Leviathan in France/More Behemoth Art

Salut à tous mes fans de France! Merci pour votre visite. Le premier livre de ma nouvelle série, Leviathan, sort en publication aujourd’hui en France. Cette trilogie a des merveilleuses illustrations de Keith Thompson. (Jetez un coup d’oeil ici.) J’espére que cela vous plaira!

Cliquez ici pour gagner une copie gratuite.

Okay, that was a shout-out to my French fans. Leviathan comes out there today, so I wanted to say hi.

But there’s news for you anglophones as well: More art from Behemoth has just been released into the wild! Just check out this post on io9.

In other news, the Miami Book Festival has been added to my tour schedule. So see you Floridians on Sunday, November 21. Also added is Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS on October 13.

Note that tomorrow is fan art Friday, with much awesomeness in store.

And finally, here’s the poster for my Pittsburgh event. See you all Pittsburghian fans in three weeks!

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The Behemoth Tour Takes Shape

It’s Friday, but I got no new fan art this week. (Boo-hoo.)

And yet I have cool news! The mighty computers of Simon & Schuster have begun to reveal the details of the Behemoth tour. Not everything is set in stone yet, but at the end of this post you’ll find a list of cities that I’ll definitely be going to.

But first, here’s a bunch of events in and around New York (as far away as Baltimore) that I’ll be doing in the next month or so. Most of this early stuff has to do with Zombies Versus Unicorns, because that comes out September 21. (So soon!)

Obviously there are more details to come, but this is what I know so far.

Wednesday, September 15
7:00PM

I’ll be reading (from ZvU) with Susan Beth Pfeffer (The World We Live In)
KGB Bar (you must be 21)
85 East 4th Street
New York City

Thursday, September 23
6:00PM

Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York City
Zombies v Unicorns Debate
Team Zombie: Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld
Team Unicorn: Holly Black, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Naomi Novik
Compere: (the totally impartial) Justine Larbalestier
($15; Members $12)

Friday, September 24
5:30PM

Baltimore Book Festival
Children’s Bookstore Stage
Mount Vernon Place
600 Block North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Zombies v Unicorns Debate
Team Zombie: Justine Larbalestier, Carrie Ryan, Scott Westerfeld
Team Unicorn: Holly Black, Kathleen Duey, Diana Peterfreund

Sunday, October 10
1:30PM

New York Comic Con
Javits Convention Center
Scott Westerfeld Spotlight
Panel Room 6 (1A21)
(Comic Con entry pass required)

Okay, those are the events with firm details. Now here is a list of cities and dates. THESE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. It’s not my fault if they change.

Philadelphia, PA
October 5-6

JUST IN: Pittsburgh, PA
October 7

Houston, TX
October 12

Just in: Jackson, MS
October 13

Dallas, TX
October 14

Austin, TX
October 15

New Orleans, LA
October 18

Birmingham, AL
October 19

Atlanta, GA
October 20

Slight correction: Raleigh, NC
October 22

Cincinnati, OH
October 25

Chicago, IL
October 27

Ann Arbor, MI
October 28

Saturday, October 30, 2010
12:00 Noon

I’ll be giving the keynote address for the . . .
Provo Teen Book Festival
Provo City Library
550 North University Avenue
Provo, UT

Nantes, France, Utopiales Festival
November 10-14

JUST IN: Paris, France
November 16

JUST IN: Miami, FL
November 21

Vancouver, Canada
November 24th at 7 PM
West Point Grey United Church Sanctuary
4595 West 8th Ave
Vancouver BC
Tickets: $5.00 (can be used towards the purchase of a book at the event)

And now, so that this post is not completely artless, here’s a lovely flyer for the Provo Library event.
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One More Behemonth

One more month till Behemoth comes out, which I declare to be Behemonth!

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Watch this space for excerpts from the text, some giveaways, and of course a few more pieces of Keith’s incredible art. I will do all I can to assuage the waiting. (It’s tough for me too, you know.)

And now, because I’ve now missed two Fan Art Fridays in a row, let me make amends with this lovely and quiet image from A-Wrob. It shows Alek’s watch with a cameo of his mother in it.

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It’s based on one of the illustrations from Leviathan that’s my favorite, because it’s so quiet and personal compared to all the giant walking machines and beasties. So kudos to A-Wrob for picking a subtle piece to recreate.

See you with more cool stuff soon.

Zombies Versus Unicorns Trailer

Check it out:

In case you didn’t already know, Zombies Vs. Unicorns comes out September 21. It’s a collection of short stories—half zombie, half unicorn—by some YA authors you may have heard of, including me!

Team Zombie: Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Maureen Johnson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carrie Ryan, and me.

Team Unicorn: Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Kathleen Duey, Diana Peterfreund, Naomi Novik, and Margo Lanagan.

There will also be a LIVE ZVU DEBATE here in NYC, at Symphony Space on September 23. Here are the details.

In Other News, Uglies fans might want to check out the free-this-week essay over at SmartPop. It’s called “Team Shay,” and is by Diana Peterfreund.

That’s it from me, except to say send in some fan art! Don’t let another Fan Art Friday go by in sadness!

Fan Art Friday (mit Musik!)

Hey, all. It’s time for Fan Art Friday (mit musik!). In this edition, we have representative art from the Leviathan, Midnighters, and Uglies series. So all of you must be happy!

First up is Max, who did a school poster project for Leviathan. What kicks that over to awesome is doing it while WEARING A BOWLER:

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For Uglies fans, here’s a post-voyage-to-the-Smoke Tally by DolceCircee of Deviant art.

