June Art Reveal

Posted on by scott

Here is the Goliath art reveal for June, based on your voting!

I was going to wait until 300 votes had come in, but by vote number 222 one of the illustrations had achieved an unassailable lead! Here’s what I mean:

Illustration One: 125 votes
Illustration Two: 17 votes
Illustration Three: 29 votes

With 78 votes left to be counted, even if Illustration three got all of them, number one was still going to win. SO I STOPPED COUNTING, which I’m sure would be cool with the Supreme Court, who are all, like, whatever about this stuff.

So here we have it, Illustration One!

Click the image for a bigger, zoomable version.

Now, some of you may have noticed that it is time for Fan Art Fortnightly, but I have cleverly stomped on it with this art reveal. Why? Is it because I hate fan art?

NO. I LOVES ME SOME FAN ART. But I had foolishly promised to do a Fan Fic Fan Art Fortnightly (AKA FFFAF) and it’s been impossible to choose from among the bajillion weird and wonderful fan fics out there. So why don’t you guys help me out?

Use this comment thread to suggest to each other any awesome fan fictions you’ve found, from any of my books.

And in a week or two I’ll put up some more drawings, because that’s easier.

New Update

Leviathan just sold in Japan! So we’ll be seeing the Japanese version in a year or so. Cool, huh?

201 thoughts on “June Art Reveal”

  4. Well, looking at the linear architecture and lack of message lizard tubes, it seems that they aren’t on the Leviathan. Stealing something from the Clankers, are we?
    And I wonder why they let Alek, a POW, go on what looks like an important mission. Hmm…

  5. Whoa that’s awesome!!! But why are they extracting it from the sleeping quarters? Unless they’re all dead… Which I doubt. Maybe someone put it (whatever it is) in there so it would be guarded. If so then, I would considar that a very convienient fail.

  7. Hmmmm
    Its a mini tesla cannon that they are stealing or secretly transporting. I don’t think that it is actually FROM the sleeping quarters more than from a room at the end of the sleeping quarters. OOOO! Like from the CAPTAIN’S sleeping quarters! That seems feasible (is that how you spell it? :P)! Yeah! OOoooo, sneeky. It also seems that it is on some sort of ship….. but I can’t tell if its Clanker or Darwinist. And being that it is at night and they seem to appear frustrated, they really aren’t supposed to be doing this.
    That’s all for this analysis.

  8. it looks like alek and deryn are trying to steal a miniature tesla cannnon from somewhere and they have to go trough a sleeping area and are trying not to wake anyone up. brovil is there to

  9. it also looks clanker there are no beasties and it dosent look like the inside of the levi

  11. it looks amazing as usual:) i’m so happy the one i wanted won xD i have a feeling the’re smuggling some clanker mechanism with a control board that looks like toast .-. obviously =_=
    and as for the fanfictions, my friend wrote some really good ones:)
    like thish one-> http://fav.me/d3cxmo6
    and here’s another really great one i found on fanfiction.net:D
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6822220/1/
    hope you like them:D

  13. It almost looks like a gymnasium in the background… except there’s a balcony… hmm

  16. It’s to small to be a tesla cannon.(Book 2, they needed giant robots to destroy it.) And the ship is to square (or strait) to be a beasty.
    I think it’s a sick bay or something.(i don’t remember if that’s what there called)

  17. Whoa! And some people thought it would only be Deryn pulling someone out of a sleeping bag! It’s amazing!

  18. GAH…I’ll never be featured. The Varlow fanbase isn’t big enough. So instead I shall plug Captain Sullivan on DA for sheer dedication to Alek and Deryn fics and Myst47 who actually won a contest on the AlekDeryn group on Deviantart. Those are names who spring to mind, but you’re right – THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GREAT FANFICS.

    Alternatively, there are a lot of terrible ones too. I do not envy you Scott.

  20. I still think it’s Tesla’s death-ray. Or the “directed-energy weapon” as he called it. Crazy man that Tesla. You can learn more about him at wikipedia (wikipedia: great for quick information, but don’t site it in your term paper). Sorry, the teacher/librarian in me loves knowledge!

    I’m with @Brita for the Quite Peculiar stuff. Those are by far my favorites!

    If anyone is interested in mine here’s the link:
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6480861/1/You_Ninny

    Not anywhere near as good as Julia’s, but I try.

  21. 😀 That image just makes me more excited for September!!! I haven’t been this eager to read a book since Harry Potter.

    And in the mean time, I’ve been recommending it to all my friends.

  22. OMG!! (sorry for the obnoxious teenager-y-ness, couldn’t help myself)
    Man, I’m glad one won! That is amazing!!!
    But like tricadagirl said, I wonder why Alek, the POW, is on a mission…
    It’s so awesome, I’m even almost not disspointed that we didn’t get to see Deryn rousing Alek in a very bad-assy manner. Almost. 🙂

  23. okay, this pic made me go all Gone With the Wind, like theres all the dieing ppl and there walkin thru em. and i guess its a little bit Fire-y too…….

  24. Most certainly some kind of Tesla device, I agree with the other posters. I’m wondering what’s up with the people they’re sneaking it past, though… whatever is up, they don’t seem to want to get caught.

