Here is what local bookstores, libraries etc. have lined up for the second half of September.
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Neal Stephenson’s Anathem launch party is tonight. The event is sold out, but if you do not have a ticket you can follow the live webcast here. Coverage should begin at 7:00pm.

And our next movie night is tomorrow (Wednesday). We’ll be showing The Princess Bride and Ghostbusters. Check the left sidebar for details.

Mark your calendars! It’s our Bar Mitzvah! A little food, a little drink, some fun, nu?

Tachyon Publications has survived and flourished to celebrate THIRTEEN YEARS in business! That’s right, 13 years of smart science fiction! Seems our motto “Saving the world…one good book at a time” is working!!

The 13th Anniversary Party for Tachyon Publications will be held at Borderlands Books on Sunday, September 21st, from 2-6 PM

Our Bar Mitzvah has finally arrived, and it begs the question – shall we do an effigy of Jacob in potato salad or chopped liver? Maybe an ice sculpture of the Rhino logo?!!! Join us for food, drink, fabulously entertaining authors and anecdotes, and of course, the Annual Emperor Norton Awards! Darling, all this for FREE! Plus – we’ll be holding a drawing for a Tachyon Tshirt, some Tachyon books, and as always, there’s a special freebie giveaway – don’t miss it, bring your friends, your family, and check here for updates over the next couple weeks for our guest list!!

Here are the book club meetings for the first half of September:

Sunday, September 14 5:30 PM
The Speculative Fiction Book Club features Blindness by José Saramago at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park

Sunday, September 14 5:00 PM
The Gay Men’s Book Club features The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin at Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco

The September Ask a Scientist event features David Stork: Chief Scientist of Ricoh Innovations, Consulting Professor of Statistics and Visiting Lecturer in Computer Science at Stanford University.

Thanks to cutting edge advancements in computer science, questions and controversies in the study of art are now being answered in ways that were not previously possible. For example, computer analysis is currently being used to authenticate paintings attributed to artists such as Jackson Pollock and Vincent Van Gogh. And analysis of perspective, shading, color and form has thrown a wrench into David Hockney’s bold claim that as early as 1420, Renaissance artists employed optical devices such as concave mirrors to project images onto their canvases. How do these computer methods work? What can computers reveal about images that even the best-trained connoisseurs, art historians and artist cannot? How much more powerful and revealing will these methods become? In short, how is computer image analysis changing our understanding of art? Come find out.

This event takes place at: Axis Café, 1201 8th Street (btw. 16th & Irwin, bottom of Potrero Hill) San Francisco.

Here are the author events currently scheduled at Borderlands Books during September.

Friday, September 5 7:00 PM
S. M. Stirling – The Scourge of God

Monday, September 22nd 7:00 PM
Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, Paul of Dune

Thursday, September 25th 7:00 PM
Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds
Note – date changed due to delay in publication schedule

Tuesday, September 9, 02008 7:00 PM

Neal Stephenson with be launching his new novel, Anathem, at a special even held in conjunction with the Long Now Foundation. The evening will include a reading by Neal, a follow-up conversation with Danny Hillis & Stewart Brand, and a short live concert of the music inspired by the book. There will also be a martial arts demonstration of Shovel-Fu from the book. The event will take place at The Regency Theatre, 1320 Van Ness @ Sutter, San Francisco.

Further details of the event are available here. To purchase tickets and pre-signed copies of the book, go to Brown Paper Tickets.

Not in San Francisco? You can watch the event live on the web at Fora.tv.

There are plenty of readings lined up, and these are only for the first half of the month.
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September has arrived, the Labor Day weekend is over, and it is time to think about our forthcoming events.

Our September Movie Night takes place on Wednesday the 10th and features two old favorites: The Princess Bride followed by Ghostbusters.

Our September Reading takes place on Saturday 20th as features Nick Mamatas and David Levine.

Details of both events are available in the sidebar to the left.

Podcasts of our August reading, featuring Michael Shea and Michael Blumlein, are now available here.