Reading is fundamental, sure, but Friday’s reading at BookPeople is fundamentally a lie – a really fun lie, we should add. Because when you see Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) at BookPeople on Friday, he’ll be in character as the entirely fictitious sci-fi/fantasy novelist Dr. Ronald Chevalier.

In conjunction with Thursday night’s Fantastic Fest premiere of Gentlemen Broncos, the new film from Napoleon Dynamite‘s Jared and Jerusha Hess, BookPeople will host a reading from the faux-author of such non-legendary titles as Cyborg Harpies, Brain Cream, and Brutus & Balzaak and a leading proponent of the utterly made up (we think??) genre of scifaiku.

Speaking of, you’re invited to submit your own attempts at crossbreeding sci-fi and haiku: Dr. Chavalier will be picking the best three to read aloud at BookPeople.

Go here for info on the BookPeople reading, which takes place Friday (9/25) at 4pm, and here to purchase tickets to the Thursday night (9/24) Paramount premiere.

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This article appears in September 18 • 2009.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...