    I’m not sure I’d put it in the “awesome” category, but this is my fanfiction, which may or may not be missing an epilogue: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6396398/12/Dangerous_Secrets

  25. OMG. Someone suggested me!!!

    EEEEEEPPPP!!!! THANK YOU NORA BARLOW! 😀

    I nominate blackbird31 and CaptainSullivan on Deviantart.

    🙂 I. LOVE. THIS. SO GLAD I VOTED FOR IT!!!! 😀

  26. Mermeememrmerrrr. LAVEES EET!! WOOO! it’s Tesla’s “Death Ray” I think. O.o well naturally, I advertise my Fanfics but there are a lot of really good ones out there. I think u should like open tabs of Ur fav fics and play ‘eeny meny Miny moe’ to pick. U go three rounds of that, and u have three fics to post!
    http://jett-wolfe98.deviantart.com

  29. That thing in the top bulb looks like a brain… Don’t know why…

    And that one sleeping/in pain person who looks like he’s screaming seems to have missed the pillow….

    And for some reason, I get the feeling that Alek and Deryn aren’t really supposed to be doing this. I am now more eager for Goliath than ever…

  31. EEP! I love the pic!

    Yep, I’m agreeing with lots of ppl on this…. The mystery thing that they are pulling is something telsa! XD

  32. Yay for the pic!
    I agree with other people…Quite Peculiar is the best Leviathan fanfic. But there are lots of other ones too…The Meat Grinder is interesting cause it’s the same characters but everything else is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and all apocalyptic, which is weird, but somehow works.

  33. I think the picture is interesting but it doesn’t give away muchin the storyline does it?
    I guess you choose the ones which don’t.
    Never mind it looks cool anyway.
    thanks for posting it!

  34. I love the guy with his arm out, and his mouth open. Props to Keith. YES! FINALLY! The Japanese version! Gosh, +10000000000000000000000… points to Scott, for international books. And, for making Goliath come out on my birthday. The only thing to make it better? You Scott, showing up in Dallas, on the release date, and going to dinner with me. Justine is invited too. lol. Such a looooong shot.

  35. Gyahh! It’s absolutely brilliant, the facial expressions, the secretiveness, the BOVRIL. I love it <3 So glad I picked this one. I shall study it carefully now.
    I'm not sure if it's a Tesla cannon though because it doesn't quite have the same design.

  36. I personally am still happy that Deryn’s secret is (most likely) still intact by chapter 10 😛

  37. Tridecagirl, I bet it is some secret mission for Dr. Barlow. She appears to trust Alek. Also, WHY DOES IT SAY THAT THIS BLOG WAS POSTED ON JUNE FOURTH WHEN MY CALENDER SAYS THAT IT IS JUNE THIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and Mr. Weterfield, I can give you ten dollars plus the price the book would normally be if you give it to me early. Please???

  39. I would hate to be the one sleeping next to that guy with his mouth wide open. He seems to be snoring rather loud.

    Why doesn’t somebody get Bovril to help? Look at him, on Alek’s shoulder looking all smug, doing nothing.

  41. FIC RECOMMENDATION TIME IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY.
    Fourthing ‘Quite Peculiar’, because it is AMAZING. My personal favorite of Julia’s is
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6743449/1/What_You_Are
    though! (I have both on my Kindle. Oh yes.)
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6791112/1/Snapshots
    Very fun oneshots, in a wide spectrum of characters! I have some favorite chapters (pretty much anything involving Lilit will earn my eternal love) but EVERYTHING is good!
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6917163/1/Artemis
    I LOVE HOLLY SO MUCH, and her fics are all wonderful, but this is my favorite. (And Deck the Halls, but it’s a bit out of season at the moment.) Very cute and well written!
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6648635/1/Keeping_Secrets
    This fic makes me absolutely miserable in the BEST WAY. Beautifully written and tragic.

    Basically, the Leviathan fandom has amazing writers in SPADES. I haven’t read anything for any other Westerfeld novels, so i’m looking forward to some recs!

  42. Also, I could totally do more, but I’m trying to not write a comment the size of a airship, haha.

  43. …I love this! I’m so happy with my vote :D.
    In addition, guy to left of Alek looks like Volger.

  44. That machine they’re carrying is going to hit that man’s hand!! OH NO!!! Lets hope he’s a deep sleeper because if he wakes up then poor Deryn and Alek will be toast!! =p

  48. New reader of your Leviathan series, and I gotta say – it’s pretty awesome. Only posting because I couldn’t resist the chance to recommend some pieces of literature that should be noticed.

    1. Minotaur ( http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6972811/1/Minotaur ), by Cardboard Edward.

    This is a wonderful fic, in my opinion. It builds up Lilit’s character, and it’s written really well to boot. It could actually fit as part of the novels, if your books were longer. The other ones by this author are really good, too.

    2. Today ( http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6520560/1/Today ), by Fox Scarlen.

    True friendship fics are few and far between – most of the ones between Alek and Deryn are usually romantically inclined in parts. Sometime’s it’s just refreshing to see how good their bond is without too much sappiness and luuurve.

