Upcoming Events

Litquake LitCrawl, Phase 2 with Alex Dolan, Janet Dawson, Daryl Gregory and Eliot Fintushel on Saturday, October 15th at 7:15pm

Litquake LitCrawl, Phase 3 with Skye Allen, Chaz Brenchley, and Becky Chambers on Saturday, October 15th at 8:30pm

Kristen Cast and P.C. Cast, THE SCENT OF SALT AND SAND (Diversion Publishing, Trade Paperback, $9.99) on Sunday, October 16th at 3:00pm

SF in SF with authors Garth Nix and Helene Wecker (at the American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina, San Francisco) on Sunday, October 16th at 6:30pm

Drop-by signing with Jeff Johnson, EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOON (Soft Skull Press, Trade Paperback, $15.95) on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:00pm

Borderlands Sponsors' Open Mic on Friday, October 21st at 7:00pm

Brent Weeks, THE BLOOD MIRROR (Orbit, Hardcover, $28.00) on Tuesday, October 25th at 6:00pm

Jewelle Gomez, THE GILDA STORIES 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (City Lights Publisher, Trade Paperback, $16.95) on Sunday, October 30th at 3:00pm

Maria Alexander, SNOWED (Raw Dog Screaming Press, Trade Paperback, $14.95) on Sunday, November 6th at 3:00pm

Chris Roberson, FIREWALK (Night Shade Books, Hardcover, $24.99) on Saturday, November 12th at 2:00pm

Megan E. O'Keefe, BREAK THE CHAINS (Angry Robot, Mass Market, $7.99) on Sunday, November 13th at 1:00pm

Mary Robinette Kowal, GHOST TALKERS (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) on Sunday, November 13th at 3:00pm

SF in SF with authors Nick Mamatas and Rick Wilber (at the American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina, San Francisco) on Sunday, November 13th at 6:30pm

CYBER WORLD (Hex Publishers, Trade Paperback, $14.99) event with Richard Kadrey, Aaron Lovett, Josh Viola, Isabel Yap, and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro on Saturday, November 19th at 2:00pm

Dan Wells, EXTREME MAKEOVER: APOCALYPSE EDITION (Tor Books, Hardcover, $27.99 and Trade Paperback $17.99) on Saturday, November 19th at 5:00pm

Richard Lupoff, WHERE MEMORY HIDES: A WRITER'S LIFE (Bold Venture Press, Trade Paperback (Black & White Edition), $22.95, and Trade Paperback (Collector's Color Edition), $49.95) on Sunday, November 20th at 3:00pm

And stay tuned for more amazing authors including Brandon Sanderson in November before we take our holiday event hiatus!

Litquake LitCrawl, Phase 2 with Alex Dolan, Janet Dawson, Daryl Gregory and Eliot Fintushel on Saturday, October 15th at 7:15pm  - Litquake LitCrawl, Phase 2, "Thrills, Chills, Zen, and Trains" with Alex Dolan, Janet Dawson, Daryl Gregory and Eliot Fintushel! -- We are delighted to once again take part in one of the most exciting literary events in San Francisco - the LitCrawl.  This is a three-hour pub-crawl-style literary event with dozens of venues and hundreds of authors, all taking place right here in the Mission District.

Litquake LitCrawl, Phase 3 with Skye Allen, Chaz Brenchley, and Becky Chambers on Saturday, October 15th at 8:30pm - "From Inside Your Head, to Under the Sea, to Beyond the Stars", with Skye Allen, Chaz Brenchley, and Becky Chambers.  Join us to travel to previously unimagined worlds and explore mind-blowing new concepts, without even leaving the building!

