A press release from Jim Freund:
March has started out like a lion, but the roaring hasn’t turned into the proverbial bleats yet, given the talent coming our way. We’ve only just finished our monthly First Tuesday reading, but along comes Rudy Rucker, and you know that calls for an extraordinary event! We’ve paired him with a wonderful up-and-coming writer who has appeared in Rudy’s magazine Flurb.
Brendan Byrne’s fiction has appeared in Flurb; his nonfiction has been published in Strange Horizons, The Brooklyn Rail and Rhizome. His novella The Showing of the Instruments was published in 2011 by Phone Booth Press. He is the editor of The Orphan.
Rudy Rucker is a writer, a mathematician, and a former computer science professor. He received Philip K. Dick awards for his cyberpunk novels Software and Wetware, now available in the Ware Tetralogy. His fantasy California novel of the afterlife, Jim and the Flims, appeared in 2011, as did his autobiography, Nested Scrolls, which received the Emperor Norton Award. Rudy recently finished writing a 1950s alien invasion novel called The Turing Chronicles, featuring a love affair between Alan Turing and William Burroughs. Rucker edits a speculative fiction webzine called Flurb, www.flurb.net. He took up painting in 2000, and he’s had three shows of his pop-surreal works in San Francisco. For ongoing updates, see Rudy’s Blog at www.rudyrucker.com/blog.
The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series provides performances from some of the best writers in science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, etc. The series usually takes place the first Tuesday of every month, but maintains flexibility in time and place, so be sure to stay in touch through the mailing list and the Web.
After the event, please join us as we treat our readers for dinner and drinks at Milady’s nearby.
Jim Freund is Producer and Executive Curator of The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings. He has been involved in producing radio programs of and about literary sf/f since 1967. His long-running live radio program, Hour of the Wolf, broadcasts and streams every Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 1:30-3:00AM. Programs are available by stream for 2 weeks after broadcast. (Check http://hourwolf.com/ or follow @JimFreund for details.)
The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art (www.sohodigart.com) is dedicated to re-establishing SoHo as an international center for the development of new artistic forms, concepts and ideas. A screens-instead-of-canvases approach allows a wide selection of art from around the world which would otherwise never make it to the City. The SGDA is available for private gatherings and events of all kinds. For bookings call (800) 420-5590 or visit http://sohogallerynyc.com/.
When: Tuesday, March 13th. Doors open at 6:30, event begins at 7
Where: The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art, 138 Sullivan Street (between Houston & Prince Streets), New York, NY 100012.