  50. AWESOME ABOUT JAPAN! thats gonna be so cool!

    hmmm… pondering the picture… i wonder what the machine is for…

  52. Haha! I lvoe how Bovril is totally NOT helping. x3

    For Fanfics, I recommend Julia456 like everyone else here 🙂 It’s just THAT good.

  53. why did you do this to me Julia
    gherighe IT IS IN THE COMMENTS
    SCOTT CAN NOW SEE IT.
    WHHHHHHYYY AUUUGHHH

    (I am a little self conscious about my writing. Just a tad.)

    Two can play at this game.

    There’s another fic of Julia’s that some of you might not have seen, though it’s a bit on the dirty side, so uh, a bit of a warning for some mature content.
    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6837694/1/Goggles

  54. Also, to everyone else who recced: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I appreciate it (though I hope you know you have all made me extremely nervous.)

    I would blackmail you a la Julia, but alas, i have nothing. ahhaha

  56. Well of course I had to read it because it included the terms “Julia” and “dirty”…so…I did…

    And I must say that I rather enjoyed it.

  58. I’m going to agree with most peeps on this:

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5780936/1/Quite_Peculiar

    I don’t like most fan fictions, but this is one of the three that I’ve actually enjoyed. Wonderfully written, with the perfect balance in tone (ranges from very dark and depressing to laugh-out-loud funny) and a vastly entertaining array of continuities. I can only say BRAVA to the extremely talented Ms. Julia.

  59. Well! At least there are no dead bodies being taken out! (why the hell was that the first thought that came to mind…?)

    So…..I know that this has been mentioned several times before….Too bad! I don’t care! ^^

    Quite Peculiar from http://www.fanfiction.net

    Reading this is like getting shot in the head w/ a freakin’ gun! In a good way! (mindblown, people, *mindblown*!) The characters seem really spot on and in truth it’s the only thing keeping me sane while I wait for Goliath. I mean, it’s only, what, 108 days, 2 hours, 45 minutes, and 57 seconds away?

    56……..55……..54………..53………..52………51……….and the process starts all over again………

  60. @Myst47 (Hannah)
    You’re welcome – but I went to message you on DA about it and it says you’ve been blocked. WHHHHHYYYY???

    It’s ReubenDeFlash btw 🙂

  64. are they extracting it from the place or placeing it there for further uses? humm i wonder…

  65. I am very disappointed with everyone!!! There is NO Uglies series fanfiction. And plz blog more about Uglies Scitt-la!! PLZ!!

  66. Just read some of Quite Perculiar – it is absoutely brilliant. Loved the chapter from Volger’s POV.

  70. I JUST figured out why the blog said it was posted a whole day before the day it was at my house. Its because the time shown is Australian time. DUH! Also, Mr. Westerfeld, do you sometimes put up three pics to choose from and think ‘Oh, I hope no one chooses three, because its a big spoiler’ and then laugh when everyone chooses one? Not that Im complaining. One was awesome, plus the one I voted for!!!!

  71. @Nora Barlow

    The Varlow fanbase is bigger than you think, and there’s some decent ones on Deviantart. I <3 Varlow!

    ^_^

  72. It looks like there’s a brain in the top globe thing. Ha! Nice; I like scenes with Alek and Deryn.

  73. Barking Spiders!!! What IS that Clanker contraption?! (and good choice on the Alek & Deryn combo here! There prolly will be more like that since you’re only submitting art from the beginning chapters of the book when Alek and Deryn are still on the ship going to Japan…)
    And are those BRAINS in the globe thingies?! *swoons*
    Only 3 something months left! *parties*

  76. boy that thing looks heavy. and i think maybe Bovril is keeping watch? either that or there is something interesting the roof

    anywho… to Kaitlyn-wa here is an Uglies fanfic for you by…what for it. wait for it!

    ME!!!! it’s a cross over, too, between Uglies,Doctor Who, and The Host. please read it. that would be much appreciated. no writer like to publish stuff and have no feed back so if people could leave a review too. i send a thousand thank yous to anyone who dose.

  78. Hey just thinking for Pretties that the claritin clear comercial is a good description of being bubbly. The whole film over your eyes and then it becomes clear. Luv it!!

  81. Wow!!! Awesome picture!! Oh and nice Supreme Court reference Scott. 🙂 But sorry, I don’t have any fanfics, there’s just too many I can’t choose one…

  82. Ps, if you look closely, you can see Volger and I think it’s the captain sleeping in the background…what happened to the Leviathan?

  83. I just found another fanfiction that is absolutely brilliant and I found deserving of being put to an option on here, especially since it’s her first one for Leviathan:
    http://fav.me/d3gy1sy
    You know, even being on dA for 6 years I still don’t know when the links take you to the actual picture so here is the profile to the author. And the story title is “Complications”
    http://v-gal015.deviantart.com/

  84. @oraldisaster101 well I rather still count in months how much time is left because the months are less than the days… And it makes the day seem closer than how much days there are actually left… 😛

  87. yes! plz release the first chapter it would make us soooooooooo happy and lets face it Scott you would be nowhere without your fans

  88. Yes, I think releasing the first chapter would keep us all sane just a little bit longer.
    For the record, I started shouting at inanimate objects last week. O_O

  89. I’m very excited to hear that the series is now going to be in Japan. After re-reading I got to thinking about how Hayao Miyazaki would be one of the only directors I would trust to put this series to film. He also happens to love any and all sorts of flying contraptions, and he can’t resist putting them in his movies. More often than not my mind flashes to “Castle in the Sky” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” when I think of the Trilogy. I’m just throwing this out there. But Miyazaki should definitely get his hands on this series.

