There's a science fiction convention going on in San Francisco this weekend, and I wish I could attend for this one reading:
Fritz Leiber will be reading from his recently completed work, as well as answering audience questions.
Leiber is one of my all-time favorite authors, which is one reason to attend, but another is this little fact.
Yes, the rest of the con looks good, too.
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It was a spiffy con; totally book oriented (with some comix), fun but serious, serious but fun, and etter than a blast of positrons; it had charm and strangeness from top to bottom. Y'all should come next year!
And this is me, damnit, not that stupid Yahoo code:
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