SF in SF presents Paolo Bacigalupi & Tim Pratt in reading and conversation

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience; book signing and schmoozing follows.

Event is moderated by author Cliff Winnig and hosted by Rina Weisman.

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 new home for events for 2024 is THE LOST CHURCH!

Science Fiction in San Francisco – A perfect fit! 

SF in SF Events hosts a monthly series of author readings from the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and genre literary fields, hosted by Rina Weisman, and moderated by Cliff Winnig.  Events take place at The Lost Church San Francisco.

All events are underwritten by our sponsor, Tachyon Publications  located in San Francisco and run by Jacob Weisman since 1995.

Find us on Facebook, and at Meetup under SF in SF Events, and on Bluesky at @sfinsfevents.bsky.social.

For more info, email Rina Weisman, Coordinator, at sfinsfevents@gmail.com.

We are currently beginning to book our event series for 2025.  If interested in participating, please email Rina.

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