The Other Change of Hobbit
A Science Fiction & Fantasy Bookstore
Past Events: 2000-2003
6-8pm, Thursday, October 9th, 2003: Cory Doctorow read a new story and signed
his new collection, A Place So Foreign and Eight More (in trade paperback from Four Walls Eight Windows) and his debut novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (in hardcover from Tor Books).
  Cory Doctorow explaining digital rights. [digital photo by Lori Buschbaum] |
2-3pm, Saturday, September 20th, 2003: Bruce Balfour signed and read
from his new novel, The Digital Dead (in paperback from Ace Books).  |
1-3pm, Saturday, May 10th, 2003: John Ringo signed and read
from his new novel, Hell's Faire (in hardcover from Baen Books).    John Ringo signs books on the sidewalk. (where it's legal to use that stogie). [digital photos by Lori Buschbaum] |
2-4pm, Saturday, April 5th, 2003: Hugo and Nebula Award winner John Varley stopped in on a trip up the Coast to sign and read
from his new novel, Red Thunder (in hardcover from Ace Books).  John Varley ready to sign books. [digital photo by Lori Buschbaum] |
1:30-3:30pm, Saturday, January 4th, 2003: The double-threat duo Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman returned to sign and read
from their new Basil St. Cloud and Theron Campion novel, The Fall of the Kings (in trade paperback
from Bantam/Spectra Books). The is the much-anticipated sequel to one of our top ten titles.  Delia and Ellen signing copies of The Fall of the Kings Delia looking puzzled. [grainy
digital photos from Dave's Christmas Pocket DVII] |
2-4pm, Sunday, November 17th: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro returned to sign
from her new St. Germain novel, Night Blooming (in hardcover from Warner Books). |
6-7pm, Sunday, October 6th: Laura J. Mixon signed and read
from her fifth sf novel, Burning the Ice (in hardcover from Tor Books).  |
7-9pm, Thursday, April 25th: Multiple awards-winner Kim Stanley Robinson signed and read
his new alternate history novel, Years of Rice and Salt (hardcover
from Bantam), which branches from the intriguing prospect of what would have happened if the Black Death had killed off most of Europe's population, a present-day where Islam and Buddhism are the world's dominant religions.  |
7-9pm, Thursday, February 21st, 2002: James Tiptree, Jr. Award and
World Fantasy Award winner Kelly Link signed and read from
from her lauded short story collection, Stranger Things Happen (trade paperback
from Small Beer Press).  : |
| 2-4pm, Saturday, October 20th: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro signed and chatted
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2-4pm, Sunday, September 9th: Mick Farren read and signed
from his recent vampire novels, More Than Mortal and Darklost (hardcover and paperback respectively, from Tor Books).
And, no, these vampires will not steal your lunch money.  |
Terry Pratchett snuck in a drive-by signing. TP and a
stack of Thief of Time |
Connie Willis snuck in a drive-by signing. CW and a stack of Passage |
2-4pm, Saturday, March 17th: Campbell Award-winning Nalo Hopkinson signed and read
from her novels, Brown Girl in the Ring and Midnight Robber (both in trade paperback from Warner/Aspect Books).  
 Nalo
Hopkinson selecting a passage to read
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2-4pm, Sunday, February 4th: Philip K. Dick Award-winning Richard Paul Russo signed and read from
his latest collection, Terminal Visions (in hardcover from Golden Gryphon Press),
and his new novel, Ship of Fools (in trade paperback from Ace Books). 
 Richard Paul
Russo and fan club!
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7-9pm, Thursday, January 25th, 2001: Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Joe Haldeman signed
his latest novels, Forever Free (in paperback from Ace Books),
and The Coming (in hardcover from Ace Books).   Gay and
Joe Haldeman |
2-4pm, Sunday, November 19th: William F. Nolan
read his new e-Text only Logan story and signed the new reprints of the first three Logan
novels: Logan's Run, Logan's Search, and Logan's World. artist
William F. Nolan creating inscription
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7-9pm, Friday, November 17th: Joshua Mertz
read and signed his new cyberthriller, Machine Dreams (in trade paperback from Bald Mountain Books, publishers of Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels). |
George R. R. Martin snuck in a drive-by signing. GRRM and a
stack of Storm of Swords |
2-4pm, Sunday, November 5th: celebrating Writers of the Future with several of the upcoming winning stars,
including writer William Brown, and artists Steelee
Faltis, and Frank Wu, the Grand Prize Winner.  writers
Melissa Yuan-Innes and William Brown, artist Frank Wu |
7-9pm, Friday, October 13th: Master fantasist Dave Duncan
read
and signed from his concluding novels from The King's Blades series, Lord
of the Fire Lands (in paperback from Harper Eos) and Sky of
Swords (in hardcover from Harper Eos), and the latest novel in The King's Daggers
series, The Crooked House (in paperback from Harper Eos).   |
2-4pm, Sunday, October 1st: globetrotting S. P. Somtow dropped by, fresh
from concert preparations in Thailand!   |
7-9pm, Monday, July 3rd: In an uncommon visit to the West Coast, Katherine
Kurtz read and signed her long-awaited new addition to the Deryni Chronicles, King Kelson's Bride (in
hardcover from Ace Books).  |
| 6-8pm, Saturday, May 20th: Katharine Kerr postponed for
health reasons. |
6-8pm, Wednesday, May 3rd: A party celebrating the late James Tiptree, Jr., and the new collection of
previously uncollected works, Meet Me at Infinity (in hardcover from
Tor Books). Guests included Tiptree Award judges Debbie
Notkin, Pat Murphy, Karen Joy Fowler, and Freddie
Baer. |
7:30-9pm, Sunday, Apr 2nd: Terry Pratchett, renowned
creator of the Discworld novels, talked about and signed his latest Discworld
novel, The Fifth Elephant (in hardcover from Harper Collins,
who have also just reprinted the first three in paperback)      Terry
Pratchett, the publicity shot "What is this?"
[water] "That's better!" [locally
brewed Triple Rock] Yeah, it was a bit crowded. But everyone got their books
signed. Thanks, Terry! |
7-9pm, Friday, Mar 31st: Sean Stewart checked back in
to read and signed his latest contemporary fantasy novels, Galveston
and Mockingbird (in hardcover and trade paperback
respectively from Ace Books)   Sean as
cat furniture Martha Soukup entertained by cannibal reading |
4-6pm, Saturday, Mar 4th: Diana Paxson read and signed the four
parts to her latest Arthurian fantasy novel, The Hallowed Isle: The
Book of the Sword, The Book of the Spear, The Book of the
Cauldron, and The Book of the Stone (all in trade paperback
from Avon).    |
6-8pm, Saturday, Feb 26th: The one and only original Hobbitch, Sherry
Gottlieb, founder of the late, lamented, original A Change of
Hobbit, read and signed her latest vampire novel, Worse Than Death
(in hardcover from Tor Books)
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4-6pm, Sunday, Jan 30th: in collaboration with Further Confusion, C. J. Cherryh and Jane Fancher returned to read and sign their latest novels Precursor (in hardcover from DAW Books) and Ring of Destiny (in paperback from DAW Books) respectively 
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6-8pm, Saturday, Jan 15th, 2000: Greg Kihn
gave a mini-concert and read and signed his latest dark fantasy Mojo Hand (in hardcover from Tor Books)
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