Let it be known throughout the land that Kat gives the best hugs in the entire history of the universe.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Holy cow! The Harry Potter release party in Union Square just got about fifty trillion times cooler! I knew Jim Dale (performed the US edition audio books) would be in attendance, but we’re also getting:
- Dave Barry (via video) and Ridley Pearson, co-authors of The New York Times bestselling prequels to Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatchers and Peter and the Shadow Thieves, as well as the upcoming final book in the trilogy, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon.
- Eoin Colfer (via video), author of the multi-million selling global phenomenon Artemis Fowl series as well as the upcoming Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel.
- Rick Riordan, author of the number one New York Times bestselling series Percy Jackson & The Olympians.
- Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy.
- Cinda Williams Chima, author of The Warrior Heir and The Wizard Heir.
- Rob Kidd, author of The New York Times bestselling series Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow.
The event will also be webcast live at bn.com/midnightmagic.
HECK. YES.
*gaaaaaaaaaaaasp!!!!*
How is it I’m only now learning that there’s to be a fifth “Thursday Next” novel? Thursday Next: First Among Sequels hits bookshelves July 24th.
For those that haven’t been introduced to the series, they’re brilliant and book-nerdy and WONDERFUL and I thought the fourth book was the last one! They take place on an Earth where the Crimean War is still going on, people keep Dodos as pets, and instead of Rocky Horror, fans stage audience-participatory versions of Richard III.
SO MUCH LOVE. AND NOW THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE OF IT!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GOT WHITE NIGHT!!!!! 19 days in advance, BOOYEAH!
And good LORD did Jim butcher (yay for real-life Tom Swiftys!) the spelling of my name. XD
Holy cow. Just talked to the girl I bribed into getting me a copy of White Night (the newest Dresden Files novel, due out in three weeks) super-early, and IT SHOULD ARRIVE TODAY!
*dons SplatterCon!!! shirt*
It’s a silly reason to preen, but…
Got back from New York Comic Con late last night! It was sooooooo fun, but I am sooooo exhausted. Setting up a meeting with my advisor at 10am the next morning was stupid beyond belief. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I posted a lot of costume- and Dresden-related pictures here, plus a little bit about meeting Jim Butcher and Paul Blackthorne here. Full con report coming after I sleep for a week, waking up briefly to take the Midterm From Hell on Wednesday and write a paper for Friday.
Rules of Engagement. Oh, wow. YES, Dresden TV, YES. It’s like all the naysayers in the fandom cried out, and were suddenly silenced. Silenced by AWESOME. Delightfully pervy Bob, actual magic, the frying of technology… et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Book!Harry would have come up with something more clever than “Mr. Crispy,” but I appreciate the effort. :D
Yayfun!