Go read about how the readings went.
Just like last week, there was an overflow crowd as well as a 50:50 gender ratio among who turned out. It’s really cool to see how many guys are supporting this book right alongside the women. Of course, my amazement at that comes from of the tiresome notion that male protagonists are universal but female protagonists will only get a female audience. (Silly of me, I know, but I’ve got my fair share of acculturation that I’m still working on unlearning.)
[...] I noticed the split that runs through the book in the two San Francisco readings for the book. The January 25 reading was weighted pretty heavily toward games and fantasy, and the February 1 reading was towards science and technology. (Charlie and Annalee read the same sections of their contributions at both readings, so they kind of balanced each other out.) [...]