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And here’s a Dr. Cable in pencils, by Fanna:

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And finally, as a reminder that not all art is visual, let’s have a little music! For all you Midnighters fans, here’s “Wasted Time” by Mel, aka @mindcaster . . .

Okay, my embedding has gone awry, so just go over to YouTube and watch it, okay?

That is all. Please enjoy your weekend festivities.

UK Behemoth Cover

As revealed today on Wondrous Reads, here is the totally awesome new UK cover for Behemoth!

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I love the tusks! In October you will all learn why there are tusks.

In related news, the UK release date for Behemoth is October 1, slightly earlier than US’s October 5. THIS IS NOT MY FAULT. (And, hey, usually the Brits get my books later, so it’s only fair.)

By the way, here’s the old cover (never printed) that this new one replaces:

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Yes, I think I like the new one better.

Also, check out there new steampunk Disney figures. As I have argued before, the Mouse knows steampunk:

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Ganked from the DisneyParks blog.

And to end with a word from our sponsors, don’t forget that Leviathan is out in paperback right now!

Fan Art Friday (Plus!)

It’s Fan Art Friday (the 13th!) today, but first a couple of other things:

ONE
My introduction to the Mind-Rain collection is up for your free perusal until Tuesday morning. Mind-Rain is a collection of essays about the Uglies series, written by YA and adult authors. Click here to read my intro essay.

TWO
There’s a meet-up at the Forum tomorrow, Saturday, August 14. If you’re a USian in the Eastern Time Zone, it’s at 5PM. For people in London it’s at 10PM Saturday night, and for Australians it at the HIGHLY CONVENIENT time of 7AM Sunday morning.

Hope you all can make it. Alas, I am going to a basketball game (Let’s Go, Liberty!) and can’t make it. But there will be many cool people to discuss thing with. To get to the Forum, just click that button on the menu bar above, all the way to the right. (THE ONE THAT SAYS FORUM.)

Here are the other Meet-Ups scheduled this year. Note that in Australia they’re always the next day.

Sept 11 US Eastern (7 pm) Aussie Eastern (9:00am) London (MIDNIGHT)
Oct 9 US Eastern (4 pm) Aussie Eastern (7:00am) London (9:00pm)
Nov 13 US Eastern (5 pm) Aussie Eastern (9:00am) London (10:00pm)
Dec 11 US Eastern (4 pm) Aussie Eastern (8:00am) London (9:00pm)

And now for FAN ART!

We begin with this piece from Deviant Art’s ThursdayJay:

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Click on the picture to see it MASSIVE. See more of ThursdayJay’s work here.

Next comes this lovely Lego Huxley by Ben and Ann!
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And you thought only Clankers could have Lego contraptions, didn’t you?

Because there are no doubt some fans out there missing Uglies fan art, here’s a cover remix from Kristen.

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Click the image to make it big.

It’s always great to see you guys in Specials make up when I’m on tour, so keep it up! And please keep the fan art coming, so we can do many more Fan Art Fridays.

Watch this space for details of my October tour, which should be scheduled in early September. Note: It looks like I’m coming to Vancouver for the first time ever in November! I am excited by this.

Leviathan in Paperback, NOW!

As of yesterday, Leviathan is out in paperback and in stores everywhere. As I’ve been tweeting, the illustrations are all the same as in the hardback and the paper almost as lovely, though the map is tragically black and white. But for only $9.99 (US) that’s pretty good!

Now because you have all been waiting so long for Behemoth (out October 5) here is the second ART TEASER! That’s right, a genuine piece of art from Chapter 7 of Behemoth.

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Behold the beautiousness that is the bridge of the Leviathan. Then make sure to click the image to make it bigger! Seriously! The gnarly details are many.

And in case you missed it, click here to check out the first teaser.

Anyway, hope you like it. (How could you not?) And in case you forgot, the Leviathan paperback looks like this:

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And just to be extra crass, here’s a BUY button!

Order this book!  



Fan Art Friday (Updated)

Because of all the requests for fan art, I shall endeavor not to miss any Fan Art Fridays until I go on the Behemoth tour in October. So here are three examples of bootiful art, one being fan, one pro, and the other non-fan, BUT COOL. (Update: Another piece of genuine fan art has been added!)

First we have Bled of Deviant Art with a mangalicious Dess of Midnighters fame. Love the math wallpaper and the all-important safety goggles. (Be safe when you’re weaponizing, kidz!)

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Image by Bled.

Next is my birthday greeting from Keith (illustrator of Leviathan, duh), sent to me back in May and not posted here do due to the laziness. I blame the heat.

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Image by Keith Thompson.

And finally, a non-fan piece of art that I just happen to find while engaging in some extremely important research. Behold the Clanker-esque kitteh-walker!

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Image ganked unattributed . . . from the internets!

If you have fan art, send it!

See you guys later.

Update
And here’s one more piece of fan art from Katie at sophistikatied, celebrating the imminent release of Zombies Vs. Unicorns, the anthology edited by my wife Justine and Holly Black! I have a story in it, and it comes out September 21, 2010.

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Behemoth Audiobook

I spent this afternoon in a recording studio with Alan Cumming, star of stage and screen, OBE, and the reader of the Leviathan audiobooks. The Behemoth audiobook comes out the same day as the print edition, so Alan was hard at work recording. He graciously took time out to do an interview with me, which is being edited by the S&S video boffins as we speak.

But once Alan went back into the studio, I hung around and got some footage of my own.

Sorry about the low volume. Turn up your headphones!

Watch this space. The real interview should be appearing soon.

Oh, and be warned—if you inspect the script page on the last frame closely, there may be spoilers!