  90. @Nicole Hanson
    i think it would be a great idea if there was a movie on Leviathan but I would hate it if they messed up. Hmmm i sound very conflicted don’t I? Fortunately the choice isn’t mine so it doesn’t matter 🙂

  91. OH!! Hi Rueben! 🙂 They figured out I’m 12. BUT I get my account back this November so, yeah. 😀 I MISSES U!!!! *hug*

  92. wow…I just can’t stop looking at this picture…so much action I can see is promised in this book!

  93. ^ oh yeah, meant to say that since it’s going to be published in Japanese…Miyazaki (or one of his “henchmen”) might possibly read it and make a movie…based on books, movies aren’t perfect, but I say better than nothing! 🙂

  96. @ Nicol Hanen: I totally agree with you…Miyazaki is truly an amazing movie producer guy…

  97. This is so cool, I can’t wait for September, I think I’m gonna go crazy before it comes out.

    and i don’t think its a Tesla cannon. the Tesla cannons were one column and had coils around them. I love Bovril

  98. ooh nice! hmm… maybe they’re extracting the airmens’ DREAMS?!?!?!

  99. did anyone see the hook thing in the pic????? maybe they got it off of the balcony with the hook…..just saying…y else would it be there??? now i wonder what’s over in the room leading from the balcony….hmmm…something to think about. and i still think that this wouldnt have been the most spoilery pic…i still wanted 3 to win…
    and so far my fav fan fic would b minotaur…i like lilit…

  100. Alright….well, the picture’s brilliant! Still running in circles waiting for Goliath to come out….

    Anyway, about the fanfics…all of the ones that other people wrote that I like, (nearly all of them) have already been posted.

    So…here’s one of mine:http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7055187/1/Love_is_Worth_Dying_For

    There is a continuation coming…and the above one was written in a hurry to satisfy demands on the westerforum. I was ordered to write a fic with a romance theme…so I did, even though I had no experience on the subject whatsoever…I surmise mine’s a man’s version of Deryn and Alek’s love story.
    But it was great fun to write.

    Also….for fanart…all my favorites have been posted already…so here are three of mine:

    http://browse.deviantart.com/fanart/traditional/drawings/books/?qh=&section=&q=Deryn…Lost#/d3httaq

    This was my first one….it has no real purpose or point…I just wanted to emulate Keith Thompson on all three of these and I started with this one.

    http://browse.deviantart.com/fanart/traditional/drawings/books/?qh=&section=&q=My+fanfic+Deryn#/d3httoo

    This one is the second I’ve ever done and is my personal favourite. I did it for my fanfic (Above) but I finished drawing Before I finished writing…so this isn’t totally accurate to the story.

    http://browse.deviantart.com/fanart/traditional/drawings/books/?qh=&section=&q=Gone+fanfic+fanart#/d3htbh2

    This is obviously the third one. This isn’t usually my style, as I did it for someone else’s fanfic. I only followed details from their writing. I also did this one in a bit of a hurry, and I was my first time drawing Alek…

    Anyway, thatnks for the consideration!

  101. ahhhh i love it! i see electrical thingies on that machinery- this scene looks soooo good!

  102. @Myst47

    Oh dear…how do they know??!? They’re crazy clever. Damn though, I miss your updates and your lovely support 🙁

    So, I guess Scott won’t be able to see your Leviathan stuff even though I reccomended it. Sad times.

  103. AAAGHHHH!!! I won’t be commenting like all summer cuz my parents decided to go somewhere thats lacks technology….. and by the time you read this I will be gone already…… see y’all in 3 months.

    @myst47(hannah): Heck Yeah! Though it made me really depressed I loved gone and married (or was it the other way around), And I totally support Captain Sullivan, Blackbird, and Jetteh.

    I’m to lazy to read all the comments, but has anybody mentioned purplemudkip?

  105. based on the title of the previous pics he’s shown i believe that Dr Barlow receives a message about the clankers transporting something and she sends someone, liking ‘Dylan’ to retrieve it on some sort of bird, using a hook. Then Alek and Deryn realize something or other and have to steal from their own ship.

  107. Finishing up my Leviathan collage. It’s a jumble of pictures in the shape of a giant WWI. Pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

    By the way, I went back and watched that old Disney movie Atlantis. IF THERE WAS A MOVIE I COULD COMPARE TO LEVIATHAN IT WOULD BE THIS ONE. They even have a Leviathan in it!(Except there’s is a giant evil mechanical scorpion that live in the ocean. Still, pretty awesome.) I recommend it to anyone who loves a good (if not slightly odd) anime/cartoon movie.

    Now, back to my collage……

  108. Forgot to add: Percy fans, the first chapter of Son of Neptune is up. And it is Ah-MAZE-in!:D

  109. Funny you mention it ^ I just read it. So amazing.

    But anyways, this picture is awesome!
    It looks like they are stealing something! But what! And from who!
    Love it!

