On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
They performed a bit of Science Fiction Comedy Improv – it was hilarious.
Performed by John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal.
sf20090116_scifi_comedy_improv.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
This is one of those short stories called Evil Robot Monkey.
Read by Mary Robinette Kowal.
sf20090116_evil_robot_monkey.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
This is one of those short stories called Trip, Trap, Tripping.
Read by Mary Robinette Kowal.
sf20090116_trip_trap_tripping.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
At some point in the show, John gets misty-eyed about legendary actor Ricardo Montalbán passing. We honor him with a short, but heartfelt tribute: Khaaan!
sf20090116_khaaan.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
This is one of those short stories called Nails in my Feet.
Read by Mary Robinette Kowal.
sf20090116_nails_in_my_feet.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
This is one of those short stories called Denise Jones, Super Booker.
The full transcript of this short can be found on Subterranean Press.
Read by John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal.
sf20090116_denise_jones_super_booker.MP3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
John and Mary showed up early and regaled us with dialog and… science fiction phone sex. No kidding.
sf_2009_01_16_preshow.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
The house was packed for the main event.
How great it was to see John and Mary performing short stories. Shortly (ha!), I will update this post with the names of the stories in the order of reading.
At the end of the readings, they performed Science Fiction Comedy Improv. Sweet!
sf_2009_01_16_show.mp3On January 16, 2009, John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal visited Borderland Books in San Francisco to read from some of their short-stories.
After the Show, Mary and John spent some time answering questions. Several good ones, specifically the Heinlein discussion.
sf_2009_01_16_q_and_a.mp3