Extras Boingled

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We’re here in Ann Arbor, Michigan, nascent space of Borders Books, spending the last 36 hours before Extras comes out!

While the countdown ticks away, feast your eyes on Cory Doctorow’s review on BoingBoing.net, the internet’s premier clearinghouse of the geek-tastic.

Cory always has cool points to make. Here’s his review of the first two books, of Specials, and of Peeps.

Oh yeah, and now BoingBoing has comments, a much needed feature.

See you Tuesday.

83 thoughts on “Extras Boingled”

  1. Augh! Please come to Colorado someday, Scott…

    (This release is going to be so very icy. Looking forward to writing up a review/pointless blog post on it! >w

  4. Alright, so maybe this has been lost in all the hype of Extras, but what about Leviathan? In your post “A Decade Of Freelance”(Monday, June 5th, 2006) you said Leviathan would be out September, 2007. Now, I understand that book releases get shifted quite a bit, but you haven’t mentioned anything about the book since that post(or not that I’ve seen, anyways).

    Any updates that you’re allowed to share?

  7. man.. i stil have a day and 39 minutes
    *sigh*
    and i only have 3 dollars in my wallet
    *double sigh*

    but still excited!
    i’ll get that book somehow, someway!!!
    *shakes fist*

  8. so when i saw the poster for it in the local book store it didn’t register right away and when it did i think the lady in the store thought i was heavily drugged or something.i can’t wait for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. four hours and 38 minutes!! but it’s still 31 Sep here….the time here now is 7.25pm…^^looking forward to owning EXTRAS!! but sadly I am lacking cash now as I still have to prepare for my twinning programme with the New Zealand people…plus hardcover EXTRAS cost about S$25 here…I only S$60 each month…unless they release in paper pack too… 🙁

  10. correction… it’s 31 Sep 2007 here and the time now is about 6.24pm here. Not 7.25pm. My computer time is wrong.

  11. ahhh, i can’t wait for extras!!! i’ve been going around with my mom repeating everything she says but adding Aya Fuse to it. i’m an obnoxious child.
    ———————————————–
    ex: can you get the milk?
    *getting the milk* Aya Fuse gets the milk!
    ———————————————–
    what are you doing?
    reading the paper
    Aya Fuse reads the paper!
    ———————————————–
    where are you going?
    Target.
    Aya Fuse goes to Target!
    ———————————————–
    though i suspect Aya Fuse does not, in fact, go to Target. i don’t think the future has those.
    and i second whoever it was that wanted new trilogy info!!! plz!!!! must have info!!!! i heard something about airships and historical fiction, but no release date/anything else….

  16. I have to wait until after school tomorrow. As soon as I get home I’m reading the book. I’ll just have to tell my teachers I was busy doing some “extra” reading. 🙂

  18. Scott, do you want me to bring you something when you come to Mequon??
    I was thinking coffee, but I don’t know what kind you like.
    Or maybe chocolate, but dark or milk?
    Skittles or gummis, maybe, but I don’t know if you’re the fruity kind of guy in that area…

    So! What’s your favorite snack, Scott?

  22. Heather, ditto the suckishness of no Extras till after school! Why can’t the bookstore open at six or whenever, just for tomorrow and just for me? How do they expect me to CONCENTRATE????

    STill haven’t gotten my Extras stuff…Which means that I’ll have to wear some other shirt tomorrow instead. Oh, well…

  23. his is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!all i thought about today was EXTRAS!!! conversations overflowing with it. i picked out letters in like every sentance to make the characters names!!!!!!!!

  24. i can’t wait for extras.
    i raved about it with my friend and made her read my sampler. you should see all my notebooks, they’re covered in extras-related insanity.

    and the evils of school. and tuesdays are the WORST day for me, i’ve got guitar lessons and literary magazine after school. *sigh*
    for city of ashes, i will totally skip school. 173 days! and extras tommorrow! and heroes in four hours!

  25. wow, extras is ranked 246 most popular book on amazon. that’s pretty crazy. no, i don’t obsessively stare at the extras amazon page, of course not.
    but that’s still some pretty fawesome popularity. extra’s face rank, you might say…..heh heh.

  27. AHHHHH!!!!!! ONLY 8 MORE HOURS!!!!!!!!! and only 24 hours til i get to see scott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!:o
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  28. It’s almost time…. Just eight more hours, and about a day, unti; I receive my sweet, sweet, Extras. Perhaps I’ll even snag a copy of ‘The Lost Queen’ and ‘Kiki Stike: The Empress’ Tomb’.

