flora Fyrdraaca and her adventures in the fictional land of Califa. She has a graduate degree in military history and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her books include Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog (2007); the 2008 Andre Norton Award-winning Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room); and Flora’s Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light (2012). Her short fiction has appeared in F&SF, Asimov’s, Steampunk!, and other notable publications.

Join SF in SF and Tachyon Publications at Lit Crawl!

Saturday, October 18th
Phase I – 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Featuring Tad Williams, Michael Blumlein, Ellen Klages, Tim Pratt and Jacob A. Weisman (Editor and Publisher, Tachyon Publications).

Presented by Tachyon Publications, San Francisco’s foremost science fiction publisher.

This event takes place at TIME FRAME, 418 Valencia St. (between 15th and 16th), San Francisco, CA, 94103. We highly recommend taking BART or MUNI to 16th Street. Plan your trip here.

Make time for Phase II and Phase III at Borderlands Books afterwards!
Phase I – 7:15-8:15PM – Mysterious Ways
Phase II – 8:30-9:30PM – New Worlds

The 10th annual Lit Crawl spans more than 3 hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor, featuring an astonishing 101 literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station. Get the full schedule here!

SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, October 25th – time and location TBA

SF in SF presents noted author, Garth Nix – with his eagerly awaited new title, Clariel, in the Sabriel series! Joined by local award-winner author, Ysabeau Wilce, and our moderator, author Terry Bisson. Books will be for sale at the event, courtesy of Borderlands Books

SF in SF will be part of Convolution!

Join our guest moderator, Cliff Winning, and the convention Author Guests of Honor, Michael A. Stackpole and Tanya Huff!

Thursday, September 25th
Doors open at 6:30PM
Event begins at 7:00PM

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A moderated by Cliff Winnig. Booksigning follows; books will be for sale at event.

FREE to Convolution members
$10 to the public (cash only)
Proceeds benefit the Chabot Space & Science Center

This event takes place at the Hyatt Regency SFO Airport, located at 1333 Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA. Directions to the hotel are here. Parking for Convolution badgeholders is $10. For directions via public transportation, please go here.

There are no tickets being issued for this event; pay at the door. Seating is first come, first seated.

Convolution 2014 — ‘Halfway Home’ will explore the world of science and science fiction. We will investigate our vision of the future and where we are today. We will explore what life will be like in the future and how recent technological advances are bringing us closer to that vision. Memberships available now, with single day memberships at the door. Join the Bay Area’s newest science fiction convention, with guests Michael A. Stackpole, Tanya Huff, artist Jeff Sturgeon, and writer/producer/scientist Kevin R. Grazier, Ph.D. Other attending guests include Todd McCaffrey, Carrie Sessarego, Deborah J. Ross, Madeleine Robins, Gail Carriger, and many more! And don’t forget to check out Tachyon Publications among the many fine vendors in the Dealers Room!

SF in SF joins with Borderlands Books to present

Patrick Swenson – author of the debut novel, The Ultra-Thin Man and Brian Herbert – author of The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma together in readings and conversation, moderated by SF in SF host, Terry Bisson.

Each author will read a selection from their new work, followed by Q&A with Terry and YOU – the audience!

Saturday, August 30

Event begins at 3:00PM

Seating is limited and first come, first seated

This event takes place in the Borderlands Cafe, next door to the bookstore; authors’ books will be for sale in the store. Authors will sign at end of event.

Wonderfest and SF in SF present

The Road to Europa

Europa Report

following with discussion with Dr. Chris McKay

Monday June 30
Dinner, a movie, and discussion
Event begins at 7PM – General seating

“Europa Report” is, scientifically and dramatically, one of the best science fiction films to come along in years. According to Popular Science, it “sets a new standard for realism in sci-fi.” The only way that Wonderfest and SF in SF can improve “Europa Report” is to follow it with the insights of legendary astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay. McKay will likely poke some intriguing holes in Europa Report. In doing so, he will vastly increase our understanding of interplanetary travel AND of hypothetical life in Europa’s temperate ocean –– in orbit around mighty Jupiter.

This event takes place at the SoMa StrEat Food Park, 428 — 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 This outdoor space, with covered, heated area for the event, is smack in the middle of a food truck paradise! Come early, to get yourself dinner, and sit down to enjoy the movie and discussion afterwards! Lots of street parking, or plan your trip via BART and MUNI here.

This is a FREE event, but please RSVP here so that a seat (or seats!) get saved for you!

Questions – email Rina Weisman at sfinsfevents@gmail.com, or Tucker Hiatt at thiatt@stanford.edu.

Thursday, May 15

Samuel R. Delany and Daryl Gregory

Doors open at 6PM
Event begins at 7PM

Free admission to registered attendees of the SFWA Nebula Award Weekend.

General public: $10 at the door (cash only; proceeds benefit the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund).

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by Terry Bisson.

Booksigning follows. Books for sale at event courtesy of Borderlands Books.

You are welcome to bring books from home for signing; 3 books at a time through the line, then back in line. Signing will end at the authors’ discretion.

PLEASE NOTE: This SF in SF is the opening event for the SFWA 49th Annual Nebula Award Weekend. It will be held in the Blossom Hill Suite at the San Jose Marriott, at 301 S. Market St.,San Jose, CA 95113 / 1-801-832-4532 for directions, parking, and public transportation options (right by a Cal Train station)

For more information, contact Rina at sfinsfevents@gmail.com.

Join SF in SF on Saturday, April 12

Doors open at 6 PM – Event begins at 7 PM

Suggested donation of $5-$10 at the door benefits the unique community space that is The Emerald Tablet.

Authors: Daniel Suarez – Influx; Andy Weir – The Martian

Each author will read a selection, followed by Q&A with the audience, moderated by Terry Bisson.

Books will be for sale at the event, courtesy of Borderlands Books

Refreshments at event — donation basis.

The event will be podcasted by Sword & Laser.

It’s Debut Novel Drink Night! We’ll be serving Red Planets!

Daniel Suarez — Influx — What if human civilization is more advanced than you know? In his latest SF thriller, New York Times-bestselling author, Daniel Suarez, depicts a world where the future has already happened… Imagine that scientists and researchers have already achieved major tech breakthroughs that could transform billions of lives­ but it’s in a world where the open exchange of ideas is viewed as dangerous and major tech advances are carefully managed. All to prevent the social disruption that radically new technologies bring…

Andy Weir — The Martian — Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there… After a dust storm nearly kills him, and his crew evacuates thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded, with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive­ and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive…but Mark isn’t ready to give up yet.

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Events take place at:

The Emerald Tablet
80 Fresno Street, in North Beach, just off Grant & Columbus- directions here
San Francisco, CA 94133
415.500.2323
(there is also a cat in residence, Zeno)

While the location is a nice walk down Kearny or Market, to Columbus, there are also several garages in the area — find yours here. Easily accessible by BART and MUNI — plan your trip here