Monday, March 22 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nCarrie Ryan – The Dead-Tossed Waves<\/em>
\nKepler’s Books – Menlo Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 23 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nMarvel and DC Comics legend (Dr. Strange<\/em>) Steve Englehart presents his fantasy novels The Point Man<\/em> and The Long Man<\/em>
\nClayton Books, Clayton
\nhttp:\/\/www.claytonbookshop.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 23 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nChristopher Moore – Launch party for BITE ME<\/em>
\nBooks, Inc. – Opera Plaza<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 24 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nA Zombilicious Not Your Mother’s Book Club!!
\nCarrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands & Teeth<\/em>, The Dead-Tossed Waves<\/em>
\nBooks, Inc. – Opera Plaza<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 24 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nTracy Hickman – The Secret of the Dragon<\/em>
\nFor over twenty years, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have collaborated on more than 30 novels, including the first novel in the Dragonlance chronicles. Now they’re working on the Dragonships of Vindras series, and you’ll have a chance to meet and chat with Tracy Hickman, and maybe even learn The Secret of the Dragon<\/em>!
\nBorderlands Books, San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 24<\/strong>
\ndrop-by signing only, call store for time and details
\nChristopher Moore – Bite Me – A Love Story<\/em>
\nM is for Mystery, San Mateo<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, March 25 – 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nThe Balboa Theatre, San Francisco
\nCreature Features Presents: Horror Express<\/em>
\nRelive the experience of watching a “Creature Features” Show from the Golden Age of TV! With host John Stanley, who produced the show at Ch. 2\/KTVU in Oakland for many years. \ufeffJohn Stanley will be introduced by Dennis Willis, KGO810AM, film reviewer and author of Flick Nation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The evening includes John Stanley’s classic interview with actor\/voice impressionist Frank Gorshin, of Batman and Star Trek fame, a clip of Bob Wilkins interview with John Stanley that first aired in 1977, and the short film The Demon Strikes Back<\/em>, a roller-coaster ride into a fantasy dimension from which you may or may not return…<\/p>\n

Feature film is Horror Express<\/em> <\/strong>(1972) starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas.<\/p>\n

This event takes place at The Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa Street at 37th Avenue<\/a>, San Francisco \/ Box Office: (415) 221-8184<\/p>\n

Friday, March 26 – 4:00PM and 7:00PM<\/strong>
\nBrandon Mull – the New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy author makes his exclusive California appearance for Fablehaven Book 5: Keys to the Demon Prison<\/em>
\nClayton Books, Clayton<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, March 26 – Sunday, March 28<\/strong>
\nCONTACT Conference: Cultures of the Imagination
\nThe CONTACT Conference will be held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. CONTACT is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together some of the foremost international social and space scientists, science fiction writers and artists to exchange ideas, stimulate new perspectives and encourage serious, creative speculation about humanity’s future. The conference promotes the integration of human factors into space age research and policy, emphasizes the interaction of arts and sciences and their technologies, and develops ethical approaches in cross-cultural contact, whenever and wherever it occurs.<\/p>\n

For more information and to register, visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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