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The ConnieWillis.net blog will be moving to a new location, hosted on azsf.net instead of on Blogspot.com .  The archives here will remain, but any new postings will appear on the new site.

All Clear Book Tour

Tuesday, October 19 – DENVER, CO

Time: 7:30pm
Tattered Cover Book Store
2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80206

Capclave 2010
Author Guest of Honor
Rockville, Maryland
Oct 22-24, 2010

Monday, October 25 – DENVER, CO
Time: 7:00pm
Broadway Book Mall
200 S. Broadway, Denver, CO 80209

Tuesday, October 26 – SEATTLE, WA
Time: 7:30pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
**Event to be held at Kane Hall, Room 210

Wednesday, October 27 – PORTLAND, OR
Time: 7:00pm
Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, OR

Thursday, October 28 – SAN DIEGO, CA
Time: 7:00pm
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92111

Friday, October 29 – PHOENIX, AZ
Time: 7:00pm
Poisoned Pen
4014 N. Goldwater, Ste. 101, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

A Small Update

I've just updated the main website at ConnieWillis.net with a Bibliography for Blackout from Connie (she will do a separate one for All Clear when it comes out).  In updated appearances, Connie will be participating at The 2010 Nasfic, ReConStruction, in Raleigh, NC in early August and at BuboniCon 42 in Albuquerque, NM in late August.  Look for more updates soon both here on the blog and on the main website as we get closer to the release of All Clear!

Dragon Page Interview

The Dragon Page podcast has made available show #398a which features an interview with Connie Willis about Blackout and All Clear.  Note that the interview starts at 17:00 minutes into the episode.

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.