For the second time, the glorious library comic Unshelved has reviewed one of my novels! This time it is, of course, Leviathan. (Long-time readers of this blog may remember their review of Peeps back in 2006.) It is always an honor to be Unshelved, because all your librarian friends think you’re a rockstar when it happens.
Here’s one panel from the comic/review:
Click here to read the rest.
And this review has a bonus aspect, because the guest blogger who created it, Angela Melick, decided to do a SECOND cartoon!
Click here for the rest.
Double awesomeness! So thanks to both the Unshelved crew, Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes, and to Angela for their continuing support of my books and of libraries everywhere.
Three other things:
1) Don’t forget that Friday, it’ll be time for our monthly reveal of Goliath artwork, this month with added spoilerization.
2) Sydneysiders, don’t forget the Zombies Versus Unicorns debate this Thursday at Kinokuniya bookstore.
3) The rest of you, come hang out at the Westerforum meet-up on April 9/10.
See you Friday!
THREE THINGS:
Thing One
So let’s do another meet-up. Come to the WesterForum and ask me all the questions you want. Here’s the temporal data:
For USians, it will be Saturday, April 9 at 8PM Eastern Time, 7PM Central, and 5PM Pacific.
For you here in Australia, it will be 10AM Sunday (April 10) on the east coast, 7AM on the west coast, and 9:30AM in Adelaide, because by halfsies how you SA folks roll.
In London . . . ? I don’t even know anymore. Do you GMTers change your time soon? I think it’ll be 10 or 11PM Saturday night, April 9. (The US has already changed time for spring, and Australia will change in the other direction for autumn on April 3. Confusion!)
Welcome to my life. All I do is sit around and try to figure out what time it is in other places, like when I had this conference call with a bunch of people in LA last week. But you can ask about that at the meet-up! (Bwah-hah-hah!)
Thing Two
Sydneysiders, don’t forget about the great Zombies Versus Unicorns Debate next Thursday.
Thing Three
How about some fan art? Because it’s FRIDAY almost everywhere!
First a Lego Stormwalker from GizzmoHammer!
And from the side:
Lots of details from the book in this model. In fact, the back has tiny steam pressure gauges!
I do like me some Lego. And it’s great how builders have to improvise, because there’s no official Leviathan(TM) Lego kit yet. (HINT!)
For a change of pace, check out McL-Jessie’s Deviant Art gallery, which has lots of Leviathan fan art and general steampunkery. Here are a couple:
This one imagines Deryn and Alek in Japan:
And here’s Dr. Barlow wearing a cool expression, plus Tazza and egg!
Now I realize that you a lot of you guys have sent me many other pieces of fan art lately. But, alas, it’s all over my disorganized desktop. If you want to send it again, I WILL NOT LOSE IT THIS TIME, and we can do another Fan Art Friday soon.
Of course, next Friday is the first of the month, so it isn’t Fan Art Friday, it’s KEITH ART FRIDAY, with actual art from Goliath! And next art reveal is perhaps A BIT SPOILERY, but I think you’ll enjoy it anyway.
So, yeah, there’s that.
The Zombies Versus Unicorns debates have spread around the world! Next Thursday, March 31, at 6PM we will be having one at Kinokuniya Bookstore here in Sydney, Australia.
Join us at Kinokuniya as Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld (Team Zombie) face off Margo Lanagan and Garth Nix (Team Unicorn) to determine who reigns supreme, the zombie or the unicorn? This is an event not to be missed!
Edited by Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie), Zombies Vs Unicorns is a unique short story feud that pits horned beasts against the shuffling undead.
Contributors to this unique collection include bestselling teen and YA authors Garth Nix, Meg Cabot, Scott Westerfeld, Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson and Margo Lanagan.
Zombie Vs Unicorns challenges you to pick a team, and stick to it. But be warned, these are stellar story-tellers, and they can be very convincing…
The event is free to attend, but please register your interest at the Information Counter or on 9262-7996.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
6PM
Kinokuniya Bookstore
Level 2 The Galeries Victoria
500 George Street
Sydney 2000 NSW
T: (02)9262-7996
F: (02)9283-1055
See you there, Sydneysiders!
Behold!
This image will no doubt rekindle the fractious old covers/new covers debate, but I will say that this is totally my favorite of the new ones. I think the two leads look awesome together. (Though note that in reality Deryn is taller than Alek, so clearly he’s standing on a box. That’s barking princes for you!)
Enjoy the slightly-spoilery manta-ship in the upper right!
Well, as those of you who’ve looked at the comments of my previous post know, it wasn’t a fair contest between our three piece of Goliath art. But I am a firm believer that all votes must be counted, more or less accurately, so I did.
Here are the results:
Chapter 1 . . . 27 votes!
Chapter 2 . . . 165 votes!
Chapter 3 . . . 47 votes!
So, yeah. We have a winner. Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how amusing your comments are.
So here is the uncensored image from Chapter 2.
Click here for a larger and totally zoomable version of this image, which may reward careful scrutiny!
Hope none of you are disappointed by your choice. As I read your comments, I was, like, “Uh-oh, most of the secrets in that scene are things Alek and Deryn are saying, so they kind of don’t show up in the image.” Heh, heh.
Anyway, I should have a cover to show you within the month. And of course I will reveal another piece of art on or around April 1.
Okay, it’s time to reveal the first piece of art from Goliath, book three of the Leviathan trilogy. But I can’t choose which one is best to show, so I’ve thought of something more fun than deciding on my own.
YOU, dear readers, shall decide for me.
Below are three partially revealed images. Vote in the comments for the one you want me to show in its entirety. (To make vote counting easy, please use the chapter number to identify your favorite.) Feel free to explain your vote, thus persuading others to your cause! After all, a lively debate is the beating heart of democracy.
FROM CHAPTER ONE
“Two-Headed Messenger”
FROM CHAPTER TWO
“Secrets in the Rookery”
FROM CHAPTER THREE
“Hooking the Package”
There you go. Let the vote-carnage begin!
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!
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