This just in from Rina Weisman at SF in SF:
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SATURDAY, MAY 7TH
SF in SF is delighted to present
ANDREA HAIRSTON
HOWARD HENDRIX
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Andrea Hairston is a novelist and playwright, and a Clarion West 1999 graduate. In March, 2011, she was honored with the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts Distinguished Scholarship Award for "distinguished contributions to the scholarship and criticism of the fantastic." Ms. Hairston is the Artistic Director of Chrysalis Theatre and has created original productions with music, dance, and masks for over thirty years. She is also the Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor of Theatre and Afro-American Studies at Smith College. Ms. Hairston has received many playwriting and directing awards, including an NEA Grant to Playwrights, and a Shubert Fellowship for Playwriting. Since 1997, her plays produced by Chrysalis Theatre and others have been science fiction plays.
Ms. Hairston's first novel,
Mindscape (Aqueduct Press, 2006) won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was shortlisted for the Phillip K. Dick Award and the Tiptree Award. She is a frequent attendee at WisCon, the longest-running Feminist Science Fiction Convention in the world. She has published numerous short stories and essays, such as "Griots of the Galaxy," (
So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future), "Romance of the Robot: From RUR & Metropolis to WALL-E" (
The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 4) "Lord of the Monsters—Minstrelsy Redux: King Kong, Hip Hop, and the Brutal Black Buck," (
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts) and "Octavia Butler—Praise Song to a Prophetic Artist" (
Daughters of Earth).
Redwood and Wildfire, her second speculative novel, was recently published by Aqueduct Press in April 2011. "At the turn of the 20th century, minstrel shows transform into vaudeville which slides into moving pictures. Hunkering together in dark theatres, diverse audiences marvel at flickering images. This "dreaming in public" becomes common culture and part of what transforms immigrants and "native" born into Americans." We are delighted to welcome this wonderful artist to our SF in SF program for the first time.
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Howard V. Hendrix is "one of the best novelists working in science fiction today" according to author Kim Stanley Robinson. Nominated for Nebula Awards, a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winner, and a 1st prize winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, Hendrix is a professor of English literature at CSU Fresno, and coordinates the annual Eaton Science Fiction Conference at UC Riverside. His many publications include dozens of shorter experimental and science fiction stories, political essays, book reviews, and works of literary criticism, including his book-length study of apocalyptic elements in English literature from Langland to Milton,
The Ecstasy of Catastrophe (1990). Hendrix's most widely available works of shorter science fiction and near-miss thrillers are available in the Full Spectrum series (Bantam Books) and in The Outer Limits, Volume 1 (Prima). His novels include
Spears of God (2006) and
The Labyrinth Key (2004),
Empty Cities of the Full Moon (2001),
Lightpaths (1997),
Standing Wave (1998), and
Better Angels (October 1999). Hendrix also created a stir among SFF fans and authors with an LJ posting on April 12, 2007, discussing authors who offer their works for free on the internet, either as written works, or recorded as podcasts. His comments have drawn discussion, compliments, and criticism, and resulted in "International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day."
He lives with his wife Laurel in central California, where they enjoy backpacking in the Sierras and mushroom forays in the foothills. He is currently at work on a fourth novel,
Empty Cities of the Full Moon, set in a universe quite different from his first three books. He is also, incidentally, one of the nicest guys you could hope to meet, and SF in SF is delighted to welcome him back.
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Join SF in SF at the Movies!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD & CONAN
Doors and cash bar open at 6:00PM - free popcorn!!
Candy for sale at the bar (what's a movie without Red Vines?!)
Free THOR one sheet movie poster for each attendee!
Films start at 7:00PM - there will be a short intermission between films
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLDA MOST special film you won't want to miss - it's the biographical treatment of Robert E. Howard and his life and love with teacher Novalyne Price. Based on her autobiographical book,
One Who Walked Alone, it's the story of REH and Novalyne's romance against the backdrop of small town Cross Plains, the beginnings of Howard's literary career as the premier writer of sword & sorcery fiction, and the sad and tragic story of his relationship with his mother. Believe me - you don't have to read
Conan to love this movie. It's one of the most respectful, involving, and amazing movies out there - the debut of Renee Zellweger, and the knock 'em dead acting of Vincent D'Onfrio as Bob Howard - and a true story of star-crossed love. The backstory of the author who brought us Conan, Red Sonja, Agnes the Sword Woman, and Solomon Kane is not to be believed!
CONANWell, this one is just for fun - our way of saying, "goodbye Arnold!!!" Actually, it's the "epic tale of child sold into slavery who grows into a man who seeks revenge against the warlord who massacred his tribe." Or, if you prefer "He conquered an empire with his sword. She conquered HIM with her bare hands." Whatever - we just know it's a hoot. Come live the legend - campy, trashy, and an amazing transformation of the well-known and well-loved stories from the pen of Robert E. Howard. Swords will be confiscated at the door, but if you come dressed as Red Sonja, we'll give you a free drink!
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Suggested donation at the door $5 per person - it's all for the kids folks! The need for services and help continues in our community, and money donated to Variety helps meet those needs - come have a great time while helping the Charity!
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No need to RSVP for either of these events - but seating is limited, and first-come, first-seated. Once we are full - we're full! :)
Doors and cash bar open at 6:00PM
Events start at 7:00PM
Books for sale at author events courtesy of Borderlands Books
www.borderlands-books.comAuthor events podcasted courtesy of Rick Kleffel, and the Agony Column -
learn more, and catch previous SF in SF podcastsSF in SF takes place at:
The Variety Preview Room Theatre
The Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor - entrance between Quiznos and Citibank
582 Market Street @ 2nd and Montgomery
San Francisco, CA 94104
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