  110. @alice tanks for suggesting me! It’s wierd but i was getting depressed? Oh well!

    I VOTE THE DA PPL: CAPTAINSULLIVAN, BLACKBIRD31, PURPLEMUDKIP, MYST47, RUEBENDEFLASH, and BNT800!!!! and I just won’t say a thing about myself. T-T

  111. Here are some fanfictions that I have found on the internet that really made me excited! I absolutely LOVED them! The writing is beautiful, the stories are entertaining, keeping you on the edge of your seat. You can realy feel the emotions through the words that this authour wrote. I am extemely happy that I have read these, and this author really diserves some publicity. I hope more people will read these wonderful stories, and also think the same way as I. Thank you. 🙂

    http://victorianbombshell.deviantart.com/

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6843878/1/Bring_Him_Home

    http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6854073/1/Iron_Grip

  113. I AM GOING TO BLOW UP WAITING FOR GOLIATH!!!!! It would be good advertising to give me an early copy so I can tell averyone how I like it. PLEASE! I. WANT. IT. SO. SO. SO. SO. BADLY!!!!!!!!! (oh, and I saw Behemoth at the book store today. Why are they marketed under YA?)

  115. I know of a few very good fanfics if you wish to check then out. They really ate the best I’ve found so far.

    “And Still They Wobder Why” by tridecagirl (Recently completed. Not a very happy ending, but very good nonetheless.)
    http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6902643/1/

    “Now Or Never” by Cadboard Edward (Alternate ending to Behemoth…also sad ending…people seem to like torturing your characters.) :\

    “What You Are” by Julia456 (The classic big reveal done the best I’ve seen it so far.)
    http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6743449/8/

    “Troika” by Julia456 (Is not yet complete, but I’ already wowed. There’s done excellent use of a certain Russian dutchess as well.) 😉
    http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6548779/1/

    “Goggles” by Julia456 (Probably not one you’d want to feature since it wouldn’t be good for the younger fans…I just thought you’d like it.)
    http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6837694/1/

    I know if several more fics, but I feel like I should cut it off here. …and just for fun, you should check out Julia456’s drabble collection as well. It’s titled “Quite Peculiar”.

  116. http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6822220/1/

    “What is the Goliath” is my personal favorite.
    This is also the first thing I have ever read fic about- Ive never been aware that there is a way to cope with dying for the next book to come out or wanted to read it so badly that I felt a need to fill in the gap.
    I’m not sure if it’s helping, but it’s definitely fun. Sometimes.

    Fic also makes me appreciate the literate writers in the world. There are a few that are so bad I had to reread sentences to figure out what the author means to say. The worst thing is when the story is good, but the writer can’t spell or use grammar correctly to save his or her life.

    Thank you for being literate, Scott. It makes my day.

  117. Fanfiction can be so hit and miss – sometimes they’re amazing and you have to wonder why the writer is spending their time working on other author’s fiction and not their own, sometimes it’s almost an insult to the original and you have to struggle through reams of nonsensical fan girl imaginings. I know we’re all fangirls (or boys) when you break it down but they still have to make sense right? At least in the universe they’re set in.

  119. Since we’re on the subject of fanfics…I like the Super Smash Bros. and Professor Layton ones. Oh, and the ones with N. 🙂

    And since I’m on the topic of video games…..anyone just see the Nintendo conference?

    EXCITED!!!!!

  122. Scott, PLEASE let us read the first chapter of Goliath as a preview. A lot of other authors do that!

  124. ya listen to sean
    yesterday i read the first chapter of the son of neptune and thats on greek/roman mythology your books are so much cooler you are so much cooler so come on let us read the first chapter its just one chapter it wont hurt us

  125. on second thought it might hurt us we might become so crazed with longing for Goliath after reading the first chapter that we commit suicide
    but dont let that stop you 🙂

  127. @ Cosmosis, that description wasn’t as spoilery as I expected. Unless I read the wrong thing. But there are a lot of spoilers out there, and I try to avoid them. But Blisters, sometimes I just cannot help myself.

  128. im so excited to find out whats goign to happen in goliath ^_^ it needs to get published like NOW!!!!!!!!
    also whens fan art fortnightly? i have a suggestion for fanfics my good friend on deviantart has an awesome fnafic (it fishtails with mine) and its AMAZING!!!!!!!! shes also got some barlow art on there ^_^
    http://reubendeflash.deviantart.com/

  130. @ Brittany
    ya i mean he has to discover that shes a girl its the last book and well the rest is just to vague (as its supposed to be) for it to be super spoilery

  131. Read the spoiler (couldn’t help myself). Not as bad as I thought. That first paragraph was interesting, however…why do I get a feeling that this has something to do with Edison?

    Huh….

    Whoever said to post the first chapter for Goliath….I second that motion.

    And whoever mentioned Howl’s Moving Castle…that is my favorite anime movie. 🙂 Christian Bale as Howl-mmmmmmmm…

  132. As much as I would love to read the first chapter… I think it’s better for all of us if it wasn’t put up online. It would only make the wait harder because this series is a page turner and to only have one chapter and then stop would be crazy. Especially if it’s a cliff hanger.

