The Wobbler, The Brick

Posted on by scott

Four things:

One: As you may remember, Leviathan is coming out on Tuesday, a mere three days from now. (Update: After a quick recount, turns out it’s actually four days from now: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, TUESDAY!)

But there is another object going on sale that very same day, October 6. I call it “the brick,” because it looks like this:

IMG_1191

The brick contains all four books in the Uglies series—Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras! And they all live together in a lovely box that references all four covers. I love me a slipcase.

Two: Simon & Schuster Canada sent me this amusing steampunk video on how to install a “Leviathan Wobbler,” a bookworm dazzler of astonishing complexity.

I think you need to watch it.

Click here to visit Simon’s Urban Fantasy Blog, home of the Wobbler.

Three: I have moved my tour dates away from the blog post of a few days ago, and put them in a more sensible place: my Appearances page. From now on, all updates and changes will be made there.

To go to the Appearances page, click the “Appearances/News” button up in the menu at any time. Or just click here.

Four:


Visit Scott Westerfeld’s website!

So. Close. Can. Smell. It.

58 thoughts on “The Wobbler, The Brick”

  1. ooh, first!
    I am so buying the brick, even though I already have all four Uglies books.

    Leviathan comes out soon! That wobbler vid made me laugh

  2. Wow!
    Suddenly (like my iPod) my boxed UGLIES trilogy set is obsolete!!
    I bought them separate, thinking, “Oh, if only, if only, all four could be together in one box of ugly-pretty-special-extra GOODNESS!”
    THANK YOU GOD OF ALL GREAT NOVELS.
    & only 3 days till Leviathan?! AAAH CANT WAAAAIT!!!!!
    Love the little steam-punky ticker. I have the wallpaper for Leviathan, and I wish there was a way I could download that on my desktop.
    XD
    Thanks for @Replying me on Twitter!
    Can’t wait!
    -Allie…… -wa.

  5. that is HALARIOUS! love the video! I really learned something!
    i want the brick but i already have all four!
    cant wait for leviathan!

  6. Oh, the Wobbler. I want one! May have to steal it from my local bookshop/store. 😉
    Now, if only there were a Midnighters Brick…
    Can’t wait for Leviathan. The world will asplode with steampunky literary goodness!

  8. I’ve held off buying Specials&extras cause I heard of the brick… so can’t wait! &then I’ll be able to pass on Uglies and Pretties so someone else can be introduced to Tally’s world.

    Also can’t wait for Leviathan!!! so psyched!
    &my journalism advisor gave me a go-ahead to review Leviathan for our school paper… we just released an online edition, so I am going to have it published on the online edition so the bubbly-major trailer can compliment the article!

  9. i want that cube! but i already have all 4 books. i can not wait for leviathan 3 days til it comes out yay! bye

  10. The video was funny, and I noticed that they had the books with the old covers…and that a copy of Leviathan was in the background of the brick picture…..want……

    And I agree, they should make a Midnighters brick, I already own the Uglies book but got Midnighters from the library…I want to buy them though!

  11. CANT WIAT!!!!!!!!!
    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
    im not sure if i can wait for thelibrary to get it
    so i think ill buy it….

  15. I want it 😀
    so….if that was canada…does that mean we dont get the nice red covers?????

  16. Hey, Scott, I’m going to be giving away a copy of Leviathan for my blogoversary (Oct. 21-Nov. 21), and was wondering if you’d be interested in doing an interview for my blog? 🙂

  17. Scott-la… what I said above, is that okay if I do that – embed the Leviathan trailer within my article on my school’s online edition of the school paper?

    I just thought of copyright and that stuff, so wanted to check if it was all right.

    And I know you’re mad-busy, but if I could get any quotes from you that’d be bubbly-major – or if you wouldn’t mind me quoting you from your blog… may I?

  18. AHHH!! The BRICK?! I just completed my collection of uglies a few days ago by getting a special at borders (teen fiction buy 2 get 1 free)

    Blast, if only I had the patience…

    Oh well now at least I have so many things… is there a limit to how much you’ll sign? I might have to hire a U-haul…

  19. SERIOUSLY! I just noticed LEVIATHAN..THE LEVIATHAN in the background of the uglies brick.
    ahhhh it looks so prettyyyy <3

  21. Oh I haven’t been here in a while, but I so can’t wait for Leviathan! *squeals*

    Do you happen to know when would it come out in other countries, Scott-la?

  22. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa
    HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    YES YES YES FINALLY! SOMETHING UGLIES RELATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    THANK YOU SO MUCH SCOTT-LA!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :mrgreen: :mrgreen: mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: mrgreen:

    YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
    I LOVE CUBES TOO! THERE’S NO 3 DIMENTIONAL SHAPE BETTER!!!!!!!!
    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    UGLIES LOVERS REJOICE!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

  24. I’m so excited!!! Yay for Leviathan coming out! If i didn’t already have the entire Uglies series, i would buy the brick!!
    I don’t know where to buy Leviathan! perhaps i’ll just get it off of amazon…

  26. I NEED THAT BRICK! How much is it? I think I’ll buy the original Uglies trilogy in hardcover, so I’ll have all four books in hardcover ^.^

  28. can’t wait for LEVIATHAN!!!! 🙂
    the brick is cool, too bad i already have all the books otherwise i’d so get that. hahah 🙂

    tell me a story into that goodnight…
    GREEN DAY ROCKS!!!! <3

  29. I HAVE IT I HAVE IT! I COULD KISS IT!

    I bought it from Borders today! For some reason it’s avaliable early ^_^
    I love living in the UK sometimes 😀

  30. hahaha that videos funny =]

    i dont think i can wait three more days…

    and sashy-wa : You have leviathan?!?!?!

  37. When I check online for the uglies brick; all the books cone in paper back. Are there any in hardcover?

  38. I think that since Uglies and Pretties don’t come in hardcover on their own, I guess they just took those and the paperback Specials and Extras. Which sucks. Scott-sama, make them print some hardcover versions of Uglies and Pretties.

  41. im going to by the brick for my friend who hasn’t read scott-la’s uglies yet (though i keep telling her to!)

  42. Good idea Talie!! I try to get my friend to read the books but she wont! Ahhhhh!! Some ppl just don’t understand the joy of reading.

  43. 7 more hours (for me)!! Hey Talie where do you live? I wanna go there you get the book sooner cuz you said you got 6 hours till the book comes out! No fair!

  44. SO FRUSTRATED. I AM GOING OVER TO SEATTLE THIS WEEKEND TO SEE MY BROTHER. BUT OF COURRRSEEEEE YOU’LL BE THERE ON MONDAY WHEN I’M AT FRICKIN SCHOOL. WHY. SERIOUSLY.

  45. I’m sooooo excited! 🙂
    Totally bummed I can’t make it to toronto for your confrence like thing.
    BUT there in spirit.
    Come To london ont.

  46. I want the brick. It looks cool. I have Uglies but I think that I could use another copy. I’ve read it so many times the pages are wrinkled my brother got a hold of it. GRRRR!

  47. You should come to Springfield TN. Or at least Nashville. That would be so awesome! I am your biggest fan!!!

Comments are closed.