Upcoming Events

TONIGHT! Drop-by signing with Steve Toutonghi, SIDE LIFE (Soho Press, Hardcover, $26.00) Thursday, June 7th at 6:00 pm

Writers With Drinks with authors Joanna Angel, Adam Becker, Vernon Keeve III, Chandler Klang-Smith, and Nitasha Tiku, hosted by Charlie Jane Anders (at the Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco) Saturday, June 9th at 7:00 pm

SF in SF with authors Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Meg Elison, and Ellen Klages, moderated by Terry Bisson (at the American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco) Sunday, June 10th at 6:30 pm

Jacqueline Carey, STARLESS (Tor Books, Hardcover, $25.99) Wednesday, June 13th at 6:00 pm

Open House at Borderlands West (1377 Haight St. at Masonic) Saturday, June 16th from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Drop-by signing with DJ Butler, WITCHY WINTER (Baen, Hardcover, $25.00) & Christopher Husberg, BLOOD REQUIEM (Titan Books, Trade Paperback, $14.95) Wednesday, June 20th at 6:00 pm

Daniel H. Wilson, CLOCKWORK DYNASTY (Vintage, Trade Paperback, $16.95) Saturday, June 30th at 3:00 pm

June Building News

by Alan Beatts

May was one of those months when things just don't line up quite right -- at least where our building on Haight St.  was concerned.  As a result, we had a bit of a slowdown this month, but things should be picking up shortly.  The first delay was getting the final details of the structural work sorted out.  It wasn't anything major, but fitting some of the beams around the existing stairwell required a bit of back-and-forth with the structural engineer.  Once that was all sorted out, I realized that there were some details for the I-beam in the basement that needed to be clarified, too.  Once all of that was worked out, the welder who is making the beam went on vacation for a week.  By then, it was almost the end of the month.

But, that's all sorted out now and the beam should be ready this week, and I'm very pleased to be working with Ricardo's Welding again (they did some very nice work for me on my motorcycle last year).  We'll be putting that in place and then marking out the foundation locations in the basement for both that beam and the beams upstairs.  Once that's done, we'll be able to start work on the bathroom in earnest.

Despite all that, we made some good progress in the back yard.  The fences are almost done and are looking good - thank you again to all the volunteers who came to clamber about on my scaffolding (I've never built one before! Could you tell?) to construct the frame and then put the redwood boards in.  It looks fantastic, it's very strong, and more importantly it will age well.  We've just got the last bits of the west section left to do and once we're done mucking about on top of the walls we can get started on building the planters.

May Bestsellers

Hardcovers

1) Noir by Christopher Moore

2) Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

3) Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

4) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

5) Tortall: A Spy's Guide by Tamora Pierce

6) Head On by John Scalzi

7) The Soldier by Neal Asher

8) Space Opera by Cat Valente

9) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

10) In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle

Trade Paperbacks

1) Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, trans by Ken Liu

2) How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger

3) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

4) The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

5) Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

6) Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

7) The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

8) Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O by Nicole Galland and Neal Stephenson

9) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

10) Robots vs. Fairies edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

Mass Market Paperbacks

1) Who Fears Death? by Nnedi Okorafor

2) Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

3) Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin

4) American Gods by Neil Gaiman

5) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

6) Lock In by John Scalzi

7) Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

8) Tiassa by Steven Brust

9) Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

10) Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson

June News

* Overheard in the Store:

"We tore down the ivy.  Then we realized it was _structural_ ivy."

"Want to hold my baby while I get some vampire erotica?"

"Yes, I'm looking for J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Ring Cycle'."

"It will probably be an artisanal bag shop. We're in the Artisanal Bag Shop District, you know."

"I just hate my sneeze. It undermines my authority."

"I love lying to children."

* Are you attending Worldcon 76 in San Jose in August?  Are you looking for a ride to, or a roommate for the con?  If so, email scox@borderlands-books.com and let us know if we can put you in touch with other Borderlands customers who are seeking the same.

* Atlas Obscura made a list of 62 of the World's Best Independent Bookstores and we made the list!  Check out all the other bookstores that you should visit: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-independent-bookstores

* Gardner Dozois, respected science fiction author and editor, has passed away at 70 years of age.  The field has lost a giant. http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/gardner-dozois-70-acclaimed-science-fiction-editor-20180529.html