Dragon*Con book premiere: GEEK WISDOM

[stephenhsegal.livejournal.com]

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-page philosophical musings based on the most beloved quotations from geeky films, books, tv shows, comics, etc. ("You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." "So say we all." "Snozzberries? Who ever heard of a snozzberry?" "I have been, and always shall be, your friend." "Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.") There are quotations and references from all our favorite things: Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars, Star Trek, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune, The Powerpuff Girls, ThinkGeek t-shirts...

I'm incredibly proud to have been able to compile this testament to 21st-century nerdity. Several brilliant coauthors helped me create it, including Hugo- and Nebula-nominated novelist N.K. Jemisin ("The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,") steampunk novelist and blogger Genevieve Valentine ("Mechanique"), movie critic and political commentator Zaki Hasan (The Huffington Post), and indie comics writer and journalist Eric San Juan ("A Year of Hitchcock").

I'll be doing a reading from GEEK WISDOM (with door prizes!) on Sunday at 1pm, in the Hyatt's Edgewood room. Would love to see you all there!

Comments

[auroraceleste.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

[rogerpittman.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

[missingvolume.livejournal.com]

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

[stephenhsegal.livejournal.com]

Awesome! See you in the trenches...

[auroraceleste.livejournal.com]

I will seek you out then :D

[whatyoucantfind.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

Thank you for appreciating it!

[girlofavalon.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

[stephenhsegal.livejournal.com]

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.)

[tantelle.livejournal.com]

That cover is truly beautiful. I'm looking forward to checking out the book at the Missing Volume booth. Any chance of you doing a reading in NYC after D*C?

[stephenhsegal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, there will likely be a NYC reading sometime later in September; I'll post details both at my website and on the @geekwisdom Twitter.

Geek Wisdom

[watcher652.livejournal.com]

Will you be selling and signing the book anywhere? I see in the Pocket Program Guide that you don't have an Auto[graph] session scheduled.

Re: Geek Wisdom

[stephenhsegal.livejournal.com]

The Missing Volume bookseller booth expects to be selling copies. And I'll leave enough time at the end of the reading to sign!

(Alternately, if you want an autograph but can't make the reading, you can try to catch me after my Friday 7pm or 8:30pm panels or my Saturday 1pm panel.)

[chimera-13.livejournal.com]

Just Picked up my Copy at Teahouse Comics in Sandy Springs !