    I feel like I’m living out the Deathly Hallows again. That wait was EXCRUCIATING. But in the end, totally worth it.

  134. An illustration can’t contain too many spoilers. If there was no book to explain the scene, we would learn a lot more.

  137. Dude, what exactly ARE they “extracting”? It looks pretty intriguing…

    So, according to a previous comments author, “Winston Churchill” is back from the dead, eh? The question now is is he zombified, or a ghost? Or maybe a ninja?

    And now, pertaining to absolutely nothing I nor anyone else has said previously here, I quote:

    “Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin, or the shape of their eyes or the shape I’m in? Should I hate them for having all the jobs today? Nah, I hate the men who sent the jobs away.”

    – James McMurtry

  138. The picture is getting me so psyched for the next book! September seems so far away, but I’m sure the wait is worth it(:

    As for fan fics, I like this one: http://fav.me/d3gy1sy A friend of mine wrote it. It was her first fic of the Leviathan series and it was pretty good. I hope you’ll look at it (she’ll freak out if I tell her I’m doing this)

  139. Someone mentioned me! Thanks CaptainSullivan 🙂 It is Varlow but I try to stick to canon, seeing how she was married and all. I at least try to mention Mr. Barlow (or Dr…because if I recall correctly, he was a Boffin too).

    While I’m here, you should read her original fic that I wrote the backstory for. I guess was a joint effort but she inspired me to fill in the blanks concerning Volger and Barlow. Kind of like ‘Meanwhile, Back In Austria”. Hers was really good and very engaging. Mine wouldn’t exist with out it!

    When I’m not on my phone, I’ll upload a link 🙂

    Oh! And does anyone actually know what Volger’s first name is?

  140. @ Nora Barlow, Volger’s first name is Ernst. And for the sake of Varlow I think cannon can be tossed out the window. This is alternative history after all.

  141. Ernst? Who names their kid Ernst?!

    Eh, nevermind.

    Now I’m bored. *Thunks head on desk*

  142. @Brittany Amen to that…I shall go ahead with my Varlow ways 😀

    And I thought it was Ernst, but I couldn’t confirm it anywhere. Damn it, now I’ll have to go back and change my fics (I called him Henri…) Thank you!

    @TheWordMaster I hope no one called Ernst is reading…:)

  143. @Nora Barlow lololol, it’s okay, reading the comments, I rediscovered that fact. eh, we learn something new everyday!

  144. @TheWordMaster I totally agree with you
    no offense to all those Ernst’s out there or to scott seeing as you named one of your characters Ernst.
    How would you even pronounce that?

  145. @ The Word Master Thanks for voicing my thoughts. Ernst, Ernst, Ernst. It doesn’t even have a vowel!

  147. @ !myst47….because u have left deviantART i now have no more watchers lol but its cool

  148. @Nora Barlow: If he searches in the search thingy on deviantart then he’ll be able t find all my stuff. 🙂

    I MISS YOU TOO!!!!! You’ll be the first one I message when I get back on, okay? 😀

  150. @Myst47 Aw that’s real sweet, I look forward to it! Only a few months away.

    @TheWordMaster, OralDisaster101, The Joker-

    You say it er-n-st. Pretty much how it’s spelt. But I think it’s an ok name. As far as names go! Obviously I wouldn’t name my kid it or anything, but…you know…gotta defend Volger.

    @bookfreak14 Next time I’m on DA I’m gonna look you up. Poor thing, no watchers 🙁

  151. One of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie’s actual sons was named Ernst, you know. It’s just the German version of Ernest (or rather, “Ernest” is the Anglicized version of “Ernst”)… nothing too awful about it. 😉

  152. @The Joker-la, Ha ha when I first heard that Volger’s first name was Ernst. I was like WTH, where is the vowel? But the I was like, oh there it is, at the beginning. But it does look as if it is missing a vowel.

    Volger is just cool like that. 8)

  154. Hmm…While they do not appear to be on a Darwinist ship due to the mechanics behind them, it does rather look like the interior of a Zeppelin. While the device does appear to be electrical in nature, I highly doubt it is a relation to the Tesla Cannon or Tesla’s “Death Ray” because if Nicola Tesla could not make it less than 40ft tall I Highly doubt anyone else could…(thou part of me wonders if this means the Clankers intend to employ something like Wardenclyffe. I mean honestly. If certain Financiers had not been greedy we would have free wireless electricity right now FREE WIRELESS ELECTRICITY can you imagine?! Which would be a HUGE advantage for which ever side decided to employ it in the war.

  155. @ Nora Barlow Thanks and its cool I haven’t been on DA that long

    @Brittany I love that fanfic…I just like completely forgot about it

  156. @NoraBarlow: I have nothing against the name Ernst. It’s just a name you don’t here as much these days,which makes it a little unusual.

    And has it been confirmed by Scott-la that his name actually IS Ernst? If so, I’d like to see where he said it, or see a post about it on the site.

  158. If you guys are EXCEPTIONALLY curious and don’t mind spoilers I could tell you what’s going on in this scene….. or maybe not!

