Extras at #1

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My pleas for a recount have been heeded!

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Woot!

Here’s something I forgot to mention from the tour: if you missed me, but are dying for signed books, check out any of the stores on the tour schedule. I signed tons of copies in all of those stores, so they must have some left. (Maybe ahead call to make sure.)

And I also signed stock in a few places not on the schedule:

Borderlands , San Francisco
Kepler’s Books , Menlo Park
University Book Store , Seattle
All for Kids , Seattle
Borders, Chicago

And one last place: When wondering around Oakland, we found a small used bookstore on Washington Street, the proceeds from which benefit the local library. On the shelves was a first edition, first printing of Blue Moon in excellent condition, so I signed that too! (After asking.)

Anyway, thanks again to everyone who got me to numbah 1.

172 thoughts on “Extras at #1”

  4. grat’s scott.
    your like my hero.
    you’re like awesome.
    see, you wouldn’t be #1 if you weren’t

    grats again =]]

    susan-la

  5. WOW! Congratulations!

    It must be so fawesome to walk into a (used) bookstore and point and say:
    “Hey, lookit! It’s my book from 19–! Wow! Who would’ve thought? Ooh, ooh, can I sign it? Pretty please??”

    If an author signed a book at a used bookstore and I was there watching, I probably would die of ‘published-author-envy-itis’.

    You should come to the Finger Lakes region of NY, the trees are changing, it’s the ultimate pretty-making.

    (Pretty please- sometimes I just crack myself up. Okay, that was a bad pun.)

  6. hey, i just bought extras on saturday! but i can’t read it till my bday…but it’s on request for me at the library so i’ll be able to read it before nov. 12

    off to a dentist appointment, byez for nowz!

  8. i just screamed it to my mom too, and she was like, “wow! hey, i just bought that for you, didn’t i?” and then i explained to her about it’s wonderfulness once again…ok now i’m really going! 8)

  9. WAHOO!!!! congrats, scott-la!!!! that is SO kick!!! now the reviewers are getting smart!! i feel so bubbly now!!!!
    and i can’t wait till u come to CT!! four days!!!!
    -Riderchild-wa 😀
    ps: GO SOX!!!!!! (sorry, all u people in colorado)

  10. Yay to nuber 9th post… (thats like my very first post thats not in the 20s.) Like i keep saying… come some where to SC. If not there then georgia. Oand congrats to being number 1!!!! I know thats like awesome for ya! O and i was just looking around but.. SCOTT UPDATE YOUR PAGES. the uglies book link has nothing with extras on it.. (or that i could tell) but ya. It says like now specails is now out but thats like old news… But as always.. LOVE YOUR BOOKS. COME BY SC!

  12. YES!!! WAY TO GO SCOTT-LA!!! (eat that supreme court. heh heh heh) (jk. dont hurt me!) THAT IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! CCCCCCOOOOOONNNNNGGGGRRRRRAAAATTTTTTSSSSSS!!!!! 😀
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  13. that is so fawsome i wish i could have seen you but i had to move and you come nowhere near florida grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  15. Champagne all around! I just realized something… in Pretties, the drinking age is 16. I am a complete airhead today. Congratz! It’s about time! Weeeeeeeeeeee… off to do homework..

  18. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WE’RE NUMBER 1! WE’RE NUMBER 1! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    hehe. im funny-making. congrats to us! (cause you no there wood be no Scott-la if it wasnt for us. i mean seriously. we must have gotten him over 2000 fans. who then got him more fans. so if it wasnt for us, he woodnt have even made EXTRAS. he said he got the idea from a fan after all. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GO US! AND SCOTT-LA! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  19. WOW Go You Scott!!!

    Extras So Deserves It, Even Though I Haven’t Been Able To Read It Yet As IT STILL ISNT OUT IN ENGLAND!!!!

    I Shall Just Have To Wait [UGH!]

    Can I Ask, Does Anyone Know Zane’s Last Name? I Dont Think The Book Mentions One, But Maybe Scott You Could Think Of One So I Can Use It For Mine XD

    Lol, Congrats Once More 😀

    Alisha-La

    xx

  20. That is pretty cool Scott-la, Im so happy for you! I cant wait til you come to Houston! Whats that you say, oh, oh, i see, your not comeing to Houston. Well, why, oh your pet tiger died, oh. Wait one sceond Scott-la you dont have (or didnt) have a pet tiger, ya got u there didnt i? So wats your reason………uh huh……….uh huh…………oh, your mom made your pancakes, ya thats cool but we have pancakes too! Oh, Oh, so you are gonna come to Houston, oh, for me, y, you didnt have to but because u did, wow, i dont no wat to say!

