Hello from California! I’m on tour right now and will be for the next three weeks. So posting may be infrequent, or it may just be really weird.
I’ll be out in Santa Monica this afternoon:
Tuesday October 6th, 4:30PM
(with Sarah Rees Brennan)
Santa Monica Public Library Event hosted by Children’s Bookworld
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Click here for the rest of my tour info.
And because Leviathan is out TODAY, let’s all enjoy the trailer one more time:
As you can see, my website has had its first makeover in many years. This is to celebrate the fact that my first new series in years, Leviathan, comes out this autumn. (October 6, to be exact.)
Things may be wonky for a while as we play around under the hood. But I hope you enjoy the new look. Let me know what you think!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
Jill Grinberg
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
244 5th Avenue, 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
212-620-5883
info@grinbergliterary.com
October 6th, 2009 19:28
I really hope to get Leviathan as soon as possible, congratulations on your release!
I know it’ll be fantastic as the rest.
Ps, Just finished Peeps for the first time.
Prima
( super, or excellent in german )
looovekatie-la
October 6th, 2009 19:47
wow, second comment!
October 6th, 2009 19:49
do any of u guys have leviathan yet? AHHH! I’M GOING NUTS! I’LL GET MY COPY IN ABOUT 3 HOURS! YEEEEEEEEES!
October 6th, 2009 19:52
Sweet I’m really excited. My little brother got it, so I’m reading it after he is finished.
Good thing he’s a fast reader for a 10 year old.
October 6th, 2009 20:10
I’m going to pick it up in a few hours!
October 6th, 2009 20:13
I NEED LEVIATHAN!!! Not having it is more painful now that it’s out. I think I’m going to be getting it later this week. Yay! I can’t wait!
For anyone who likes free books and carving pumpkins, I’m having a pumpkin carving contest on my blog. Here’s the link: http://dahliaseclecticmind.blogspot.com/2009/10/blogoversary-pumpkin-carving-contest.html
October 6th, 2009 20:20
AHHH THIS MUST ALL BE IN BOLD LETTERS CUZ I AM SOOO EXCITED BOUT LEVIATHAN AND MY DAD IS COMING HOME FROM IRUAQ (SPELLING) 2DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 6th, 2009 20:25
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!! NOW I CAN COMPLETE MY SCOTT WESTERFELD COLLECTION (UNTIL HE COMES OUT WITH THE SEQUEL) AGAIN, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 6th, 2009 20:26
GOING TO THE BOOKSTORE NOW!!!!!!!!!
October 6th, 2009 20:53
Damn, I hate the UK.
10TH!
October 6th, 2009 21:23
SOOOOOO EXCITED FOR LEVIATHAN!!!!! It sounds like it’ll be as good as Uglies! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 6th, 2009 23:38
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy-making!!!
October 7th, 2009 00:07
GAHHHHHH. I can’t get Leviathan for, like, another week or two. And I had surgery last Friday, so I’m out of school for a week with nothing to do. I so just want to get it to help keep the brain-numbing boredom from returning. IT’S KILLING ME.
October 7th, 2009 00:14
darn it! turrns out I gotz 3 MORE hours to wait until i get leviathan! This is crazy-making! I my bookstore doesn’t have it i’m gonna throttle somebody ( on second thought, no, i won’t, ’cause then i’d b in some bogus juvie and not at the bookstore! ) I’m SO excited! PLease excuse my ranting-ness, I’ve been super hyper all day and haven’t been able to explode until now!
October 7th, 2009 00:23
Okay, I haz a few more things, er… pings to say.
Ping to everbody: gosh, slow comments today. guess your all curled up with your copy of leviathan ( pouts ).
Ping to Dahlia-wa: pumpkins r FAWESOME! i got a 25 lb. one yesterday! i’ll head over to your blog in a sec.
Pin to Bailey-wa: happy-making! two bubbly things in ONE DAY!
October 7th, 2009 00:44
I GOT LEVIATHAN!!!!!!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING! AWSOME PICTURES, AND THE MAP LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!!!