  160. I don’t have a beef with anyone over the Ernst thing btw…I just thought ‘that’s a pretty normal German/Austrian name’ 😀

    Why doesn’t Newirk have a first name? We should invent one. Or maybe he’s too cool to be tied down by two names.

  161. Newkirk’s name is probably something nerdy or weird, like, Phineas, and so he does not tell any one it

  162. @ Cosmosis: Thanks for the spoiler!!!

    @ everyone else: Ok, for all of you who LOVE spoilers, go to comment 126 for an awesome spoiler by Cosmosis!!! Or you (might, don’t know if the link will work) can cheat and click on the link below to view the spoiler!!!!! My favorite part is the sentance ‘true love with a commoner’ because, hmmmmm… What could that mean!!!!! So any way, if you are a lover of spoils, click the link below or go to comment 126!

    http://www.fictiondb.com/author/scott-westerfeld~goliath~289703~b.htm

  163. YAY, the link works! And hey, if you switch the 2 and 6 in the number Cosmosis’s comment, you get the number of my comment. AWESOME!

  164. Oh shoot, I just read the spoiler again. It says something about Alek’s final move. Which probably means he’ll die. Which makes me sad. And makes me hope that I have missinterpreted it. But Most of all means that I will be sad and wondering until October 20. That’s a LOT of days. I was gonna do the math but I’m to lazy. Please Mr. Westerfeld, give me an ARC of Goliath to save me so many days of being sad!

  166. @Shelby….i dont think it means his “final move” as he’s going to die…i think it means more of his final choices. like if he decides let go of the fact that Deryn’s a commoner and the final choice he makes is it. the thing im more worried about is how it describes “a destruction of a city”….i wonder what that could mean?? hmm…well i guess i can only wait until Sept 20

  167. @ nikka-la
    I hope you are right! The city is probably one of the places inportant in the previous books, like Austria, England or Instanbul.

  168. Whoa, hold on, about this “spoiler”: who put it on the website? Certainly not Scott Westerfeld; you think he would spoil his own book? So, who wrote the description? Online gossipers?

  172. It’s called searching the internet, kid.

    If I had my own copy, my post would be more like
    U8GHE8G9E90GHEONHOEH E OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I HAVE GOLIIIATH.

  176. @ Tatters5

    Can your guy give me a copy? Please? And pretty please, do not tell us how the book ends no matter how hard I ask. I want to be surprised!

  178. I apologize for sounding like I don’t have it, but I do. like if you want evidence I could take a picture of it or something…. but yeah I have it! I was lucky and got sent an ARC

  180. @ Tatters5

    Is there anything in ‘Goliath’ to make it a YA novel? The first two in the ‘Leviathan’ series had nothing to make them YA, and I have read other books marketed under YA that could be middle school books. But the ‘Uglies’ series, also marketed YA has more sensual content. I just wanted to know if it had anything too…sensual. I do not mind kissing or anything.

  181. @Shelby i hope i have a (sort of) good answer for your YA question…i think it’s more of the fact that the audience has grown up a little. i dont think it will have anything “sensual” in that way. then yet i have never read it…unlike the supposed Tatters5. but maybe it has some context that the original audience hadn’t had. i mean we are a couple years older from when the first book came out. to keep his original audience, Mr. Westerfeld may have made the book more intense (or something…i not exactly sure) for how much we have grown up. that’s what i had some trubles with other series. they didnt “grow up” when i did so i stoped reading them. So maybe it might have some more scary scenes??? i have no idea…i HOPE this is somewhat of an answer….

    and @Tatters5…i dont think you just telling everyone you have Goliath would convince everyone you do. and you said something about taking a picture??? stuff like that can easily be faked with photo shop…i dont mean to be skeptic…but most people are. so the only way to convince everyone would to have Mr. Westerfeld confirm that some people got the book the way you said you did…or else everyone’s just going to call you a liar (which i am not…im just saying…none of this is meant to be taken into offinse…)

  182. Ello!

    Branching off from the whole Tatters5 debate for just one second here to talk about the greatest thing I have ever seen. No,I’m not talking about GOLIATH.

    I’m talking about Super 8.

    If you haven’t seen this movie yet, go now. No really, drop everything and get to a theater. I’ll wait until you’ve come back…

    So, now that everyone’s mind has been blown, let me just say that was the greatest movie EVER. Period. I won’t spoil those of you who haven’t seen it yet, (you can look it up on Wikipedia btw) but you all need to see this movie. Especially you, Scott-La.

    @Tatters5: Niice. Now if you could kindly show us the copyright page in order to verify your claims…

    Now, back to my fanfic. DO NOT DISTURB MEH!!!

  183. @shelby Nothing like “bad” but I think it’s classified as YA because it has a really complicated plot

    @TheWordMaster
    I LOVED it. it just WREAKED of Steven Spielberg! it was so awesome I’m seeing it again this weekend!

    I don’t know why you all don’t believe me I just got lucky and got an ARC… let’s just forget I ever mentioned it because I don’t want to start a huge fandom debate on scott’s blog. if you all want to talk to me, add me on fanfiction! (same name)

  185. The Clevnet library has Goliath! I just put it on hold! Now I will be the second person to get it in the Cleveland area! Yes, someone put it on hold before me, unfortunantly. I want to buy ‘Goliath’, but this is a back up, just in case. If only the relese date was tommorrow. Or today. Or some day closer than Sept. 20!

