REMINDER!

Join us this Wednesday July 24, 2024
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!
and at the door
PAOLO BACIGALUPI
TIM PRATT
     

     

$15 per person via Lost Church, and at the door

Please join us at
The Lost Church
988 Columbus Avenue at Chestnut
(across the street from Bimbo's)

Doors and Bar open at 7:30PM

Event begins promptly at 8PM
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Each author will read from their work, followed by Q & A with the authors; book signing follows.

Moderated by Cliff Winnig

Books will be for sale courtesy of Fly By Night Books
You are welcome to bring books from home for autographs!

The event will be recorded by Soma FM  for later broadcast
Catch up on previous SF in SF conversations and reading at our dedicated channel, here:  https://somafm.com/sfinsf/

Proceeds benefit the Lost Church,  a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit arts organization serving the community by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performance.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

PAOLO BACIGALUPI is an internationally bestselling author of speculative fiction. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, John W. Campbell and Locus Awards, as well as being a finalist for the National Book Award and a winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, for Shipbreaker. Paolo’s work often focuses on questions of sustainability and the environment, most notably the impacts of climate change. His writing has appeared in WIRED, High Country News, Salon.com, OnEarth Magazine, The Magazine of F&SF, and Asimov’s. His short fiction has been anthologized in various “Year’s Best” collections of short science fiction and fantasy, nominated for three Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, and won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story of the year.

His collection Pump Six & Other Stories was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. His debut novel The Windup Girl was named by TIME as one of the ten best novels of 2009, and also won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. Internationally, it has won the Seiun Award (Japan), The Ignotus Award (Spain), The Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Germany), and the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (France).  His other work includes a sequel to Shipbreaker, The Drowned Cities, Zombie Baseball Beatdown, The Doubt Factory, and The Water Knife.  His long-awaited new novel, Navola, releases July 9, 2024. “With echoes of Renaissance Italy, The Godfather, and Game of Thrones, Navola is a stunning feat of world-building and a mesmerizing depiction of drive and will.”  Learn more about this versatile author here.
 

TIM PRATT is a Hugo Award-winning SF and fantasy author and editor, with over 30 books to his credit, most recently the kinky multiversal space opera The Knife and the Serpent.  His fiction and poetry have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, The Best American Erotica, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, Asimov’s, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Subterranean, and Tor.com, among many other places.  He’s written several roleplaying game tie-in fantasy novels, including one for Forgotten Realms and five for Pathfinder Tales.  In October 2007 he began publishing a series of urban fantasies featuring ass-kicking sorcerer Marla Mason, and you can find the “Marlaverse” online here

His debut collection Little Gods was published in 2003,and his second, Hart & Boot & Other Stories, 2007, was a World Fantasy Award finalist.  He won a Hugo Award (for “Impossible Dreams” in 2007), and has been nominated for a Nebula Award, Stoker Award, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, a couple of Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, a Seiun Award, a Scribe Award, and two Ignotus Awards, among others. In 2004 he was a finalist for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer.  Tim is a senior editor and occasional book reviewer at Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field. Since 2013 he’s published a new story every month at www.patreon.com/timpratt, he makes jokes on Bluesky @timpratt.org, and you can see what else he’s up to online here. He lives in Berkeley, CA with his wife and kid.

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SF in SF's new home for events is
THE LOST CHURCH! 
We are so excited to share this amazing performance space with you! 
All ages are welcome!!

The Lost Church is at 988 Columbus Ave., (at Chestnut), North Beach, San Francisco. 
Bimbo’s 365 Club is across the street. 
The Lost Church is a nonprofit arts organization that serves the community by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performances.  The venue is ADA compliant: if you’d like to take the elevator down one floor to the performance space, please state that at the door.

Yes, we know….North Beach and parking are not always compatible! 
here is a link to parking garages in the area
more info on parking in the area
street parking is free after 6PM
There are many easy ways to reach the venue by MUNI, or a combination of BART and MUNI! 
For MUNI options, please visit https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit to plan your trip. 
For BART options, please visit https://www.bart.gov/planner.   

Make it a Big Night Out, and plan dinner in North Beach beforehand!
Visit here to find some excellent restaurants

For more information, The Lost Church can be reached at HQ@THELOSTCHURCH.ORG; for a recorded message with general information, call 415-320-1408