Not going to Worldcon? Fear not, there is still plenty going on in the Bay Area, including our local science heroes, the Mythbusters.

Tuesday, August 4, 7:00 PM
Steve Englehart – DC Comics Legend, whose credits include Batman, Millenium, and The Justice League of America, and whose library of contributions to Marvel Comics include Captain America, Daredevil, Secret Wars, Avengers, Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange and many more. At Clayton Books, 5433 D Clayton Road, Clayton.

Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 PM
S. G. Browne – Breathers: A Lover’s Lament at Capitola Book Café, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola.

Thursday, August 6, 6:00 PM
“MythBusters” hosts Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman – Mythbusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time $12 for members, $18 for non-members. At The Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, 2nd Fl., San Francisco.

Thursday, August 6, 6:30 PM
Erick Setiawan – Of Bees and Mist at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove Street, San Francisco.

Saturday, August 8, Doors open at 7:00 PM
WRITERS WITH DRINKS
Featuring: Dorothy Allison, Adam Savage, Steven Barnes, Clint Catalyst, Mary Miller and guest host Beth Lisick! at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco.

Thursday, August 13, 7:00 PM
Mary Roach – Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex at The Bone Room, 1573 Solano Ave., Berkeley.