Science Fiction Readings & Drinks for Charity | Downtown

Submitted by the Event Organizer

2011 ushers in our 7th year of bringing you quality science fiction and fantasy authors and films. This time the Children’s Variety Preview Room brings you…

Diana Paxson and Rudy Rucker. Both authors will read a selection from their works, followed by Q & A moderated by author Terry Bisson. Booksigning and schmoozing follow
in the lounge.

READINGS START AT 7 PM:

• DIANA PAXSON writes primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories. More recently she has also published books about Pagan and Heathen religions and practices. In addition to her multiple novels and collaborations, she has written over seventy short stories. Her best-known works are the Westria novels.
• RUDY RUCKER is an American mathematician, computer scientist, artist, science fiction author, and philosopher, and is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards. At present he edits the science fiction webzine Flurb.

Doors and cash bar open at 6 with sales and tips benefitting Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California – it’s all for the kids, so let’s be generous and toast them with a drink or two. To date we’ve raised over $20,000 for the Charity – help us add to that total.

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