  25. Ok this is a dumb question BUT have you ever seen thoes people in the halls reading the Uglies Series ? and you think to yourself that they are too superfical to read this series??
    — dumb I know.

    Just today I saw this girl reading Extras and she was a TA — Very Superficial person. Hopefully by reading these books she gets more in to reality.

    Idk…. all of those brain missing people — you know that they aren’t true fans. I just wanted to see if she even knew Scott’s name.
    Hopefully if they didn’t then they will be Future Scott Westerfeld fans. 🙂
    – pathetically-ignorant.

  29. i no what you mean Laura-la.

    Bran-la…you are so hilarious. no seriously, your just so bubbly-making. i always love reading your comments. pancakes. hehe.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  31. congrats! awesome number 1, there’s no book that deserves it more than EXTRAS. No offense to Jenna Bush.

    Now to continue reading Touching Darkness…now on page 109. I would be done by now but I can’t read in a moving car. Damn detours…

  33. Ooh I just remembered I have a great confusing riddle: I live in the capital of Scott Westerfeld.

    Okay so it doesn’t make any sense. And sorry for the triple-posting. I really need to organize all I want to say into one post but i am not supposed to be on right now so i need to write quickly.

  36. pancakes…yum…i actually had pancakes a few days ago! oh, bran-la, you always amuse me!

    and my dad (FINALLY) downloaded internet explorer 7 and now allthe buttons are in new places and it’s really confusing and ARRRGGHHH!
    but i like it better.

    and in response to laura-la’s comment about undeserving readers of the uglies series, honestly, not that many people READ in my grade! well, GOOD books, that is. non-mind-numbing books (read as: CLIQUE books, unless being read to laugh at every carefully positioned brand-drop). but yeah most of the girls read the clique, a few people read scott’s books, and the guys just don’t read! i have recruited some followers, but none quite as obsessed as i am (commenting on his blog daily, buying shirts referencing his newest book, etc.)

    CONGRATS ON BEING #1, SCOTT! but, whoa, seriously that’s such an honor when you think about it…wow that’s nine kinds of fawesome (ooh, two scott book references in one sentence!)

    off to watch HEROES, oh how i love DVR.

  37. dude! thats way kick!!! thats so awesome that ur numba 1!!!!! i knew it!!!!! ahh ur going to san fran? well i live in cali but no where near san fran =( come to the southbay area!!!!!

  38. OMG GRATS

    btw the diary of a wimpy kid author came to my school cause he was one of my teachers sons….
    huh weird…

  41. yo my peeps i lov pancakes too bran-la u r sooooo cool in men. pancakes i mean who doesn’t like pan cakes?? i love pancakes. man i am dooling of the thought of pan cakes (no realy but u get my point)

  50. oo i need to start midnighters
    but first im readin a wrinkle in time since scott said she was an influende for midnighters 😀

  59. awesome! that’s kick. and the nixie’s song is on the list too! great books all around!

    umm….maybe it’s brain-missing, but what’s Blue Moon? i be confused. think i missed something. or is that blue noon? cuz that makes more sense.

    heroes rox!

    they never mention zane’s last name, sadly.

    when r u gonna post the hiro chapters? oooh, or maybe do a name post for extras. i love those. or a last days name post, i don’t think they ever got one.

    i get the “ur not worthy” thing a lot, but ppl in my school don’t read much so it’s rare.

    and i helped. cuz i sorta ended up with two copies of extras. cuz my amazon one wasn’t coming, so i went to borders. so now i have too. yet i’m still not lending it to my friends. i might donate one to the library though.

    we’re number one! we’re number one! we beat out name-dropping!

  61. ok my stupidity

    and names

    stupidity: i read on your last post(i think) that you and justine were married is this true? cause if it is i didnt know and now i feel stupid! so ummm am i really that stupid…..
    yeah….

    names: i dont ever reading shay/zanes/david/ lots of others last names in the books so am i stupid? do i like miss these important things…. what are they

  65. OMG!! Congrats!!! I’m glad they counted properly this time. the fact that they had Jenna Bush’s book ahead of your was killing me. I hope I get to see you in New York, soon!!

  66. and in uglies at least, most of them didn’t have last names. actually, pretty much only tally youngblood, andrew simpson smith, aya fuse and (implied) hiro fuse had last names. unless you count doctor cable. and nana love.

    and yeah, scott and justine are like, married. don’t feel stupid. i miss obvious thing a lot. like taking a while to figure out the george/jenna bush thing.

  67. Congrats Scott!!!!!!

    Hey why doesn’t anybody come to southern California? It’s soooo bogus. Palm Springs would be great I live like 20 minutes away. But seriously you have HUGE fans out here!!!! You need to come to southern Callifornia.

    P.S. How do you get those smiley faces in your posts?

