The next issue of Theatre Bay Area will feature the full text of Josh Costello’s theatrical adaptation of my novel Little Brother, which was incredibly well-received on stage in San Francisco last year.

As I mentioned yesterday, the sequel to Little Brother is coming out in February. Called Homeland, it picks up the action shortly after Little Brother ends, and features the continuing and exciting adventures of the characters from the first book. Tor, my publisher, have posted the first cut at the 20-city US tour schedule (the Canadian dates are still TBD, as is a likely stop in Lawrence, KS). I’ll be on the road for most of February, and I’m visiting a lot of cities in the south and southwest where I’ve never appeared, so I’m looking forward to seeing some new faces!

Here’s a short list of the cities I’ll be visiting: Seattle, Portland OR (Beaverton), San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Tempe, Albuquerque, New York, Cincinnati (Crestview Hills KY), Miami (Coral Gables), Chapel Hill, Decatur, Oxford MS, Memphis, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Nashua NH, Portsmouth NH, Concord NH, Washington DC, and Cambridge MA. Like I say, those are the confirmed stops, but there are more to come, and Tor will be keeping the master list at the link below.

Mark your calendars and spread the word!

Homeland Tour

Color me deee-lighted: the notoriously hard-to-please Kirkus Reviews just published a review of Homeland, the sequel to my novel Little Brother, and they loved it. After a glowing recap of the plot, they said,

Such nerd-favorite icons
as 3-D printers, Wil Wheaton and /My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/
serve as in-jokes, but the concise explanations of real-world
technology and fast pace make it accessible to less technologically
savvy readers.

Outstanding for its target audience, and even those outside Doctorow’s
traditional reach may find themselves moved by its call to action.