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Pat Murphy Reading Today

September 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Pat Murphy Reading Today

Sorry about the short notice, but we only just heard about it ourselves. Pat Murphy forwards the following about the A Grass Mound project: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 3pm SFAC Gallery, 401 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Science fiction author Pat Murphy will give a reading from The City, Not Long After a […]

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Terry Gets Virtual

September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Terry Gets Virtual

SF in SF’s host, Terry Bisson, will be interviewed in the Virtually Speaking series on BlogTalkRadio this Thursday (September 25th). The show is scheduled to be repeated in October. Full details of the schedule are available here.

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Tachyon Birthday Party

September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Tachyon Birthday Party

Please join us on Sunday, September 21st, to help Tachyon Publications celebrate their 13th year of publishing smart science fiction! Party begins at 2:00 PM, ends about 6:00 PM With authors, Terry Bisson, Kage Baker, Dick Lupoff, and other special guests! There will be cake! The event also will have the presentation of the Emperor […]

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Tags: Borderlands Books · Sep08 · Tachyon Publications

Other September Events

September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Other September Events

Not content with readings and book clubs, we can also offer you a book sale and an exhibition.

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Late September Book Clubs

September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Late September Book Clubs

The book club events for the second half of September are as follows:

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More September Readings

September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on More September Readings

Here is what local bookstores, libraries etc. have lined up for the second half of September.

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Event Reminders

September 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Event Reminders

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.

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Tags: Movies · Neal Stephenson · Sep08

Tachyon Turns 13

September 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Tachyon Turns 13

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 […]

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September Book Clubs

September 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on September Book Clubs

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 […]

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Ask a Scientist: How Computers Look at Art

September 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Ask a Scientist: How Computers Look at Art

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 […]

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Tags: Science · Sep08