  30. WHOA!!!! COOLIO!!!! i just read the review on BoingBoing and i am even MORE EXCITED!!!! (if that is even possible). Extras BETTER than Uglies, Pretties, and Specials??? is it possible???? CONGRATS ON THE AWESOME REVIEW SCOTT-LA!!!!!!

  31. i miss Tally-wa already tho… and Zane-la :(… and Shay-la… and David… And Andrew Simpson Smith… Aya’s got some frikin BIG shoes to fill!

  34. sorry about the, like, quituple post. im just sooooooooooo EXCITED!!!!! (and i REALLY dont want to go do my homework 😛 )

  35. teehee i was i good girl i already finished my homework lol..

    and i seriously can’t believe it. i mean after all the obsessive refreshing during the contest the staying up all night along with obsessive refreshing, and NOW IT’S HERE!!!

    i’m wearing my “i’m an extra” shirt tomorrow. i wonder how many people will say “HUH? what’s your shirt mean?”

  36. this was going through my mind at lunch today:
    (i wrote it down)

    extras, extras, extras, aya, extras, extras, moggle-chan, extras, extras, extras, extras, scott westerfeld, extras, extras, face rank, extras, extras, extras, extras, aya, extras, extras, extras, extras, moggle, extras, the smoke, extras, tally, extras, shay, extras, david, extras, zane(cry), extras, the new smoke, extras special circumstances, “i don’t want to kill you but i will if i have to”, extras, cutters, peris, extras, pretties, extras, specials, extras, uglies, extras, diego, extras, flash tattoos, extras, extras, extras …

    (and durring social studies)
    extras, extras, extras, extras, extras, extras, extras, extras, bubbly-making, extras, icy-making, extras, happy-making, extras, extras, extras …

  41. I was just thinking “Dang,how am I supposted to get Chels to wear eyeliner-made flash tattoos to Homecoming?” Well… Actually, it was more line:

    Ranking Talk: Did anyone reply?,
    Extras: Aya and Final Fantasy Cross-Over, Debate: Does Mr. What’s-His-Face like Uglies and if not; Why is it in his bookcase?
    Uglies: Did I ruin that one kid’s chances of reading Uglies when i loaned him Pretties by accident?
    Pretties: I Still think it was shay and Peris on the cover…
    Specials: How much would it cost a normal person to get the Special operation in today’s world?
    Did I do my algebra homework?
    What about Science?
    How am I supposted to get into Harvard if I fail Sign Language?

    Yeah.. Average thinking.

  43. MY SCHOOL’S SPIRIT WEEK STARTS FRIDAY!!!

    it usually starts on monday, but this year our homecoming game falls on the week of columbus day, and since we want all five days of spirit week, we’re starting a day early.

  44. I CANNOT wait !!!!!!!!!

    I didn’t buy a T-shirt ( yet )
    So I think I am gunna try to make my own.

    I wanna show my love for these books.

  45. i wish i had a good shirt to wear to school to celebrate tommorrow. *sigh*

    my school has no spirit. our football team loses, like, forty to nothing. plus, i hate organized sports. i’m a books/writing/music/art person myself.

    and i feel accomplished cuz i finished my homework. well sort of. still not reading Great Expectations. that book sucks.

    *happy for heroes*

    CAN’T WAIT FOR EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!

    and midnight alley, the morganville vampires book three is tommorrow too!

  46. i dont even get it tomorrow. because of stupid dance, i MIGHT get it wednesday. *really big sigh*

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  47. ahhhhh i can’t stand waiting for extras!!!!!!!!!!!
    by my counter, 5 hours, 43 minutes!!!
    course, i probably won’t get it til wensday but still. EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    my notebook was all covered in extras stuff today too. my school assignment planner has been so cannibalized, i covered the entire page in EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS and random quotes like “eye-kicking smile”, “heavier than air sushi”, “i don’t want to hurt you but i will if i have to”, “cake”, “the new smoke lives!” and most confusing to people who see it, “cat vomit!”

  48. i actually hope i don’t get it til wensday, i have so much stuff to do on tuesday. wensday, i have a field trip actually. so sort of no homework.
    EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i’ve been spontaneously texting my friends with like, AYA FUSE SAYS HI and AYA FUSE WAS HERE, or AYA FUSE SENDS GREETINGS FROM THE FUTURE.

  50. Totally going insane. Making my dad bring it to me @ school. Oh, I’m sorry I can’t be in math class, I have to read Extras. Lol

  53. can u believe my parents won’t let me cut school for books? so sad.
    but my plan is to try and wait for wensday (which i might have to anyway) and like do all my homework at lunch and stuff to maximize extras time.

