If you missed the reading by John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal at Borderlands Books last night, well, I hope you were off saving the world or at an all-star orgy or something equally top drawer, because otherwise your evening, by comparison, was as lame as lame can be.

  • John Scalzi is even funnier in person, if you can imagine such a thing. HeĀ  is also extremely gracious and did not attempt to stuff me into a microwave or drop me down an elevator shaft, as SF authors are occasionally rumored to do to those they find annoying.
  • Mary Robinette Kowal is not only an amazing writer, but she forever changed the way the audience members think about tortillas. And chess magazines.
  • I was, in fact, the only one wearing suit. (Not on purpose. I had to drive over directly from a deposition in Oakland.)
  • It is far, far better to park elsewhere and BART over than to try and find a parking space in the Mission.
  • Steven K— got the best author book signature ever; how often does an author write “WTF?” in your book?
  • The reading of “Alternate History Results” is up on YouTube.
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