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May 20, 2017

Burbank: I’m coming to you today on the Walkaway tour! (then Oxford, London, Liverpool…) (!)

I took great advantage of my 36 hour hiatus from the Walkaway tour, but I’m back at it today, with a 2PM appearance at Burbank’s Dark Delicacies, before I go straight to the airport to fly to the UK for my British tour.


On Monday, I’ll be at Blackwell’s Oxford at 7PM with Tim Harford; on Tuesday I’ll be in London at Forbidden Planet at 6PM and at Waterstone’s Tottenham Court Road at 7PM with Laurie Penny.

On Wednesday I’ll be in London again, at Clapton’s Pages, with Olivia Sudjic; and...

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Published on May 20, 2017 08:26

May 19, 2017

Talking Walkaway with Suicide Girls Radio

Nicole Powers interviewed me for Suicide Girls Radio and transcribed our wide-ranging, political conversation that ranged over Calexit, computer law, Occupy, and science fiction’s role in the world.


NP: I watched your New York Public Library Q&A with Edward Snowden two days ago. You both spoke about immorality being used as a MacGuffin in the book. However, I read an article recently about a surgeon that successfully transplanted a head on to a rat. That same surgeon says he’s going to do...

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Published on May 19, 2017 15:32

May 17, 2017

Vancouver, I’ll see you at tonight’s Walkaway tour stop (then Burbank, Oxford, London…) (!)

Many thanks to the good folks who came out to Bellingham’s Village Books for last night’s Walkaway event; tonight, I’ll be appearing in Vancouver before flying home to Burbank for an event at my local Dark Delicacies on Saturday and then going straight to the airport for the start of my UK tour.


I’ll be starting that tour in Oxford with Tim Harford; then in London on two consecutive nights, the first with Laurie Penny and the second with Olivia Sudjic; then I’ll be in Liverpool with Chri...

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Published on May 17, 2017 10:01

May 16, 2017

Talking Walkaway on the Techdirt podcast


Last week I sat down with Mike Masnick, the crusading technology journalist who coined the “Streisand Effect” and runs the fantastic site Techdirt, and we had a good, chewy discussion (MP3) about my new novel Walkaway; he’s just posted it to the Techdirt podcast. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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Published on May 16, 2017 15:23

See you tonight for the Walkaway tour stop in Bellingham! (then Vancouver, Burbank, Oxford…) (!)


Thanks to everyone (especially Neal Stephenson) who came out to last night’s Walkaway event in Seattle: if you’re in the area and couldn’t make it, you get another chance tonight when I’ll be at Bellingham’s Village Books at 7PM.


After the event, I’m driving to Vancouver for an appearance tomorrow at the Vancouver Writers’ Festival, and then on Saturday I’m doing an afternoon event at my local bookstore in Burbank, the excellent Dark Delicacies, just before I hop in a cab to LAX to fly to...

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Published on May 16, 2017 09:54

May 15, 2017

A few tickets left for tonight’s event in Seattle! (the Bellingham, Vancouver, Burbank…) (!)

We had a fabulous time last night at Portland’s Powell’s City of Books and now I’m on the runway to fly up to Seattle for tonight’s event at the Neptune Theater with Neal Stephenson (it’s not too late to get tickets!) — then tomorrow I’ll be at Bellingham’s Village Books before heading to the Vancouver Writers’ Festival.


After that, there’s only one more stop on this leg of the US/Canadian tour: an afternoon appearance at Burbank’s Dark Delicacies on Saturday before I fly to the UK for t...

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Published on May 15, 2017 07:13

May 14, 2017

See you tonight at Powell’s, Portland! (then Seattle, Bellingham, Vancouver…) (!)

Yesterday’s Walkaway event at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy was terrific (there was birthday cake) and now I’m flying to Portland for an event at Powell’s City of Books tonight with Andy “Waxy” Baio before heading to Seattle for an event with Neal Stephenson at the Neptune Theater, then a stop in Bellingham’s Village Books.


From there, I’ll head to the Vancouver Writer’s Festival and then Burbank’s Dark Delicacies — here are the US/Canadian dates.

Then I head to the UK where I’ll be in...

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Published on May 14, 2017 04:52

May 13, 2017

See you this afternoon, San Diego! (then Portland, Seattle, Bellingham…) (!)


We had a great Walkaway tour stop last night in Scottsdale, AZ, and now I’m headed to San Diego to help the legendary Mysterious Galaxy store celebrate its birthday, closing out a fantastic day of speakers, readers and signings at 4PM.


Tomorrow, I’ll be in Portland, OR, with Andy “Waxy” Baio, speaking at Powell’s City of Books, and on Monday you can catch me on-stage with Neal Stephenson at Seattle’s Neptune Theater.

From there, I’ll head to Bellingham, WA, then Vancouver, then Burbank...

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Published on May 13, 2017 08:05

May 12, 2017

See you tonight, Scottsdale, AZ! (then San Diego, Portland, Seattle…) (!)

Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s Walkaway tour-stop at Houston’s Brazos Books; I’m just arriving at the airport to fly to Phoenix for tonight’s event at Scottsdale’s Poisoned Pen Books with Brian David Johnson.


Tomorrow, you’ll find me in San Diego at Mysterious Galaxy’s Birthday Bash, and then on Sunday I’ll be at the Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR, with Andy “Waxy” Baio. From there, it’s off to Seattle for an event with Neal Stephenson.

Then the tour continues!...

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Published on May 12, 2017 06:09

May 11, 2017

Houston, I’ll see you tonight on the Walkaway tour! (then Scottsdale, San Diego, Portland…) (!)

Thanks to everyone who turned up last night for a stellar event at Austin’s Book People! I’m about to head to the airport to fly to Houston, where I’ll appearing tonight at 7PM at Brazos Books, before heading to Scottsdale, AZ for appearance at Poisoned Pen (with Brian David Johnson)>


From there, it’s appearances in Portland, OR (with Andy “Waxy” Baio), Seattle (with Neal Stephenson), Bellingham, Vancouver, and Burbank.


Then I head to the UK, where I’ll be in Oxford (with Tim Harford),...

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Published on May 11, 2017 07:41