JOIN TACHYON PUBLICATIONS SUNDAY AUG. 24TH
We’ll be celebrating the launch of Tachyon Publications’
SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODES!
Interviews with Science Fiction Legends
Editor Richard Wolinsky and authors Jacob Weisman and Michael Kurland!
Doors open at 4:00PM – event starts at 4:45PM —- ALL AGES WELCOME
$15 per person via Lost Church box office available here! – also available at the door
Booksigning and schmoozing follows at close of event!!
THERE’S A BAR! Please help by patronizing it! Beer, wine, and soft drinks are available during the evening, located on the main floor of The Lost Church
Books will be for sale courtesy of Fly By Night Books, and all attendees are welcome to bring their own books from home for signatures.
Our wonderful podcast hosts from Soma FM will be recording the evening’s talk for later broadcast – they are listener-supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting to the world! Catch up on previous SF in SF conversations and reading at our dedicated channel
Proceeds benefit The Lost Church, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit arts organization that serves the community by creating, sustaining, and defending spaces for live performance. If you like what you see, hear, and experience, please consider becoming an Anchor Donor! These stable monthly funds help The Lost Church reliably plan for the coming year of entertainment – see details here!
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
RICHARD WOLINSKY was born and raised in New York City. Armed with a BA (Philosophy) from SUNY Binghamton and an MA (Philosophy) from the New School for Social Research, NYC, Richard moved to the Bay Area in 1975 and began volunteering at KPFA-FM in May, 1976. (KPFA is the San Francisco Bay Area’s local NPR station.)
Wolinsky was editor/chief writer of the KPFA-FM (Berkeley) publication Folio, the flagship program guide of the Pacifica radio network, from 1978-92. From 1977 to 1995 he co-hosted and produced the program “Probabilities” devoted to science fiction, mystery and mainstream fiction. From 1995 through 2001, he co-hosted and produced the interview show “Cover to Cover,” going solo in early 2002, when it was renamed “Bookwaves.” Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopodes! is the culmination of decades in the field, bringing together in one place his interviews with the writers of science fiction still attracting fans today. Included in the book are interviews with Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Margaret Atwood, Fritz Leiber, Frank Herbert, and many others.
“Cover to Cover” was originally co-hosted with Lawrence Davison, and later, with the noted science fiction writer, Richard A. Lupoff. He departed in 2001 to focus on his writing, but occasionally returned.
Richard Wolinsky’s interviews have been published in numerous venues, including the SF Bay Guardian, Heavy Metal, Mystery Scene Magazine, and such books as Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King, The Louis L’Amour Companion, and Macabre II: Stephen King & Clive Barker. “Bookwaves” and a second show, “Arts Waves” are now syndicated through Pacifica’s Audioport website and can be heard online.
MICHAEL KURLAND in his own words…. “A plump, middle-aged man with greying hair and mild, hazel eyes looking out from behind wire-rim glasses, Author Michael Kurland has the perpetually nervous look of a rabbit invited to lunch at the Lions’ Club. He has been a teacher of obscure subjects to disinterested children, the editor of a magazine even more idiosyncratic than himself, a seeker of absent persons, a magical explainer, and guest lecturer at numerous unrelated events. But he has never wandered far from his chosen profession of scrivener for very long, since he finds the fawning idolatry of his fans a useful counterbalance to the disinterest of landlords and the disapproval of bank managers.
He is the recipient of two Edgar scrolls and was nominated for an American Book Award for his first Moriarty novel, The Infernal Device. Among his other works are The Last President (with S.W. Barton), Death by Gaslight, Ten Little Wizards, A Study in Sorcery, The Unicorn Girl, and Star Griffin. His most recent work of nonfiction, an idiosyncratic history of Forensic Science called Irrefutable Evidence, has enjoyed a European vogue. The latest Moriarty novel, Who Thinks Evil, is now in bookstores near you, if there are any bookstores near you. His works have been translated into Chinese, Czech, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and some alphabet full of little pothooks and curlicues.
Kurland presently lives in a Secular Humanist Hermitage in a secluded bay somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he kills and skins his own vegetables.” He’s one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.
JACOB WEISMAN began his career in the science fiction field by publishing a zine, Thirteenth Moon, in high school. He resurrected it as a semi-prozine and published quarterly from 1992-96. He realized he could print books for the cost of the magazine run, AND THE REST IS HISTORY! He is the World Fantasy Award-winning editor and publisher at Tachyon Publications, which he founded in 1995, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Authors he’s published include Peter S. Beagle, Joe R. Lansdale, Patricia McKillip, Daniel Pinkwater, Jane Yolen, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, Nalo Hopkinson, Lavie Tidhar, Samantha Mills, and many others. He edits many of Tachyon’s titles, and is the series editor of Tachyon’s Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Shirley Jackson Award-winning novella line. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Realms of Fantasy, the Louisville Courier-Journal, The Seattle Weekly, and The Cooper Point Journal.
Jacob co-authored the novel Egyptian Motherlode (Fairwood Press, 2024) with the Shirley Jackson Award nominee David Sandner, and can answer any question on baseball you put to him. (He also loves dogs, bebop, poke bowls, and his wife, Rina Weisman, who runs SF in SF.)
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Yes, we know….North Beach and parking are not always compatible! BUT we are outside the touristy area and here is a link to parking garages in the area, more info on parking in the area. MOST street parking is free on Sundays, but always check the signs and meter for days/hours. There are many easy ways to reach the venue by MUNI, or a combination of BART and MUNI! For MUNI options, please visit https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit to plan your trip. For BART options, please visit https://www.bart.gov/planner. Make it a grand evening out, and visit here to find some excellent restaurants for dinner in the neighborhood!
For more information, The Lost Church can be reached at HQ@THELOSTCHURCH.ORG; for a recorded message with general information, call 415-320-1408
The Lost Church is located at 988 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut), North Beach, San Francisco. Bimbo’s 365 Club is across the street.
The venue is ADA compliant: if you prefer to take the elevator down one floor to the performance space, please state that at the door before entering.
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SAVE THE DATES – COMING UP NEXT WITH SF IN SF!
Join SF in SF for these next authors on our calendar!
Sunday, August 24th – Book launch for SPACE SHIPS! RAY GUNS! MARTIAN OCTOPODS! Interviews with Science Fiction Legends! With editor Richard Wolinsky of KPFA, publisher Jacob Weisman, and author Michael Kurland
Sunday, September 21st – YVETTE DAVIS, SHERI JOSEPH, and BRENDA COOPER
Sunday, October 5th – Join the party! Tachyon Publications is celebrating 30 years of publishing excellence, saving the world, one good book at a time! This event will take place at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, and will be followed by a very special SF in SF gig with SAMANTHA MILLS and JOE R. LANSDALE!! **This event will be free and open to the public**
Sunday, October 12th – KATE MARUYAMA, JORDAN ROSENFELD and SUMIKO SAULSON
Sunday, November 23rd – SPECIAL EVENT! We’re putting together a program on Philip K. Dick, with some of the foremost experts on this very complicated author! Endlessly entertaining to talk about, we’ll delve into what makes him so fascinating, relevant, and completely fascinating today.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL RINA AT sfinsfevents@gmail.com
We are beginning to book authors in for 2026! If you have a book or ebook coming out, please let us know!
