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TUESDAY:
Tomorrow is a treasure trove for science and sci-fi junkies. Our reviewer raved about The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula. Hear author Eric Nuzum muse on the undead at Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW, which will offer drink specials, while Olsson's will have books for sale at the bar. Fangs and capes encouraged. 7 p.m.
Over at Politics and Prose, author Ira Flatow will discuss his lengthily titled book, Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature. The host of NPR's Science Friday is a wealth of scientific knowledge, from string theory to wind farms, and he wraps it all neatly in a package that everyone can open. 7 p.m.
Floating animals and politics-fueled races round out our science Tuesday as author Michael D'Antonio reads from his book A Ball, A Dog and a Monkey: 1957 - The Space Race Begins at Olsson's Courthouse. 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY:
Texas legend Kinky Friedman may not have made it into office, but at least it gave him fodder for a book about how messed up our political system is right now. Shake hands with the man himself and listen to him read from You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics. Since Texas' problems become all our problems, check it out at Olsson's Penn Quarter, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY:
Reader, Meet Poet. Olsson's Old Town is starting up their open poetry night every first Thursday of the month again. Read your original poems or bring your favorite to share with the audience. 7 p.m.
FRIDAY:
If 24/7 political campaign coverage 13 months out from the election isn't enough for you, stop by Politics and Prose to hear hardballer Chris Matthews give us the down and dirty about what's going on behind the scenes. He'll read from his latest book, Life's A Campaign, which lays out the rules for power politics and explains how our leaders followed them, or didn't, to get where they are now. 7 p.m.
SATURDAY:
The epic search for ancient Japanese swords by coyly named heroes seems to be a well used plot these days. Hear author Stephan Hunter read from The 47th Samurai, the latest in his Bob Lee Swagger novels, where this time the protagonist hunts down a sword used in a WWII battle in which his father took part at Iwo Jima, only to discover it's a priceless artifact many will kill for. Politics and Prose, 6 p.m.
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"The professionals gave us the Titanic, amateurs gave us the Ark."
-- Richard "Kinky" Friedman
I have a better head of hair than Rick Perry; it's just not in a place I can show you.
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