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Dragon*Con book premiere: GEEK WISDOM

Aug 28, 2011 16:45

Ahoy all!

In past years, I've appeared at DragonCon in my role as senior editor of Weird Tales, the world's oldest fantasy/horror/sci-fi magazine. This year, I'm the editor and coauthor of a new book that I'm showcasing at the con: GEEK WISDOM: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture.

It's a sci-fi/fantasy-themed inspirational book, featuring 200 one- ( Read more... )

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auroraceleste August 28 2011, 23:37:28 UTC

Are you partnering with a seller to retail? I missed out on getting a copy at WorldCon, and I dunno if I'll make the reading but I'd like to buy one.

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 00:01:38 UTC

See below -- Glennis at the Missing Volume booth hopes to have copies on sale!

rogerpittman August 28 2011, 23:53:23 UTC

I downloaded a sample chapter to read on my Kindle, and so far it looks like a very interesting book. Lots of food for thought here.

missingvolume August 28 2011, 23:56:01 UTC

I should have them if the freight delivery company will give me my last half of my Dragoncon order. They bailed out on Friday due to weather.

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 00:02:33 UTC

I'll cross my fingers for both of us, then -- thanks, Glennis!

missingvolume August 29 2011, 20:28:07 UTC

Books arrived safely today and I can be found in the Marriott hotel Marques ballroom against the back wall booths 614,615.

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 21:31:33 UTC

Awesome! See you in the trenches...

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whatyoucantfind August 29 2011, 02:09:54 UTC

this is awesome. i was at B&N the other day and this book caught my eye and i ended up sitting down and reading some of it. i think its a lovely and wonderful book! thank you for creating it! :D

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 17:21:28 UTC

Thank you for appreciating it!

girlofavalon August 29 2011, 04:36:11 UTC

Seems like a lovely book. I'm just wondering why there is no mention of either Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith in the Star Wars section in the index. There are some great quotations and thought-provoking content in those two movies as well.

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 04:53:34 UTC

Thanks! The answer is fairly simple: There are THOUSANDS of quotations that could have gone into the book, and we had to choose about 200 to keep it at a manageable length. And we wanted those 200 to come from diverse sources.

Sure, we could have easily written a 700-page version of this book by including every possible quote we could think of. Or we could have filled 224 pages with nothing but Star Wars. But neither of those were the book we thought people would most want to read.

girlofavalon August 29 2011, 05:00:08 UTC

I didn't mean it as an attack. Like I said, the books seems to be lovely :)

stephenhsegal August 29 2011, 05:12:18 UTC

And I did not hear it as an attack! Just doing my best to answer your question. I should have noted that I appreciate the fact that you examined the index at all. :)

(I'm actually endlessly tickled by the index. I'm pretty sure it's the only place Rose Nylund has ever sat adjacent to Nyarlathotep.)