Archive for April, 2011

Jodhpurs and a review

The good folks over at Tor.com were kind enough to let me blab a bit about writing dystopian stories for kids. I would call The Boy at the End of the World post-apocalyptic adventure rather than dystopian, but a lot of people use the terms synonymously, and I don’t really have a dog in any lexical fight that might ensue.

Here’s my piece: Tarkin’s Jodhpurs and Dystopia for Kids

Over at Ms. Yingling Reads, good Ms. Yingling reviews The Boy at the End of the World, as well as Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Kapow by Nathan Bransford, a book I’ve been looking forward to ever since Mr. Bransford announced he was leaving agenting to devote time to writing.

 

Signing in Columbus, OH and other thingeroos

Hiya, there. Look, sorry this space has lately been just book newsy stuffins instead of other stuffins. Not much else going on right now, which, frankly is fine with me. Though I’ll try to get back to posting more stuff about beach walks and the dog and tacos and stuff, because those things are very important to me as well. I mean, this is San Diego and the tacos are just OUTSTANDING, in case I haven’t mentioned it before. I probably have. In fact, I’m sure I have mentioned the tacos PLENTY.

Gwenda Bond reviews The Boy at the End of the World in Locus Magazine, saying “The sure-footed pacing, deft balance of humor with serious, memorable characters, and well-crafted action sequences combine to make this van Eekhout’s most accomplished work to date.”

If you’re anywhere near Columbus, Ohio, please consider swinging by the Barnes and Noble in Lennox Town Shopping Center on Saturday, April 16, at 7:30pm. Not only will I be there, but so will Paolo Bacigalupi, C.C. Finlay, Sandra McDonald, Paul Melko, and Sarah Prineas, all signing books and whatnot. Here are some details.

Have you a paper allergy? Is that what’s kept you from reading Kid vs. Squid? Well, I now remove your excuse by pointing you to the just-now-available Kindle version. I care about you and your itches.

Were you hoping to snatch an advance reader copy of The Boy at the End of the World? Have you acted upon this hope by entering my Goodreads ARC giveaway? No??? Goodness. Well, I am making it very easy for you to act upon your hope by providing a clicky below.

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout

The Boy at the End of the World

by Greg Van Eekhout

Giveaway ends May 03, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Kid vs. Squid paperback delayed

Hello, reading people!

It has come to my attention that some people are starting to place pre-orders for the paperback edition of Kid vs. Squid. Naturally, such activities warm the cockles of my heart. (I don’t actually know what cockles are, or what they are doing in my heart. Give me a sec while I go look it up. Huh. Turns out cockles are a small kind of saltwater clam. I have saltwater clams in my heart. And they are warm.)

Anyway.

My publisher is delaying the release of the paperback edition, hopefully to occur some time after the release of my next hard cover, The Boy at the End of the World. I’m not sure when the Kid vs. Squid paperback will be rescheduled, but when I know I’ll be sure to announce it here.

In the mean time, let us all enjoy our cardiac clams.

Goodreads ARC giveaway

Here’s another way to win an ARC of The Boy at the End of the World.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout

The Boy at the End of the World

by Greg Van Eekhout

Giveaway ends May 03, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

 

And you can still enter Sarah Prineas’s giveaway.

I’ll also trade however many ARCs I have left in exchange for a Tesla Roadster. In fact, I’ll deliver them to your door. In my Tesla Roadster. That you will be giving me. I’ll even give you a ride!