  68. ummm…i think it works if you just make regular smilies and then they change like when you post
    like
    : )
    minus the space equals
    🙂

  72. btw, scott-la…..when r u gonna write those extra extras chapters from hiro’s POV? (hint, hint, nudge, nudge)?
    -Riderchild-wa 😀

  73. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i am soo excited! this is awesome. me n all my friends LOVE all of the uglies books.
    is there any way you can come to florida, either somewhere near west palm or miami or somewhere in between? (wink wink nudge nudge)

  97. so guys guesswhat

    I AM ON PAGE 143 OF THE FIRST MIDNIGHTERS OMG IT IS SOOO GOOD MUST STOP POSTING IN ORDER TO READ!!!!!

    TTFN (TA TA FOR NOW)
    STAPH-LA OVER+OUT

  109. ooh…we just got our school pictures today…i guess all the talk of smilies made me think of school pictures and how almost everyone fake smiles or doesn’t smile at all.

    i’m a fake smiler
    😀
    see now that’s me, but i guess i’m not a fake smiler then b/c i’m always smiling. that was an exaggeration but people have gotten mad at me for being “overly happy” so i guess i must at least smile more than the average person!

  110. I have some to try…

    :angry:
    :blink:
    :huh:
    :mellow:
    :ph34r:
    :rolleyes:
    :unsure:
    :wacko:
    B)

    Oh and Taylor I know what you mean about school pictures. I’m one of the people that doesn’t smile at all. It makes me look emo. Except this year I look like a skeleton.

  111. YEAH, i just git the second one Steph-la o and take care of my book! I know this might sound weird but right now i don’t feel like i have alot of friends i mean my guy friend is to occupied by his gf that flirts with other guys. My Bff’s are like not talking to me for some reason and i want a new hair cut. One of my teachers said,”Middle school students sometimes dot no who they are so they try on different personalities like the class clown and the prep.” Ya i think im gonna go for the cooler me, i like my person and i want to be me but i want to be a little different me. Its hard to explain, i no who i ma, but, i dont no me as well as i should. Thanks for being there for me guys at least i no Scott-las fans are always here for me!

  112. amen to that bran-la. ur 12 right ❓ ya middle school sucks sometimes. friends are important. good true friends. its really hard sometimes. hope things get better!

  113. hey i had a sudden question sitting here reading BLUE NOON. Where does Tally live? Where is her city? USA? Australia? UK? Somewhere else? Does it ever say in the books where she lives (other than in an English-speaking country, of course) Diego sounds Mexican so I always assumed southern California or somewhere around there. Unless Diego is farther away than it seems. because in SPECIALS at the very beginning it is set in an icy place (literally, not Cutter speech), right? So my image of her city was ruined.

  114. allie-wa: the rusty ruins are the remains of seattle, wa., so new pretty town and the smoke are somewhere near that area.
    and diego is in present-day san diego, cali.

    hope it helps!

  117. That’s like soo cool!!! Number ONE! 😆 When I saw this post I literally screamed! My brother thought there’s something wrong with me. >.

  118. My post got cut off….

    That’s like soo cool!!! Number ONE! 😆 When I saw this post I literally screamed! My brother thought there’s something wrong with me. >.

  119. My post got cut off….

    That’s like soo cool!!! Number ONE!When I saw this post I literally screamed! My brother thought there’s something wrong with me. >.

  121. Any move audition news for Tallywa?? Thanks. Congrats on the book rank! hahaha great work. you deserve it. i have gotten all my friends to read uglies and they have all bought extras so i guess its totally amazing since none of them stopped!! I loved Uglies… but… Can we have another story with Tally’s POV?? (please please pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssseeee) =)?

  122. hi well i want to be a special cercumstance for halloween but idk how i would go about doing that …. help … congrats on ,making #1

  123. Fawesome!!! Congrates!! 😀
    I’ve been seeing Extras at every bookstore. It makes me smile whenever I go to the teen section 🙂 Scott is taking over!!!! woohoo!

  124. midnighters rox. all u people should go read it. good of you, steph-la. you’re very smart.

    FOURTH MIDNIGHTERS DARKLING WEREWOLVES!!!

    i wanna see those chapters from hiro’s POV!!!

    those smilies are getting ridiculous. 😈 like, there are just TOO many. why does the world need these?

  125. lots of ppl seem to be being specials. i dunno, put fake scars, wear black, maybe get a wearable extras Special Circumstances or I don’t want to hurt you shirt. and, like put temporary tattoos on your face and hands. maybe like crash bracelets. i dunno.

    my melissa costume is coming out AWESOME!