October 7th, 2009 01:20
OMMGGGG I WANNTTT but I’ll prob. just buy it when Scott comes to Toronto
And im sooo glad that theres a forum noww!
October 7th, 2009 02:23
AHH Can not wait to read it!!! so fricken excitied!
October 7th, 2009 02:27
Hey!!!!! Hope you have fun in California Scott-la!!!!!!!
October 7th, 2009 02:29
AHH i was gonna get it but then i forgot to stop at b&n!!!
=[
maybe ill get it thursday =] yay its out!
October 7th, 2009 02:29
omg!!! i can’t believe i completely forgot about this book!!!! i guess i’ve been focusing on other things too much! damn. i gotta get it and probably will soon…i hope!
tell me a story into that goodnight…
GREEN DAY ROCKS!!! <3
October 7th, 2009 02:35
YAY! Congrats Scott!!!
Enjoy the tour!
.
I just got my copy an hour ago and I’m about to read the first page
I’ll see you tomorrow for the signing !!
<3
October 7th, 2009 02:42
Yay!! Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy… but I just got a new book last week so I think I’ll wait a week or so until I ask for another one. I WILL have a copy by the time you hit Danbury on the 17th
I’m counting the days, literally. There’s 11! I can’t wait to see you Scott. I really am looking forward to meeting you! And I told my cousin I was going to see you and she might come too because she said she’s read some of your books.
October 7th, 2009 02:54
YES1im gonna go to wal mart today sooo;D
October 7th, 2009 02:55
get what guys? i just got an email from borders and guess what the subject line says? okay, i’ll tell you : New Scott Westerfeld, coupons, & more yay!!!!!! time for Leviathan
October 7th, 2009 03:12
png to Baily-wa:Congrats 4 ur dad! Tell him thanks for fighting for our country & risking his life. He is very brave. Hope you guys have fun together!
October 7th, 2009 03:20
HUH?! I thought I had posted before this Oh well In that case,
O O
*0* (my face this morning when I was in the car driving to school and just realized that Leviathan was out).
HAPPY FESTIVUS SCOTT-LA!!!! I IS SOO HAPPIE 4U! HAVE FUN TRAVELING I WISH I COULD GO!!! AWAITING FOR MY COPY. . .
weird. I expected more hurrahs and festivities…
OK BYE!
October 7th, 2009 03:20
just have to wait a good 15 more minutes before I get to chapters
October 7th, 2009 03:32
it’s 7:01 pm my time and my mom still hasn’t taken me to B&N
aI!
she keeps saying soon… and I’m going crazy!
October 7th, 2009 03:53
PING TO THE ALL IMPORTANT SCOTT-LA!: One day, a long time from now when you actually have free time (note I say time since this could take a few hours. Or days. Or months.), you should curl up on the couch in either one of your living areas (Sydney or NYC) with you little Mac book computer laptop thingy and read ALL of the comments located on your “Scott facts sheet” page and read all the post that have accumulated over the past 2 years, 2 months, 10 days, 4 hours, and 29 minutes. And you are betraying your loyal fans as time is tick-tocking away. . . . . . After that, you should make a link called “Scott answers sheet”. And you HAVE to answer them. No matter HOW complicated and weird. Just saying, because you still haven’t answered the most important question. Weather or not you like pie! That, and because you have THOUSANDS of fans who are dropping from you like flys because you won’t answer their wonderful, thought-provoking questions! Think about that why don’t-cha? And I will anxiously await your answer to my statement.
October 7th, 2009 03:55
Um I have a question……If we go to one of the places on the tour….do we have to buy a book at that store or can we bring our own
October 7th, 2009 04:04
ping @ the OTHER Tally Youngblood – hmm… he’s prob mad busy touring and working on Behemoth. I would love the questions answered too, but…
oh my – talking to the film agent!!! I want to audition for the uglies film if possible. Even if I was just some random extra – haha, it’d make my life!!!
October 7th, 2009 05:20
Very excited about this new book. I’m just hoping that it is out in Australia at the same time as the US because sometimes the publishers are annoying and wait months and months before us lowly Aussies get it.