Kristin Cast and P.C. Cast, THE SCENT OF SALT AND SAND (Diversion Publishing, Trade Paperback, $9.99) on Sunday, October 16th at 3:00pm - We're delighted to welcome the talented mother-daughter duo Kristin Cast and P.C. Cast to Borderlands to talk about THE SCENT OF SALT AND SAND, a new novella in Cast's thrilling Escaped series.  Here's the synopsis from Kristin's website: "The Sirens are on a mission: to escape Tartarus and rebuild their kingdom in the bay city of San Francisco.  They aren't monstrous by nature, but the line between good and evil blurs when their very existence is in danger.  Melody Seirina has always been different.  When it is her turn to hunt, as all Sirens must do, she meets Dean, and sees a target who will allow her to fulfill her purpose. What she doesn't count on is falling in love -- a love that could destroy them both.  The romance and the tension heat up as Kristin and P.C. Cast, co-authors of the House of Night series, team up again to bring their magic to the world of The Escaped, raising the stakes for the mortal realm to a fever pitch."  Don't miss these two amazing authors!

SF in SF with authors Garth Nix and Helene Wecker (at the American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina, San Francisco) on Sunday, October 16th at  6:30pm - (Suggested donation $10. Tickets are available here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2642279)  Doors and bar at 5:30 pm, event begins at 6:30 pm.  Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A from the audience moderated by author Terry Bisson.  Authors will schmooze & sign books after.  Books available for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books.  Seating is limited, so first come, first seated.  Bar proceeds benefit the American Bookbinders Museum.   Phone (night of event) 415-572-1015.  Questions? Email sfinsfevents@gmail.com.

Drop-by signing with Jeff Johnson, EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOON (Soft Skull Press, Trade Paperback, $15.95) on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:00pm - We're happy to host an informal signing with Jeff Johnson; tattoo artist, musician, and writer!  Jeff's new novel is a supernatural noir starring an unforgettable, believably complex and vicious hundred-year-old criminal werewolf half-breed named Gelson Verber.  Check out the kick-ass Kirkus review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeff-johnson/everything-under-the-moon/  We hope you'll stop by to meet and chat with Jeff and pick up a copy of EVERYTHING UNDER THE MOON!

Borderlands Sponsors' Open Mic on Friday, October 21st at 7:00pm - Borderlands' sponsors are an intelligent, talented, and diverse group of people, and many of them are writers!  We're hosting another Open Mic Night for sponsors, giving them a chance to share short stories, flash fiction, an excerpt from a longer work -- almost any type of writing, in any genre.  All we ask is that the readings are kept short -- five minutes or less -- so as to allow as many readers as possible the opportunity.  The really fun thing about open mic nights is that each reader brings fresh surprises and you never know what's coming up next.  We hope you'll come by to check out your talented friends and fellow customers!  (Please note: This event is open to the general public, but only sponsors may read.)

Brent Weeks, THE BLOOD MIRROR (Orbit, Hardcover, $28.00) on Tuesday, October 25th at 6:00pm - (Release date exclusive!) We are thrilled to welcome back New York Times bestseller and Borderlands Sponsor Brent Weeks on the very day his latest installment of the Lightbringer series lands in stores.  Brent has delighted past Borderlands audiences with his grace and humor, giving each attendee a memorable night filled with impassioned reading, quirky anecdotes and personal musings.  Borderlands will have plenty of books on hand for signing the night of the event, but if you are not in one of the only seven cities on his tour, please contact us for direct shipping options and we'll get a signed copy in your hands.  In association with Orbit books, a few lucky audience members will be chosen as Blackguard Captains, receiving priority seating and special swag courtesy of Brent and Orbit.  To enter the drawing, go here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-MIDCvQTjM86r53AO7AwyiyB7ZzTvNJ3wAzHgs5E0z90fqw/viewform  The following was released as a quick summary for the fourth in the Lightbringer series: "Stripped of both magical and political power, the people he once ruled told he's dead, and now imprisoned in his own magical dungeon, former Emperor Gavin Guile has no prospect of escape.  But the world faces a calamity greater than the Seven Satrapies has ever seen. . . and only he can save it.  As the armies of the White King defeat the Chromeria and old gods are born anew, the fate of worlds will come down to one question: Who is the Lightbringer?"

