In case you missed it, or so you don't: a grab-bag of updates, events around Chicago, and Things to Read on the Web.
Around Chicago:
- So. Many. Events. Check out the Upcoming Events page for a slew of book clubs & more. Of particular note:
- The Paragon Festival is this weekend: 40 Sci-Fi & Fantasy plays in 2 days!
- Monday 10/3, Fran Wilde & Ada Palmer are talking at Volumes Book Cafe. Wilde's "Updraft" won the Andre Norton & Compton awards, and was a Nebula nominee; she'll likely be talking about the newly released sequel, "Cloudbound". I just read & reviewed Palmer's amazing first novel, "Too Like the Lightning", and she's also an intriguing speaker, so I'm looking forward to this.
- Saturday, 10/8 is Pocket Con, a newly-launched one-day con focused on youth & POC.
- Cuban SF sensation Yoss will be at City Lit Books on Friday, 10/14. His work has been getting a lot of good buzz.
- Monday, 10/17, DePaul is hosting an all-day, Mars-centric, "Humanities in Spaaaace!" event, with lectures, performances, and a screening of "The Martian".
- If you're into author readings, consider checking out Bad Grammar Theater, the Gumbo Fiction Salon, Unreal Open Mic, or newly-launched Strange or Die!, all of which feature speculative fiction of various stripes & spots.
Many, many more author talks and events on the
events page, and that's not even touching all the non-bookish SF/F/etc. goodness of October: keep your ears open for updates on the
CNSC Nerd-O-Ween, maybe check out
Dark Chicago for horror film showings & haunted houses, and Mary's Attic is hosting two bonus stagings (yes, stagings) of
"Once More With Feeling".
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