Scott Westerfeld's Blog, page 33

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Fan Art Friday (Plus!)

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

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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.

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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 a...

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...

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.

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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...

Comic Con Pix

Because you asked, behold the photos from my trip to Comic Con!

Exhibitors bring some very big and cool props with them. Here's a life-size Alphonse from Full Metal Alchemist:

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Actually, it was a bit behind me, and was bigger than it looks here. And that was hardly the biggest thing around. Here's my pal, Australian writer Sean Williams, next to a huge mecha:

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And check out this Nautilus that was at the Disney (I'm pretty sure) booth. (Thus proving the inherent steampunkness of the Mouse.)

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Comic Con Interview

One of the cool things about going to San Diego Comic Con was that Keith was there too. Our work on Leviathan has all been by email, so this was a great chance to meet many awesome people and check out a huge dealers' room full of art books and toys.

We also sat down for an interview with Suvudu. We were in a crowded hotel lobby, so I recommend headphones, but I think it turned out wonderfully. Because Keith and I haven't spoken much face to face, it's still kind of fresh for us to talk about ...