  126. yea i was orginally going to be a special but then idk wat happend…im being Samara (the dead girl from the Ring)

    good luck with your costumes tho 😀

  128. o, ya…scott-la, where are those chapters from hirso’s POV? i’m waiting! 😆
    o, ya, scott-la, ill see u tomorrow in ct…ill be with my 2 sis’ and my mom….
    -Riderchild-wa 😆

  129. yo my peeps ❗ ❗
    i just finished the first midnighters book at school ❗ ❗
    i know that soms people might get mad at me but i think that this book is a bit better than extras 🙂 😆 😈

  130. i am soooo exsited about tha next one ❗
    now i am off to do home work
    but i will brb
    i have decided that i will do home work in front of tha computer

  135. Ha I was reading BLUE NOON, the darkness sweeping across Bixby…then my power goes off. 😛 Back on now, obviously but that was like the best coincidence that’s happened to me in a long time.

    And Talyor thanks for answering my question. I knew Diego was like San Diego or something so i just assumed Tally’s city was nearby.

  137. i heart all of the smilies i will now show some ofthem to u
    :?:= ❓
    :lol:= 😆
    :)= 🙂
    :twisted:= 😈

  138. Scott-la ❗

    where are those fawesome Hiro chaps yall promised us ❗ ❓

    im getting angry at you. you never post unless its about boring tours. 😈

    im gonna have a Scott-la themed party, and i told all my friends that they dont get an invitation until they can answer my fawesome ten qs about UGLIES and THE SECRET HOUR. foolio huh?
    😆

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😆

  141. Ya see the whole china/Japan thing confused me, i didnt realize she was that until she talked about speaking it!

  143. O ya and i dont no about you ppl but it is getting so cold, im more of a warm person, this is so not pretty makeing, o and i hate how we have to go outside for pe, and run, in the cold, and then your throat hurts!

  146. that party is soooo cool i might ask the same things for my party it will sooo rock i can ony invite 8 people bran-la help meee ❗ please 😥 (i wonder if that will work ❓

  149. It was so cold today at school. And windy and rainy. today was a really depressing day. Half my school was testing so we had to stay in 2nd block til 12:00 and the sub (A real witch) left the door open the whole time. And I didn’t know anyone in that class since I couldn’t go to my real 2nd block. Really depressing day.

  165. I was doing math,Steph-la, o and i already have braces, they Hurt really bad the first week (Great encouragement Bran-la) but you cant feel them after that, ive had mine for about 1 mounth and i dont even notice them (except for the enormous amount of food that gets stuck) o and try to just swallow foods whole, it hurts to chew! (only in the beginning dont stress) o and flosseing takes about an hour and i brush my teeth at lunch time (in the bathroom, i get alot of questions. Most common: “Are you……….brushing your teeth?” o and most common under-your-breath comment: Wierdo) But again you get use to it!

  169. I am Such a Huge Fan. I’ve given your books to so many of my eighth graders and we were eager for Extras. You did not let us down.

    Congratulations on all your success.

  170. i’m not complaining, yeah midnighters fans!!!!! wooo!!!!! yeah, no offense, but personally i like midnighters better than uglies too. not that uglies aren’t awesome. and i’m a sucker for contemperary magical underground new york….as some of you may know *cough cough city of bones cough cough read it cough*

    it’s always freezing in my school. but i hate hot weather. HATE IT! i’d rather be freezing than sweaty.

    i have braces 2. had em since may 2nd, 2006.
    y r u getting them on at different times? i got the top and bottom the same day.
    but…..
    I’M GETTING THEM OFF!!! REEEEAAAALLY SOON! LIKE, IN LIKE TWO WEEKS, LESS!!! NOVEMBER 19TH!!!!
    and u ttly don’t notice em after a while. i don’t anymore.
    though i’m bad about brushing/flossing stuff.
    and i have to wear rubber bands, which is annoying but doesn’t really hurt.
    and night headgear, which hurts, but it’s not so bad if you don’t wear it. *laughs under breath at reeeaaally obscure reference and orthodontial rebellion*
    dentist dude never even mentions the fact i’ve worn it like, twice in 17 months.

    teachers are always evil and complaining about the room being cold when they keep it FREEZING. you’d think they’d be used to the hot, you know, back home in Hell. just kidding. most teacher’s aren’t evil. most.

  172. You are AWESOME!
    I’m so glad you take time to talk to your fans (even if it is on a blog) and though you probably don’t read all of them I appreciate your time trying to be a normal person like us.
    I absolutely love all of your books. But I especially love the Uglies, Pretties, Specials books. I am planning on reading EXTRAS soon and I have heard from many it is a great book!
    I am still in high school and a lot of people at my school adore you and your books!Especially me!
    Long Live Scott Westerfield!!
    You are definitely my favorite author!
    I hope I can meet you in person some day!

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