It is mystery month in San Francisco in June as we welcome two local writers whose detectives are a long way from anything that Dashiell Hammett ever imagined.
Deborah Grabien’s most famous fiction is the Kinkaid Chronicles series. Her detective, J.P. Kinkaid, is the ageing guitarist with a hugely successful rock band. Kinkaid suffers from multiple [...]

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Tuesday, May 4 – 7:30PM
Megan Prelinger – Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962
GREAT book!!! Uniquely insightful and entertaining, Megan Prelinger’s hybrid of eye candy and brain food showcases nearly 200 spectacular images from the Mad Men era of space advertising, providing a remarkable look into our collective history of spaceflight.
Booksmith – San Francisco
Thursday, [...]

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Thursday, March 4 – 6:00PM
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Books Inc. – Opera Plaza
Thursday, March 4 – 12:00PM
Kurt W. Beyer – Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age. Sponsored by Kepler’s Books
This event takes place at: The Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, Call (650) 810-1898 for [...]

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