SPEAKING AT BARNES & NOBLE IN VANCOUVER, WA

Anna and I are giving a book talk about The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame at Barnes and Noble in Vancouver. The talk is in the afternoon, but we'll be hanging out a few hours to sign books and gab with people. Drop on by if you've got the afternoon off! (Or bring the kids by after school!)

What?: Mad Scientist Hall of Fame book talk

When?: Friday, Jan. 9th from 3 to 6 pm

Where?: Barnes and Noble Vancouver, located at 7700 NE Fourth Plain Blvd. (phone 260-3854).

check out bunk bots!

A new friend of mine has started selling the cutest plush robot toys this side of the asteroid belt. And they aren't just cute, they can be used to turn plush bolts and to fix plush machinery of any kind. Read more about bunk bots here.

IT'S... IT'S... LIVEWIRE!

Tonight, I'll be appearing briefly on LiveWire, a local radio show here in Portland that is held at the Aladdin Theater. It's always a good time -- with a live audience of hundreds there to see sketch comedy, interviews, and musicians. I'll be telling people about Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahahaha!, which needs to be bought for mad scientists young and old in time for Christmas.

As an added bonus, I wrote one of the comedy sketches that is airing.* It involves Mexican Santa Claus and mad scientists, so hope you enjoy it. :)

* I also guest wrote a couple sketches a few months ago and it was great fun. If you remember the one about a wild panda being tattooed from space with messages of love -- that was me.

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

I was thinking about it, and decided to scan the covers of some of the foreign-language editions of HOW TO SURVIVE A ROBOT UPRISING. These are Chinese, Thai, and Polish -- I think? Anyway, they're all beautiful -- especially the super-sparkle-version of the homicidal cover robot.

(You can click on the images to enlarge them...)

Where's My Jetpack -- now in French

I just received five or six copies of Where's My Jetpack, only translated into French. I think it looks really nice -- they even translated "Moon Space Available" on the dirigible in the top left!

BIG BRAIN TRUST

Just about every week, I meet with a group of people who are very talented, smart, and willing-to-help-those-with-less-fortunate-brains-like-myself. When we each put our special rings together, we become the BBT -- the Big Brain Trust. Our secret writer's group has now been outed by the local paper, and I guess I'm okay with that.

Read about it here!

THE WORKS ON HISTORY INTERNATIONAL

The Works is finished airing on History, and has moved to History International. If you don't get the other channel, then you'll have to buy Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahahaha!if you need more Daniel H. Wilson in your life. :)

PS. To find air dates click on History International. Type "The Works" into the search window to find out when!