It’s midnight here on the east coast of the US, meaning that The Fault in Our Stars is officially a thing that exists in the world.
I hope you guys enjoy the book and force your friends and family to buy it and whatnot, but mostly I just want to say thank you. On so many levels, I could never have finished this book without the support and goodwill of the nerdfighter community, and also without the hugely fulfilling and encouraging intellectual engagement we share, whether it’s conversations with Vi Hart about the structure of the universe or reading comments about the merits of cable TV. So thank you, and thanks for reading.
You can get The Fault in Our Stars at Amazon, on your electronic reading device, at your local independent bookstore, or wherever books are sold.
Reasons to love Entertainment Weekly!
(On their ‘Must List’ for next week)
Entertainment Weekly put The Fault in Our Stars on their must list…and wrote a truly lovely review of the novel that included the word luminous, which is like the nicest possible word to have associated with your work.
(Source: demonpoxplague)
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012
In January of 2012, Hank and I (and the Katherine and occasionally the Yeti) will be going on tour to celebrate the publication of The Fault in Our Stars, and also because we haven’t been on tour together since 2008. These events will feature music, readings, hilarity, free posters, fancy programs, crossword puzzles, book signing, and many other things.
Tickets are available by contacting the bookstores involved in each event. For almost all events, tickets cost the price of a book. Part of the reason we’re touring is because we want to support great independent bookstores. (Incidentally, all books on tour will be BOTH signed AND hanklerfished.) Tickets are limited by the size of the venue.
I’m sorry we aren’t going everywhere (and particularly sorry we’re missing the great midwest, but it is January, after all). A few more dates will be announced in the next week or so, but for now:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH - 7:00 PM
WELLESLEY, MA
Dana Hall School (45 Dana Rd., Wellesley, MA 02482)
Hosted by the Wellesley Booksmith. More info here at their site or by calling 781.431.1160.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11th - 6 PM
NEW YORK, NY
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 (Broadway & 95th)
Tickets at their site or by calling 212.864.5400
NOTE: Tickets are $25 (but do include a book), because everything is more expensive in New York.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13th - 7 PM
BETHESDA, MD
The Crystal Ballroom at the Bethesday Hyatt regency (7400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814)
Hosted by Politics & Prose - Tickets at 202.364.1919
SATURDAY JANUARY 14TH - 6 PM
RALEIGH, NC
Ravenscroft School (7409 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27615)
Hosted by Quail Ridge Books - Tickets at 919.828.1588
SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH - 7 PM
ATLANTA, GA
Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College (141 East College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030)
Hosted by Little Shop of Stories - LSOS is apparently not ready for ticket sales, but they will be soon! I will let you know…
(Then there will be events in Birmingham, AL and New Orleans, LA, but I don’t know when or where yet.)
FRIDAY JANUARY 20TH - 7 PM
PASADENA, TX
Pasadena High School (206 South Shaver, Pasadena, TX 77506)
Hosted by Blue Willow Bookshop - Tickets at 281.497.8675
(Then there will be something in Austin.)
TUESDAY JANUARY 24TH - 7 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
KiMo Theatre (423 Central Avenue Northwest, Albuquerque, NM 87102)
Hosted by Alamosa Books Tickets at 505.797.7101 or info@alamosabooks.com (Also, they have a facebook.)
(Then comes a thing in Arizona, but I don’t know when or where.)
THURSDAY JANUARY 26TH - 7 PM
SANTA MONICA, CA
Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, 1501 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403
Hosted by Children’s Book World. Tickets at 310.559.2665.
FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH - 7 PM
REDWOOD CITY, CA (San Francisco-ish)
Fox Theater - Redwood City (2221 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA 04063)
Hosted by Kepler’s. Tickets will be available starting next week.
SUNDAY JANUARY 29TH - 7 PM
PORTLAND, OR
Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214)
Hosted by Powell’s Books - Tickets will be available soon.
MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH - 7 PM
SEATTLE, WA (Well, Lake Forest Park, anyway)
The Third Place Commons (17171 Bothell Way Northeast, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155)
Hosted by Third Place Books. Tickets will be available starting next week.
That’s it for now! We hope you can make it to a stop on the tour de nerdfighting 2012, and we’re sorry again that we can’t go everywhere. But we’re really excited to see as many of you as possible IRL. I’ll turn on asks for the next couple days in case there are questions I can answer. DFTBA!
The second chapter of The Fault in Our Stars. If you enjoy hearing this story read in the completely dissonant voice of a grown man, you can preorder the TFiOS box set. If you prefer reading books, consider preordering TFiOS at your local independent bookstore. You can also get it at B&N, Amazon, or wherever books are sold.
Now you can listen to me read the first chapter of The Fault in Our Stars without ever leaving the comforts of home tumblr. Who are we kidding? Tumblr is home.
Of course yours will look like this (fancy removable sticker!) if you preorder from your local bookstore, or Barnes and Noble, or Amazon, or Amazon UK, or anywhere else, because the entire first printing will be signed.
The cover of The Fault in Our Stars, designed by Rodrigo Corral.
My new video, which is all about how all my new videos are gonna suck for a while.
November 3rd
Dear Tumblypoos,
I just learned from my publisher that all copies of The Fault in Our Stars must be signed by November 3rd, or else some copies of the first printing will be unsigned.
This is less time than I thought, and I have a lot of books left to sign. Essentially, every single day between now and November 3rd, I need to sign more copies than I’ve signed in my most productive day so far.
This is the place where I insert a freaking out gif.
So, okay, I’m going back to signing, but I wanted to let you know why you might not see much tumblring or tweeting around here, and why my vlogbrothers videos may seem a bit….rushed.
DFTBA,
John
My favorite contemporary artist is probably Alfredo Jaar. I don’t know of anyone who is more intelligent or interesting when it comes to thinking about suffering. He made a lot of beautiful and very sad work about the Rwandan genocide, and he made a famous installation telling the story of a photojournalist who committed suicide shortly after winning the Pulitzer prize for a haunting photograph of a child near death from starvation.
At the Indianapolis Museum of Art, he designed Park of the Laments, the entrance to which you see above. I try to go there a couple times a week.