    OH MY GOD I CAN’T WAIT FOR EXTRAS IT’S GONNA BE SO INCREDIBLY FAWESOME LIKE UGLIES BUT IN JAPAN AND LESS CRAZY-MADE FROM BRAIN SURGURY AND SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. *still freaking out* omg i now i cannot wait. I tried the skipping school thing 2 but my parents wouldn’t let me 🙁

  55. *squeals*

    YAY! EXTRAS COMES OUT TOMORROW!

    I’m so excited, even though I won’t be able to read it until Wednesday. And I’m even more excited because now I have a shiny new bookcase to put all my books in! Woot!
    I took some snazzy pictures of it, too. It’s on the link in my name…but I don’ t know if it works.

  58. ha i like how worn-out the spines of all the uglies books are. i keep needing to fix my bookcase because i have way too many books.

  59. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH omg I can’t wait and it stinks because I go TO school on Tuesdays and fridays. On Monday Wednsday and Thursday I do my school at home/homeschool. so Tomaro when Extras comes out I’m going to have to wait all day through school until 4:30 when I get home to get the book. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  61. so Robin-la (im calling u Robin-la, i think thats how its supposed to be) your homeschooled…but you go to school? thats….FOOL! i wish i could go to school only SOMEtimes. then i could see all of my friends, AND sleep in! WOOOOOOOO!

    you should see MY bookcase! it has five shelves. i only use one shelf for random things, and that shelf is packed. the other four have books on them. so far too and a haf of the shelves are double stacked. i NEED another bookcase!

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  62. me 2
    and i am officially going on westerblog break because i’m going to watch extras now and i’m vowing not to look on here at all from tuesday to the time i finish extras.

  64. Wow my room is like filled with books. My friends call my room their own personal library. I’m also going a break from the blog. So c u when i finish

  65. i all ready have the book my mom went and pre ordered it from a small book store and it came in they called and i went and got it before anyonre else. yay on page 103

  67. i love how serafina said she was taking a break to go “watch extras.”

    i’m assuming she meant “heroes” but still, it’s comical all the same.

    EXTRAS IS COMING OUT IN EXACTLY ONE HOUR AND 24 MINUTES!!!

    soooo excited, even though there’s no signings near me so i probably won’t get a book for awhile.

  68. and with the whole “watch extras” thing, doesn’t that show how fully and utterly obsessed we all are?

    i’m a happy obsess-ee though…

    B) B) B) B) B)

    i love that smiley!

    and correction: ONE HOUR AND 18 MINUTES!!!

  71. can’t wait for ittt!:D
    i asked my mom if i could get it, and she said yes. wooo! 🙂

    usually, she would say no. but she knows
    i love the uglies trilogy.

    GAHH I’M SO EXCITED!

  72. WOOOOOOOOOOO! ONLY 13273 SECONDS TIL EXTRAS!!!!!!!!!! (thats a multiple of 13! go lucky 13!
    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  73. of course, I dont get it for another 74252 seconds. STUPID SCHOOL!!!!!!
    of course, i’ll still have to say WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  74. Hey, ever heard of the S.K. movie ‘Misery’?
    Muwahahahaahhahahaha.
    Just kidding…_>
    I don’t like Westerfelds books that much…well maybe I do…but I’m sane!

  75. *GASP!* HOW COULD YOU! *shakes head dissapointingly* its impossible to be a TRUE Scott-la Westerfeld fan without being crazy, insane, or mad! everybody nos that! tsk tsk tsk.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 8)

  76. oh man. i can’t handle it. only a couple hours left…i remember being so sad after finishing specials but now i’m happy again!

  77. Follow-up to earlier post:

    I knew you were up to something with all your little “wisdom of the crowd” talk, Mr. Author…

    ;D

    Thanks for Extras, the the most kick-making book of them all.

    >w

  78. 2nd october today. i don’t know if EXTRAS is lying in Kinokuniya or Borders now for I can’t go and check….my end of year exams are starting tomorrow. it will only end arround 17 or 18 october. so thats means that there is very little chance of me being able to buy it.(i don’t have enough money any way…) 🙁

  79. Extra’s came out on my birthday! so cool and I met you scott at andersons! best birthday ever! you and justine are really great to talk to, amazing! thanx for being so nice!

  81. PLEASE come to connecticut someday, it would totally icy.
    And stop making your books so amazingly beautiful, because I just might have to read them all!

  82. Howdy! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be okay. I’m undoubtedly enjoying your blog and look forward to new updates.

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