  186. @Shelby, Haha, I’m from Cleveland too. Well, a suburb anyway. But I plan on buying Goliath, so we won’t have to duke it out at the library.

  187. @Tatters5:
    I liked it because it was so much more than the alien film everyone thought it would be. It was a story of tragedy,of friendship, of loss, of rebuilding, of-well, of a lot of things. From the beginning scene, I knew I was in for something great, and the ending was truly spectacular. If it doesn’t get nominated for an Oscar, I’m going to be devastated!

  188. Also, forgot to add that it’s not that I don’t believe you, Tatters5, it’s rather the fact that knowing that you KNOW makes me want to know. And I really don’t want to know….yet.*Shifty eyes*

    *Goes back to writing book*

  190. Omg I can’t Wait ’till September!! The book comes out on my birthday!!!! Must.PreOrder. Gahhh

  191. @TheWordMaster
    You said it all. Super 8 blew my mind. When I first heard about it I thought it sounded exactly like War Of the Worlds but it was so different! War of the Worlds was just an alien invasion struggle movie but Super 8 went so in depth with the characters and their struggles. When Joe let go of the necklace at the end the only thing that was going through my head was the magnificent symbolism.

    Back to Goliath: Sorry! I wish I hadn’t said anything because I think I just made several hundred mega-fans very angry….

  192. @Tatters5…i’m not sure if they were angry…i wasn’t…i was meerly curioius…still am. hehe. u should let me be ur best friend and and let me read it!!! haha…just kidding… 😉

    @TheWordMaster…hmmm all of this talk of Super 8. sounds like an awesome movie…maybe i’ll go see it….

  193. r.e. Is Tatters lying debate – I don’t know how Scott’s publishing house do it, but I know that some send out preview copies to random people to get feedback and see how well the book is received. If there’s any serious complaints, the writer can do quick amendments before the books final print. But usually those selected are bound by confidentiality agreements and such. So if you did get selected Tatters, you probably shouldn’t have mentioned it!
    But it is entirely plausible.

    @TheWordMaster and co Super 8 does look epic, and really vague in the trailer but it had that whole Goonies vibes about it – you know, with the kids all being good friends and all. I’m gonna see it soon!

  194. Now I feel evil… but I was never informed of whether or not I was allowed to speak of it! I let all of my friends read it too… ah well, I can’t undo that. But I get a lot of books early because I know a guy (ie my father). He works with publishers, so I can usually complain my way into getting a good ARC every once in a while. Now everyone is seeing Super 8! Even though we probably all live in different places around the US and Australia we should all see it together! Just kidding, but I really do want to see it again! I made the mistake of looking it up on wikipedia before I saw it (don’t do that), so I knew what was going to happen. It was better before when I knew the nothing that the trailers said.

  195. I haven’t seen Super 8, nor do I intend to unless it falls in my lap, or eyes. For free.

    But about this Tatters5 fiasco; I think I believe you ’bout that know a guy thang, but I won’t ask you to let me read it, deviating from these other commenters, for the lone reason that I wish to exercise restraint in learning the end of the Leviathan series. Instead, I will continue to wait for it’s release, though not patiently.

    But I will not be commenting here for a few days, and you are rid of me temporarily. For on Saturday I will be enjoying a musical performance at Levon Helm’s residence in Woodstock, NY. And if you don’t know who Levon Helm is, consult your family, friends and doctor, and you can take a long van ride to a nice place.

  197. In fact, last year, at Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble (the event I’m going to see this weekend), a friend of mine (who is vice president of the record company that Elizabeth Cook, a musician who played there that night, and is playing this weekend) was waiting in line to get tickets in the parking lot and started talking to another guy in line. At some point in the conversation, the guy my friend was talking to said “By the way, I’m Terrance Malick.” As you may know, he directed The Tree of Life. So, later on that night, Terrance Malick, or one of his “people” approached Elizabeth Cook’s husband and guitarist Tim Carroll and asked if they could use one of his songs in a movie. So now I’ve connected the dots and realized that that movie is The Tree of Life! Pretty cool, huh?

  198. @The Joker-La: You seem to be quite in the know. I think the most famous person I’ve met would be….hmmm…..Either Cal Ripken Jr. (shook his hand) or Bruce Hornsby (saw him while eating dinner). If you don’t know who they are….Wiki it.

    Now, about the Tree of Life. I’m currently in the midst of a Brad Pitt phase (Was a Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, and Christian Bale phase before) after seeing all three Oceans movies. So he’s probably the only reason I’d see the movie. At least….until I get bored and move on to another actor. Daniel Craig looks like the perfect candidate….

    Make sure you have fun, Joker-la! It’s no fun if you don’t have fun.

  199. All you unbelievers who want to know whether Tatters5 has Goliath, I would just like to affirm that she does indeed. I have borrowed and read it from her (she’s a friend of mine). It’s splendiferous!

  200. It looks like it’s after a battle cause it looks like the people on the floor have their arms chopped off. Eww.
    And I think the thing they’re carrying is the goliath!!!!

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