Jewelle Gomez, THE GILDA STORIES 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (City Lights Publisher, Trade Paperback, $16.95) on Sunday, October 30th at 3:00pm - We're thrilled to welcome author, activist, and playwright Jewelle Gomez!  From her website: Jewelle's "fiction, essays, criticism and poetry have appeared in numerous periodicals.  Among them: The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, The Village Voice; Ms Magazine, ESSENCE Magazine, The Advocate, Callaloo and Black Scholar.  Her work has appeared in such anthologies as HOME GIRLS, READING BLACK READING FEMINIST, DARK MATTER and the OXFORD WORLD TREASURY OF LOVE STORIES.  She has served on literature panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council and the California Arts Council."  However, Jewelle is probably best known for her unforgettable, immortal vampyr character Gilda, and we're absolutely delighted to be showcasing the 25th Anniversary edition of THE GILDA STORIES!  You can read an excerpt from one of the newer Gilda stories here: http://www.jewellegomez.com/new_gilda.html

Maria Alexander, SNOWED (Raw Dog Screaming Press, Trade Paperback, $14.95) on Sunday, November 6th at 3:00pm - We are delighted to welcome Maria Alexander back to the store!  Maria is, according to her website, "a produced screenwriter, published games writer, virtual world designer, award-winning copywriter, interactive theatre designer, prolific fiction writer, snarkiologist and poet."  She's also the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of MR. WICKER.  Now Maria's back with a creepy urban fantasy novel featuring a young adult protagonist that looks amazing!  Here's the description: "Charity Jones is a 16-year-old engineering genius who's much-bullied for being biracial and a skeptic at her conservative school in Oak County, California.  Everything changes when Charity's social worker mother brings home a sweet teen runaway named Aidan to foster for the holidays.  Matched in every way, Charity and Aidan quickly fall in love.  But it seems he's not the only new arrival: Charity soon finds the brutally slain corpse of her worst bully and she gets hard, haunting evidence that the killer is stalking Oak County.  As she and her Skeptics Club investigate this death and others, they find at every turn the mystery only grows darker and more deadly. One thing's for certain: there's a bloody battle coming this holiday season that will change their lives -- and human history -- forever.  Will they be ready?"  We hope you'll join us to meet Maria and check out SNOWED!

Chris Roberson, FIREWALK (Night Shade Books, Hardcover, $24.99) on Saturday, November 12th at 2:00pm - Join us to welcome New York Times bestselling author and co-creator of the comic book-turned hit TV show iZombie, Chris Roberson!  We're eagerly awaiting Chris's new supernatural crime thriller FIREWALK.  Check out the description from the publisher's website: "Izzie Lefevre was the newest investigator for the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit when she first came to Recondito, a coastal city that's been shrouded in mystery and legend for centuries.  Local law enforcement had requested the Bureau's assistance in hunting a sword-wielding serial killer who'd left a dozen mutilated bodies in his wake.  Patrick Tevake was a local homicide detective assigned to the taskforce, and together he and Izzie managed to track down and stop the killer before he claimed another victim.  Five years later, Izzie and Patrick remain haunted by what the killer said before he fell in a hail of gunfire.  Izzie’s ancestors were "mambos," voodoo priestesses who claimed to communicate with the dead and protect the faithful from evil spirits.  Patrick's Polynesian great uncle told stories of Recondito's supernatural menaces that lurk in flame and shadow.  The killer's last words have brought up a past both Izzie and Patrick thought they'd long since left behind, and neither has been able to shake the feeling that their case was never completely solved . . . ."

Megan E. O'Keefe, BREAK THE CHAINS (Angry Robot, Mass Market, $7.99) on Sunday, November 13th at 1:00pm - We're delighted to welcome local author Megan E. O'Keefe, who will be showing off volume two in her Scorched Continent series!  The first book, STEAL THE SKY, is a awesome romp with airships and magic, and BREAK THE CHAINS looks to be even more fun.  Here's the description from the publisher's website: "A year has passed since Detan set the skies above Aransa on fire, and the armies of Aransa's new dictator Thratia are preparing to knock on the door of his aunt's city, Hond Steading . . . .  As the city that produces the most selium -- that precious gas that elevates airships and powers strange magic --  Hond Steading is a jewel worth stealing.  To shore up the city's defenses, Detan promises his aunt that he'll recover Nouli, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea.  But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles, an impervious island prison run by the empire, and it's Detan’s fault.  Detan doesn't dare approach Nouli himself, so his companions volunteer to get themselves locked up to make contact with Nouli and convince him to help.  Now Detan has to break them all out of prison, and he's going to need the help of a half-mad doppel to do it."  We hope you'll join us!

