Cory Doctorow

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]
Cory Doctorow explaining digital rights. [digital photo by Lori Buschbaum]

John Ringo

1-3pm, Saturday, May 10th, 2003:

John Ringo signed and read from his new novel, Hell’s Faire (in hardcover from Baen Books). With Berkeley’s no smoking in a retail establishment regulation, John wound up signing books out on the sidewalk.

John Varley

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]
John Varley ready to sign books. [digital photo by Lori Buschbaum]

Vandals hit OCH 2.0 front window

Feb 24, 2003:

We arrived to find that some kind local vandal kicked in one of our front windows. Fortunately nothing was taken and, more importantly, Shagrat stayed in the store.

vandalism on Shattuck Ave
vandalism on Shattuck Ave

Marginal small businesses cannot afford this kind of extraordinary expense. We did find an outfit which was able to replace the large plate glass sheet within a day, but it wrecked our cash flow.

Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman

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 much-anticipated sequel to Swordspoint, one of our top ten titles.