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Little Brother hardcover goes back for another printing

The initial print run for Little Brother is almost completely shipped, so my publisher has just ordered a new batch of hardcovers. Those books on the shelf now? They're the last of the first edition -- get 'em while they last!

Interview with CCLaP podcat

Last week in Chicago, I sat down with Jason Pettus of the CCLaP Podcast podcast for a wide-ranging interview that covered a lot of ground that doesn't usually show up in my interviews. It's online now!

MP3 Link

I’m in XKCD today

Boing Boing and I get another nice nod today in XKCD, Randall Munroe's fantastic geeky comic. I'm really looking forward to meeting Randall in person for the first time at 3PiCon in Massachusetts this summer where we'll both be guests of honor.

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(Thanks to everyone who suggested this!)

Little Brother in NYC today: 5-7PM at Books of Wonder

Today, I'll be winding up this phase of my book tour for my young adult novel Little Brother (now in its second week on the NYT bestseller list!) with an appearance at Books of Wonder in midtown Manhattan, near Union Square, from 5-7PM. I'll be speaking, reading and signing (there are free cupcakes!) -- can't wait to see you there!

Monday, May 26, 2008
5-7 pm

Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270

I'll be back in New York for one final Little Brother event, the postponed Comic Book Legal Defense Fund benefit, in August.

Link to tour schedule

CBLDF benefit postponed until August

Bugger. One of the people involved in my Comic Book Legal Defense Fund benefit event in NYC this Sunday has taken ill and we've had to postpone the event until August. Sorry everyone -- hope I'll get to see you Monday at 5PM at Books of Wonder near Union Square. All advance ticket holders will
have their ticket donation refunded.

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Interview with The Command Line

I did a quick interview with The Command Line last week from my hotel room and he's just posted it!

MP3 Link

Little Brother at Los Altos Main Branch Library and San Francisco’s Borderlands Books today

Today's the last day of the Bay Area leg of my book tour for my young adult novel Little Brother. This afternoon, it's the Los Altos Library Main Branch and tonight, the wonderful Borderlands Books in San Francisco. Hope you'll make it!

Los Altos Main Library, Los Altos, CA
13 South San Antonio Rd
Los Altos, CA 94022
* Event held in conjunction with Linden Tree Children's Books
(650)949-3390
Thursday, May 22, 2008
4:00 pm

Borderlands, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, May 22, 2008
866 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

7:00 pm

Link to tour schedule

Little Brother at Berkeley’s Cody’s Books and Dark Carnival today

I'm in San Francisco now, on my book tour for my young adult novel Little Brother. Today, I'm at Cody's Books and Dark Carnival in Berkeley, and tomorrow I'm at the Los Altos Library Main Branch and Borderlands Books in San Francisco. Hope you'll make it!

Dark Carnival, Berkeley, CA
3086 Claremont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94706
(510) 654-7232

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
5:30 pm

Cody’s Books Inc., Berkeley, CA

2201 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
7:00 pm

Link to tour schedule

Stats of Rare Events

The Guardian

Column: Stats of rare events are the roots of insecurity

My latest Guardian column just went live, on the security risks of the failure to grasp the statistics of rare events:

This is the same calculus that allows the fear of terrorism to take away our liberty: the statistically super-rare terrorist attacks present, on average, a much lower risk to our health, safety and person than, say, depriving us of our liquid medications, or of requiring us to leave our bags unlocked in flight so that sticky-fingered handlers can make off with our laptops and financial data and valuables.

The everyday threat of having our goods stolen, our ability to travel and earn our livings curtailed, and our personal information harvested by every junior terrorist fighter who wants to see your ID before letting you do anything is overshadowed by the one-in-a-billion confluence of someone with terrorist goals, the means to accomplish them, and the intelligence to bring them off (hint: you can't really blow up an airplane with hair-gel and iPods).

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