Back at BookExpo America in May, Cassie Claire, Holly Black and I were on an Alternate History panel together. I was talking about Leviathan, of course; Cassie was talking about her followup to the Shadow Hunter books, called Clockwork Princess: The Infernal Devices #1; and Holly Black was talking about her 2010 book White Cat.
We managed to say some clever things about what it’s like to write alternate histories, why people read them, how researching is a pain, and why antibiotics are good. The lovely Jack Martin, the head of teen programming the New York Public Library system, moderated.
Enjoy!
Click here to see this on the BEA’s website.
July 19th, 2009 23:39
Awesome video!
Yes! 1st comment!!!!
July 19th, 2009 23:50
makes me can’t wait for Lev even more!!!
July 20th, 2009 00:08
That was awesome. u guys are amazing!
July 20th, 2009 00:17
That was amazing! u rock, scott! I can’t wait until Leviathan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 20th, 2009 00:41
That was great! I particularly enjoyed hearing about all the research and the interesting and unexpected things you discovered. We always imagine that the past was like the present and it’s such a surprise when it turns out it wasn’t.
I’m definitely looking forward to Leviathan.
July 20th, 2009 00:41
Omg i cant wait till Leviathan comes out!
July 20th, 2009 00:47
that was extremely captivating to listen to. I personally love alternate histories and that tends to be what the books i read are like. So i am even more excited for leviathan now. i didn’t even know that was possible haha
July 20th, 2009 01:01
cool =]
i definitly cannot wait till it comes out
July 20th, 2009 01:10
The video was extraordinarily interesting–thanks for posting it!
‘Can’t wait until Leviathan!
July 20th, 2009 01:15
You can just tell that book tour discussions will be fabulous. (:
July 20th, 2009 01:29
You need to come to Washington state more. I think people forget about us…
July 20th, 2009 03:20
That was awesome!!!! Cant wait for it to come out.
July 20th, 2009 03:24
i cannot wait!EEEEE!
by ‘i cannot wait’ i mean for all 3 of thier books to come outl;D
July 20th, 2009 04:33
i wish i could have been there but i can’t wait for the book to come out anyway
July 20th, 2009 07:50
Holmes-wa: I’ll be in Washington state on the Leviathan tour, sometime in October. Watch this space for details!
July 20th, 2009 08:06
Scott Westerfeld, you are truly MADE OF AWESOME.
My birthday is October 6th. And you know how in Midnighters the chapters are dated? Well, guess what day lasted 100 EPIC PAGES?
Yeah, you guessed it. And now Leviathan is coming out on my birthday too?
BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER.
Argh! If only I didn’t go to school in the United Arab Emirates, where it takes 2 weeks for amazon to ship books (and a ton of money).
But this still is very happy-making news.
July 20th, 2009 08:13
Is there any chance you’ll be stopping in, oh, Dubai any time soon?
Please?
It sucks that so many awesome YA authors’ book tours never leave the US :/
July 20th, 2009 09:16
scott needs to come to georgia, someplace that is either close or in columbus georgia. no one comes to columbus.
July 20th, 2009 09:53
Yay! I’m glad that you’re coming to WA, scott!!!! We are forgotten a lot… nothing exciting happens here…
July 20th, 2009 10:07
would there be a Titanic in Leviathan’s alternate history? I was wondering this the other day. idk why. And if there was, would it have sunk and killed so many people?
July 20th, 2009 10:18
YES Washinton will have to do for me….its close enough
but any chance you’ll come to Vancouver(Canada)…..I know you have a lot of fans here and it would be really amazing.
Wait one second….Leviathan isn’t about evolution right?
I know you believe that stuff…..it’s pretty obvious in your other books…..but if it is one of the main this in this I don’t think I could get through it…..I mean no ofence but thats the sort of thing I would argue about with my teachers(I argued half the class away about “the Big bang” once….my teacher was annyoed with me)…….
July 20th, 2009 10:22
Amazing! I am sooo excited for Leviathan!
July 20th, 2009 10:55
So you don’t like rap? lol
anyways I wish I was there I could have gone but my mother wouldn’t let me that day.
Can’t wait till your new book comes out!
July 20th, 2009 12:57
Awesome! I recently re-read Terry Pratchett’s ‘Nation’, which also featured alternate histories/parallel worlds.
And Scott-la, I’ve discovered how coolio Slashdpt is after re-reading Bogus to Bubbly (I’ve been doing A LOT of re-reading lately….flu).
~
And Holly Black is writing a new book? Double Awesome!
July 20th, 2009 21:48
That was really great, three of my favorite authors in one video! I liked your little bow-tie line, it reminded me of So Yesterday.
July 20th, 2009 21:53
“So you don’t like rap? lol”
I do. I was just pointing out how silly baby boomers are about it, after THEIR parents hated rock and roll.
In other news, I want to go back in time and fix my collar.
July 20th, 2009 22:04
Kristina-la-
“Wait one second….Leviathan isn’t about evolution right?”
Not really, it’s about genetic engineering in an alternate history, invented by Charles Darwin.
“I know you believe that stuff . . .”
Well, 97% of scientists believe in it too:
http://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/polls-evolution-and-science-in-the-21st-century/
So look at it this way: If 97% of scientists thought that a new type of plane was going to crash, would you fly in it?
Or the other way around: If 3% of scientists said smoking was good for you, would you light up?
July 21st, 2009 02:00
lol well that is very true….but I have to be on gods side…sorrey
……will you ever come to Vancouver??
July 21st, 2009 04:17
Hey, I’m going to Canada in November, with Cassie Claire and Holly Black. Toronto, Ottowa, and Montreal are solid, but I don’t know if we’ll be going to Vancouver yet.
Watch this space for details!
July 21st, 2009 07:31
oh please come
im so sick of the east getting all the funn
we get nothing….but twilight!….but thats just torture
July 21st, 2009 09:47
Scott, I hope you come to California soon!
July 21st, 2009 09:49
Oh, and Scott I’m just curious, who is spelling Cassie Claire’s name wrong? Because on her books it spells her last name as Clare. And you spelled it with an I.
July 21st, 2009 22:16
come to knoxville tennessee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 22nd, 2009 00:27
i just had to comment because the comment before this one was by Amy-La and I am Amy~la…
July 22nd, 2009 22:33
ping to the other Amy~La haha! rofl! nice!
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