Fantastic Fest: Dr. Ronald Chevalier at BookPeople
Jemaine Clement to get all meta-nutty when he reads in character at BookPeople on Friday
By Kimberley Jones, 1:59PM, Wed. Sep. 23, 2009
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.
A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.
Kevin Curtin, July 30, 2020
Richard Whittaker, July 21, 2015
Richard Whittaker, July 31, 2018
Richard Whittaker, April 20, 2018
March 31, 2023
Fantastic Fest 2009, Jemaine Clement, Fantastic Fest, Dr. Ronald Chevalier, Gentlement Broncos
