More Blackout reviews and a signing report

The Denver Post Review: "Blackout" author Connie Willis a worthy heir to Heinlein


Locus Online:  Review of Blackout

Seattle Signing Report - Connie Willis Likes My Shirt!

An Update from Connie!

Hi, everybody! I just got back from my book tour--sort of. I still have a signing in Texas on Friday and assorted local signings. Thank you all for coming to my signings. It was great to see everybody! And especially thanks to everyone who showed up at Borderlands in San Francisco, where the weather was absolutely wretched. And in Seattle, where you had to miss the first part of the Superbowl. Or the Superbowl ads. Which ad was your favorite? I loved the Paris Google ad and hated the married guy/Dodge one.


Anyway, everywhere I went, people asked me the same two questions:

1. How did you get interested in time travel?

and

2. Did you have to do a lot of research for BLACKOUT?

A lot of people also said they wished I'd listed the books I'd used to research the novel at the end of the book. Novels don't ordinarily have bibliographies, but I promised I'd list some of my favorite research books on this site as soon as I've looked up all the titles and authors.

In the meantime, I'll answer the second question:

Blackout on the NYT List, More Photos

According to official sources, BLACKOUT will hit #34 on The New York Times bestseller list for fiction on February 21st.  Congrats to Connie!

Below are some pictures from Connie's appearance at Borderlands Books in San Francisco.  As with all the stops on the tour, they should have some signed copies of Blackout as well as some of Connie's other books in their inventory.  Photos are courtesy of Cordelia and Connie Willis.

Connie Willis Guest Blogging on Suvudu

Connie Willis will be guest blogging on Suvudu and will also be answering questions in the comments there. Follow this link to the first post. This blog entry will be updated with links to subsequent posts on Suvudu.

 

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 1)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 2)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 3)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 4)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 5)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 6)

Connie Willis talks Blackout (Part 7)

UNC Book Reception Article and Photos

The UNC Mirror (the student paper at the Univeristy of Northern Colorado) has an article on the book signing held yesterday (Feb 9th).  Thanks to UNC photographer Barry LaPoint for the photos of Connie.

Pictures by UNC Photographer Barry LaPoint

Blackout Tour Links Roundup

Articles and Interviews

The Greeley Tribune talks to Connie about her donating her papers to the University of Northern Colorado.

The Reporter Herald - Article about Connie's donation

Tor,.com - Blackout article

Subterranean Press - Short article with cover of limited edition of Blackout

San Francisco Chronicle - Article about the book and Connie.

I09 - Article about the book's release and an article about the donation of her papers to UNC

Reviews

Val's Random Comments - Review of Blackout


Book Page.com - Review of Blackout

Seattle Times - Book review

MAVENity - Review

Lit Soup - Short Review

Journal Sentinel Online - Book Review

More posts (added on 12/13/10)
A short article about Connie and the time travel books on Okie Reads.

A report on the Borderlands Books signing from Book Love Affair.

Announcements

NW MediaArts Writers Workshop at the Seattle SF Awards Weekend: June 26th - June 27
Connie will be doing a writer's workshop at the Richard Hugo House on Sunday, June 27th.

Mysterious Galaxy Signing Pictures!

Connie stopped at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego on Wednesday, Feb 3rd. 

Thanks to Patrick Heffernan for the pictures!

Mysterious Galaxy blacked out one of their windows for the signing.

Christine Van Such introducing Connie

Connie chatting with the audience

A view of the crowd

SOme recent News Articles, reviews and interviews

Blackout was released yesterday and with the book tour now underway, there's a lot of articles turning up online. Here's a sample of them:

Nerdvana Article

San Francisco Chronicle Interview

Reviews

January Magazine

SF Reviews.net

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