John Green's Blog, page 46
October 26, 2011
7,000,000,000 People
The world population, as you watch this video, is about to hit an arbitrary landmark. But, still, the growing world population is not an insignificant issue, nor is the explosion in resource use in the developing world. But overall...I'm optimistic.
October 24, 2011
Signing Psychosis Takes Over
In which John goes well and truly mad from signing and then discusses the ruins of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis: I'll be reading from The Fault in Our Stars on November 1st at 7:30 PM at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University. The event is free and open to the public. On 11/11/11, at 11:11 AM, I'll be at the Bean in Chicago along with other people celebrating the Beckoning of Lovely. More info here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HobBQn... (Note: There will be no signing or reading or anything at the BOL; it's not about me; I'll just be one of many people trying to beckon lovely into the world.)
October 21, 2011
Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron
In which Hank covers a surprising amount of topics while (for the most part) standing outside of the Anaheim Convention Center surrounded by WoW players.
The Abundance of Covers Contest
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pag...
URLatron:
http://www.urlatron.com
To Find "JOHN AND HANK'S AWESOME ADVENTURE!" Search for DFTBA in the app store.
The Yeti's Blog Post
http://absolumentmoderne.tumblr.com/p...
Karen Kavett's Blog Post
http://karenkavett.tumblr.com/
VidCon 2012
http://www.vidcon.com
October 19, 2011
Question Wed–THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS!
Nerdfighteria is designing the never cover for An Abundance of Katherines! http://www.anabundanceofcovers.com
The Fault in Our Stars has a beautiful cover designed by the brilliant Rodrigo Corral. I hope you like it, too. The entire first printing of The Fault in Our Stars will be autographed by me. You can order a copy at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie or at Amazon http://dft.ba/-tfios or at B&N http://dft.ba/-tfiosbn or anywhere else. ALL PREORDERS WILL BE SIGNED.
In which John answers questions about his new book The Fault in Our Stars, his publisher's surprising willingness to allow a nerdfighter to design the next cover of An Abundance of Katherines, laser-armed porcupines, pizza, archaeology, who the eff Hank is, etc.
October 17, 2011
VidCon 2012!!!
http://www.vidcon.com
Sorry folks who can't come, but I had to make a video announcing VidCon 2012, I just HAD TO!
We'll be uploading VidCon 2011 footage to http://www.youtube.com/vidcon very soon.
Check out Tom Milsom: http://tommilsom.bandcamp.com/track/s...
And thanks to all of the people who's VidCon videos I poached for that promo!
October 14, 2011
Defying Wadsworth!
Laurena songs on iTunes: http://dft.ba/permafrost
In which John defies the so-called Wadsworth Constant, which maintains that the first 30% of all YouTube videos can safely be skipped, by giving you Halloween pumpkin tips, some quotes from James Joyce's Ulysses, The Fault in Our Stars, his signature, and so on.
My new novel, The Fault in Our Stars, comes out on January 10, 2012. I'm signing the entire first printing. You can preorder your signed copy at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie, Barnes and Noble http://dft.ba/-tfiosbn, or Amazon http://dft.ba/-tfios
The song is "Fireflies of Montreal" by Laurena Segura. She's an outlandishly talented nerdfighter. Check her out: http://www.youtube.com/lullation13
October 12, 2011
Coming Out and Sperm Spikes
In which Hank talks about his personal struggles with his sexuality and confusing his gender identity with his sexual orientation...and he does it all using quantum mechanics as an analogy...but only after he tells John the most fascinating thing about traumatic insemination in bed bugs.
THIS VIDEO WILL BLOW YOUR MIND:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPepr...
Great Vlog on National Coming Out Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXiRZ1...
Animal Sex Truth or Fail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igsB6...
October 10, 2011
Animal Mating and Librarian Talking
You can play lots of Truth or Fails here: http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail
In which John goes to a meeting of Medical Librarians and then shares with you a truth or fail on the subject of animal mating. Okay, I have to get back to looking for TFiOS errors now.
October 7, 2011
Steve Jobs and a Song
In which Hank sings a song that was written to a track that's a loop that was made with the sounds that he made with his mouth. And then he talks for a bit about the glory of not being special, and the death of Steve Jobs.
You can still make a beat here:
http://www.star.me/fun/question/?pid=...
October 5, 2011
SIGNING MADNESS
Preorder The Fault in Our Stars at Amazon http://dft.ba/-tfios, B&N http://dft.ba/-tfiosbn, at your local bookstore http://dft.ba/-tfiosindie, or in the UK http://dft.ba/-tfiosUK I WILL SIGN ALL THE BOOKS.
In which John discusses the business of signing more than 70,000 books in less than a month and tells a cute story about his baby. Thank you, nerdfighteria, for giving me signing madness.
Be part of the Beckoning of Lovely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8csj...
Keep Calm and DFTBA shirts: http://dftba.com/product/yk/Keep-Calm...
