7-9pm, Friday, Oct 1st: Kim Stanley Robinson returned, reading juicy bits from The Martians (in hardcover from Bantam/Spectra) and Antarctica (in paperback from Bantam/Spectra)

6-8pm, Friday, Sep 24th: Walter Jon Williams read and signed his new novel, The Rift (in hardcover from HarperPrism), and talked about earthquakes

6-8pm, Friday, August 24th: the eternally charming grandmaster Poul Anderson entertained with reading many selections from his latest novel, Operation Luna (in hardcover from Tor Books), sequel to the Unknown-style fantasy Operation Chaos

7-9pm, Thursday, July 29th: Amy Thompson made a stop on a whirlwind West Coast tour, and read and signed her latest novel, Through Alien Eyes (in trade paperback from Ace Books)

8-9pm (actually, more like 7:30-9:30pm), Friday, May 21st:

The Killer B’s! Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and David Brin read and signed their post-Asimov Foundation novels, Foundation’s Fear, Foundation and Chaos and Foundation’s Triumph (in paperback and/or hardcover from HarperPrism)
[Earlier in the afternoon, Christopher Moore cleared the confusion from the previous Friday, signed store stock, and exchanged books with the Killer B’s.]

The Killer B’s – David Brin, Greg Bear, and Gregory Benford

Second Foundation vol.1

Second Foundation vol.2

Second Foundation vol.3

1-3pm, Sunday, May 16th: David Feintuch read and signed his la[te]st Seafort novel, Patriarch’s Hope (in hardcover from Warner Aspect)

noon-1pm, Friday, May 14th: due to a series of confusions on the part of Avon/Spike’s publicist, Christopher Moore missed his reading/signing

1-3pm, Saturday, April 17th: Frank M. Robinson read and signed his latest science fiction thriller, Waiting (in hardcover from Forge), a sequel to The Power

1-2pm (actually more like 1:30-2:30, given the plane delay), Wednesday, March 31st: Elizabeth Hand read and signed her latest novel, Black Light (in hardcover from Harper)

noon-2pm, Saturday, January 23rd: Neil Gaiman read and signed his fantasy novel, Stardust (in trade paperback from Avon Books) and lots of his other books, and answered lots of questions, still making his plane flight

Reading from Stardust, the Avon edition.

Posing with Geneva.

Signing Stardust in the Vess illustrated editon.

Signing Dustcovers.