The VanderMeer Endurance Tour: The Final Push!
The photo above is of two pages of my personal copy of Booklife, which I've been having everyone I meet sign. It's got everyone from the cabby who drove me into NYC to Lev Grossman to Robert Fisher from Willard Grant Conpiracy to Colleen Lindsay to Matt Cheney to Ekaterina Sedia to most of the attendees at the various events. It's especially gratifying to get readers' signatures, and to see their surprise and often their delight at getting to sign my "yearbook" of my five-week tour. It's already one of my prized possessions, and I hope that those of you attending the last events will also sign it.I've had an incredible three-and-a-half weeks, and although at times I have felt the strain of all this time on the road, for the most part it's been a glorious adventure (chronicled on Facebook). Here are the remaining events. I hope I see some of this blog's readers at them. We've been averaging a healthy forty to fifty per event and it would be great to end strong--and, frankly, cheering me on is gonna help keep me energized. (And, anyone in Atlanta--that last gig is totally a huge party.)Also note the full interview that was excerpted on national NPR. Also, there is an LA Times review but it is full of spoilers, starting in the first para. If you haven't read the book you must avoid this review at all costs.WOFFORD COLLEGE (Spartanburg, SC) – Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.429 North Church Street, Olin TheaterReading/SigningMALAPROPS BOOKSTORE (Asheville, NC) – Dec. 5, 3pm to 5pm55 Haywood StreetKaaffeklatch and SigningBARNES & NOBLE (Burlington, NC) – Dec. 6, 2pm3125 Waltham BlvdReading/SigningFOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE (Richmond, VA) – Dec. 8, 6:00pm1312 E Cary St.Holiday party special guest, with reading and signing (6:45pm)CHAPEL HILL COMICS (Chapel Hill, NC) – Dec. 10, 7pm to 8:30pm316 W Franklin StReading/Signing/Group Story, with Mur Lafferty and special guest Natania BarronMANUEL’S BAR (Atlanta, GA) – Dec. 11, 8pm(602 N. Highland Ave, North Avenue Room)Reading/Signing with Will Hindmarch and special guest J.M. McDermott