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Dinner and a Show
May. 17th, 2007 08:10 amLast night was the reboot of SF in SF, a (once again!) monthly series of local SF writers reading and chatting. I've gone to most of them as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
klwilliams is one of the organizers. She drives up and parks at our place, we have dinner and chattage someplace new, and then listen to various SF authors. Notable past authors have included Robert Silverberg and Terry Bisson (the other main organizer).
The best part, for me, is tagging along inklwilliams' wake as a platonic groupie.
Anyway, this was a location change - a better overall setting, with a small bar and far more intimate and convivial. Sadly the restaurant choices are fewer (Financial District vs. the Mission) but we ended up at Sam's Grill, a venerable and old-style San Francisco fish place. I didn't realize that klwilliams doesn't like fish, but she seemed okay with her entree. Sam's is decent but not spectacular; I imagine that it's quite the power lunch sort of place.
The readers: Rudy Rucker, who stole the show the last time he read, was less impressive this time 'round. His short story about the "true" events behind Alan Turing's death was fine, but he didn't elicit audience energy. Oh well; he's still a neat chap. The other reader was Cory Doctorow, with whose name I am familiar even though I don't read Boingboing. He read a faboo excerpt from a novel that is scheduled to come out in about a year, taking place in San Francisco (Edited to add: mp3 download here); I've already made a note to check it out when it's published. Cory was magnetic, funny, and incredibly interesting. I had to decline going out for a nosh with him afterwards, because it was 9:30 PM and way past my bedtime.
In short, an excellent evening.
klwilliams is one of the organizers. She drives up and parks at our place, we have dinner and chattage someplace new, and then listen to various SF authors. Notable past authors have included Robert Silverberg and Terry Bisson (the other main organizer). The best part, for me, is tagging along in
klwilliams' wake as a platonic groupie.Anyway, this was a location change - a better overall setting, with a small bar and far more intimate and convivial. Sadly the restaurant choices are fewer (Financial District vs. the Mission) but we ended up at Sam's Grill, a venerable and old-style San Francisco fish place. I didn't realize that klwilliams doesn't like fish, but she seemed okay with her entree. Sam's is decent but not spectacular; I imagine that it's quite the power lunch sort of place.
The readers: Rudy Rucker, who stole the show the last time he read, was less impressive this time 'round. His short story about the "true" events behind Alan Turing's death was fine, but he didn't elicit audience energy. Oh well; he's still a neat chap. The other reader was Cory Doctorow, with whose name I am familiar even though I don't read Boingboing. He read a faboo excerpt from a novel that is scheduled to come out in about a year, taking place in San Francisco (Edited to add: mp3 download here); I've already made a note to check it out when it's published. Cory was magnetic, funny, and incredibly interesting. I had to decline going out for a nosh with him afterwards, because it was 9:30 PM and way past my bedtime.
In short, an excellent evening.
