----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Tim Pratt Reading & Signing
Saturday, January 7th, 2006 1:00 pm Free ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- Borderlands is happy to welcome Tim Pratt back to the store to promote THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF RANGERGIRL, his quirky and cool new novel. Here's how the publisher describes the book: "In this debut novel, acclaimed short-story author Tim Pratt delivers an exciting heroine with a hidden talent - and a secret duty. Witty and suspenseful, here is a contemporary love song to the West that was won and the myths that shape ushellip. As night manager of Santa Cruz's quirkiest coffeehouse, Marzi McCarty makes a mean espresso, but her first love is making comics. Her claim to fame: The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, a cowpunk neo- western yarn. Striding through an urban frontier peopled by Marzi's wild imagination, Rangergirl doles out her own brand of justice. But lately Marzi's imagination seems to be altering her reality. She's seeing the world through Rangergirl's eyes - literally - complete with her deadly nemesis, the Outlaw. It all started when Marzi opened a hidden door in the coffeehouse storage room. There, hidden behind the world she knows, she saw the face of something strangehellip and dangerous. And she unwittingly became its guard. But some primal darkness must have escaped, because Marzi hasn't been the same since. And neither have her customers, who are acting downright apocalyptic. Now it's up to Marzi to stop this supervillainous force that's swaggered its way into her world. For Marzi, it's the showdown of her life. For Rangergirl, it's just another day.... " And here's what Tim has to say about it: "When people ask me what the book is about, I usually say something like 'It's about Westerns, comic books, coffee shops, the folly of anthropomorphizing the natural world, friendship, loyalty, the responsibility of the artist in society, gunslingers, madness, and love.' Sometimes I vary the nouns." Don't miss this very exciting reading! ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ Borderlands Books 866 Valencia Street San Francisco 415 824-8203 http://www.borderlands-books.com Borderlands is located on Valencia Street in between 19th and 20th Streets, next to the Mission Playground and convenient to both the Mission and 16th & Mission and 24th BART. ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415 824-8203 http://www.borderlands-books.com ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small businesses The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