Mary Robinette Kowal, GHOST TALKERS (Tor, Hardcover, $24.99) on Sunday, November 13th at 3:00pm - We're always thrilled to host the amazingly talented Mary Robinette Kowal!  Mary's new novel is a very different historical fantasy from her previous books, but just as good.  Here's the description from Mary's website: "Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer.  Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force.  Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence.  Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels.  While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor.  Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things.  Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort.  Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them.  This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing . . . ."  Do not miss this opportunity to meet the author and hear about this extraordinary book!

SF in SF with authors Nick Mamatas and Rick Wilber (at the American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina, San Francisco) on Sunday, November 13th at 6:30pm - Suggested donation $10, no one turned away for lack of funds.)  Doors and bar at 5:30 pm, event begins at 6:30 pm.  Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A from the audience moderated by author Terry Bisson.  Authors will schmooze & sign books after.  Books available for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books.  Seating is limited, so first come, first seated.  Bar proceeds benefit the American Bookbinders Museum.   Phone (night of event) 415-572-1015.  Questions? Email sfinsfevents@gmail.com.

CYBER WORLD (Hex Publishers, Trade Paperback, $14.99) event with Richard Kadrey, Aaron Lovett, Josh Viola, Isabel Yap, and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro on Saturday, November 19th at 2:00pm - We're delighted to welcome these contributors to the fabulous new anthology CYBER WORLD!  CYBER WORLD features cybernetics, neuroscience, nanotech, genetic engineering, hacktivism, transhumanism, and so much more that proves the "world of tomorrow" is already here.  We hope you'll join us to meet some of today's most talented cyberpunk visionaries!  The book even includes a bonus CD soundtrack.  Check out the awesome book trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ulli7T-xPE&app=desktop and RSVP here if you do the Facebook thing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1795228790690567/

Dan Wells, EXTREME MAKEOVER: APOCALYPSE EDITION (Tor Books, Hardcover, $27.99 and Trade Paperback $17.99) on Saturday, November 19th at 5:00pm - We're always excited to host Dan Wells, the amazing author of I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER and so many other fantastic works!  Dan's newest novel, praised to the stars by Seanan McGuire, is, according to the publisher, "[e]qual parts corporate satire, scientific thriller, and apocalyptic nightmare, EXTREME MAKEOVER tells the story of a health and beauty company that accidentally creates a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA."  The chief scientist working on the project realizes that something has gone horribly wrong and wants to destroy the formula, but the NewYew company "thinks it might be the greatest beauty product ever designed -- and the world's governments think it might be the greatest weapon."  You can see the cover reveal for EXTREME MAKEOVER, and a clip from the upcoming I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER movie here! http://www.tor.com/2016/03/18/cover-reveal-for-dan-wells-extreme-makeover/ We hope you'll join us in welcoming Dan Wells!

Richard Lupoff, WHERE MEMORY HIDES: A WRITER'S LIFE (Bold Venture Press, Trade Paperback (Black & White Edition), $22.95, and Trade Paperback (Collector's Color Edition), $49.95) on Sunday, November 20th at 3:00pm - We're thrilled to welcome local legend Richard Lupoff, showing off his autobiography WHERE MEMORY HIDES!  From the book: "In half a century of publishing books and short fiction under his own name and at least six pen names, Richard A. Lupoff has spun some of the strangest fables, written a respected biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, won a Hugo and has been nominated for multiple Nebula Awards."  Dick Lupoff is a treasure trove of stories, both fictional and not.  We hope you'll join us to hear highlights from the story of his incredibly full and fascinating life!