Oh, and thanks for writing a new one. I was scared you’d fallen off the face of the planet or become a monk-like hermit or something. and no one was going to drag anything more out of you.
So, yes. That’s all I have to say about it all. Thanks for leviathan, and hope you continue with other writing, and don’t turn into a hermit.
October 7th, 2009 05:55
Went out and bought Leviathan right after school! I had to go all the way upstairs to find it on the shelf because I walked right past the big “NEW RELEASE” display, and its hundreds of copies of Leviathan glory.
Can’t wait to read it! The art looks great
October 7th, 2009 06:39
I’m so happy
I just got Leviathan!!!!!
October 7th, 2009 06:41
I have it! It’s mine!!!!!
So I just got back from Barnes and Nobles and ended up buying more than Leviathan… I bought four books, but technically ten, because on of the books is a beautiful edition of the Chronicles of Narnia – all seven. I couldn’t resist! We have each separately… but I haven’t seen any in years because of moving so many times.
my facebook status: so, Barnes and Nobles {especially those with a Starbucks} are my candy stores. Of course I didn’t leave with only Leviathan… Three other books, technically nine because one is The Chronicles of Narnia {with all 7} in a beautiful edition including an array of illustrations. This is why I will never have a cell phone… I’d rather spend my money on books ^_^
October 7th, 2009 06:56
I’ve got mine
the display was lacking
only 3 books out…….Chapters is lame they will put put a whole display of a book from a good year ago(a certain lame book that rapes mythology on vampires)
but they wont put a display up for a brand new book that is 100 times better
October 7th, 2009 07:42
I got my copy today! I also picked up Liar and the new Buffy trade, so I have lots of readings to be done.
One thing I noticed that I’m not sure if anyone else has encountered is that in some copies of the book the map at both ends is printed upside down. The first copy I picked up at one of the Indigos near my campus had an upside down map, but it was the only one in the thirty that were on the shelf. Not the worse missprinting to happen, but it’s something people should look out for when they buy the book!
Other than that, it’s really gorgeous. The cover is even more spectacular in person.
October 7th, 2009 08:57
I would have gotten more books but I already have Crashed, Rampant, and re-cycler all stacked up waiting to be read…..and now that I have Levithan recyler will have to go on pause for a while
October 7th, 2009 13:01
Kristina-la-
I’ll sign whatever books you bring!
October 7th, 2009 19:30
Totally bummed that I can’t make it to Toronto in Nov.
Make it to London when you can? We have this huge convention center.
Ps. It’s so cool that you actually post back
October 8th, 2009 00:11
OMG! I got it last night and it is SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 8th, 2009 23:06
That is soooooooooooooooooooo cool. I wont to read it
October 9th, 2009 03:10
Hello peoples! I know, it’s been live FOREVER since I’ve posted a comment! Or read any… but I have still been checking the blog regularly. So cool that Leviathan is out, but it’s just not like… connecting to me. I think it’s because I just have this thing about history… I don’t like it for some reason. I just don’t like things that are about historical events… but anyways Kristina-la I totally know what you’re talking about! Like at HEB Plus in the books/magazines section they have a whole big fancy display complete with a little flat-screen with the movie playing of book-that-must-not-be-named (Yes that’s a harry potter refrence!) and like in the back they have the House of Night series!!! Every time I see that I get so mad!!! Seriously, one of these days I’m going to go in there and remove every stinkin book in that blasted series and put all of the HoN books in their place! Lol that would be awsome!
October 10th, 2009 11:48
Leviathan’s out but i dont have it yet! i need it! i want it soooo bad! i ordered it in the mail last week and its suppossed to be here this or next week. im sooo excited!
October 11th, 2009 02:49
Leviathan is now officially on my school’s reading list! yay!
October 13th, 2009 03:04
WOOOOOOO!!!I have to go make room on my shelf!!!!
October 26th, 2009 21:55
hey my name is Deilyn Guzman. I just want to say that the book midnighters is the best book i have ever read in my hole life, iam only on the second one but it stiiiiilllllll the best i have ever readdddd. I was wondering if Scott Westerfels will ever do a movie about it. I think it would sell a lot if you he does a movie.