Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Oingo Boingo, "Weird Science."

From my heart and from my hands, why don't people understand my intentions?

WEIRD SCIENCE!

(Duh dum bum bum da dum.)

Or, really, MAD SCIENCE, because that is where my heart of hearts makes its forever home. The new anthology, The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, is hitting shelves now, and includes my short story, "Laughter at the Academy: A Study in the Development of Schizotypal Creative Genius Personality Disorder (SCGPD)." Fans of my music will recognize the basic plot of the story as matching that of my Pegasus Award-winning song, "What A Woman's For." Yes. It is a story based on a song about using womanly wiles to cause perfectly reasonable researchers to embrace grave-robbing and storm-chasing as a means of advancing their careers. My mother is so proud.

Anyway, it's a fantastic book that I'm going to talk about a bit more in a little while, and I'm happy as hell to be a part of it. And if you're in the Bay Area, this weekend will bring you the opportunity to see the editor, John Joseph Adams, appearing with yours truly at San Francisco's own Borderlands Books. The event begins at 3:00 pm, and will undoubtedly be a rocking good time. It's always a rocking good time when John and I get together.

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination is available now at a bookstore or internet retailer near you. Published by Tor Books, you can get it in either hardcover ($25.99) or trade paperback ($14.99), and honestly, it's worth it at either price point.

Hope to see you Saturday!
Tags: in the wild, mad science, schedule, short fiction, support local bookstores, where's seanan
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  • 37 comments

deakat

February 19 2013, 16:11:22 UTC 4 years ago

Or in epub for $10.99!

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 16:14:30 UTC 4 years ago

Yes, but I can't sign that at the book event.

deakat

4 years ago

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wendyzski

4 years ago

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groblek

4 years ago

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wendyzski

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groblek

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wendyzski

4 years ago

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reedrover

February 19 2013, 16:15:14 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! I have it on hold at the local B&N.

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 16:15:58 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

leighblack

February 19 2013, 17:20:11 UTC 4 years ago

Thanks for the reminder! It's now on my Wish List for purchasing on payday. =)

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 17:45:43 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

shanejayell

February 19 2013, 17:29:10 UTC 4 years ago

Will be looking for it come payday. :D

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 17:45:52 UTC 4 years ago

Hooray!

geekhyena

February 19 2013, 17:31:37 UTC 4 years ago

Pre-ordered it and it should be delivered today! Are you going to be doing a signing for InCryptid #2, by the way?

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 17:46:16 UTC 4 years ago

All confirmed signings and appearances are listed on my website, here:

http://seananmcguire.com/index.php

greyduck

February 19 2013, 17:41:23 UTC 4 years ago

Hooray! It will magically appear on my Nook once I get home, if all goes well!

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 17:46:25 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

taylweaver

February 19 2013, 17:42:30 UTC 4 years ago

I heard you read that story when you did an event in NYC with Cat Valente. I got there late and had to stand, but it was worth it. I don't usually buy anthologies, but now, I'm giving this one some serious consideration. (At the very least, I'm going to put a hold on it at the library.)

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 17:47:26 UTC 4 years ago

I will say...of the seventeen stories in this anthology, not counting mine (so of the sixteen stories), I loved thirteen, was neutral about two, and disliked one. That's an awesome statistical breakdown for a collection.

bzarcher

4 years ago

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spectralbovine

4 years ago

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groblek

February 19 2013, 18:25:03 UTC 4 years ago

Shiny! Hopefully that means I'll get a call from my local bookstore to let me know that my copy has arrived. We'll miss the release as we'll be wrangling toddlers at Josh's birthday party starting at the same time that day (He's going to be two! How time flies.). Hopefully we'll get to have you sign it another time.

Also, now I've got two of your songs fighting in my head. I finally got copies of the Narbonic collection last week, and have had "Oh Helen" stuck in my head since. Now it's fighting with "What A Woman's For." Nothing good will come of this. :)

seanan_mcguire

February 19 2013, 19:27:36 UTC 4 years ago

Two songs enter. One horrifying hybrid leaves.

groblek

4 years ago

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celticdragonfly

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seanan_mcguire

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starmalachite

February 19 2013, 23:33:52 UTC 4 years ago Edited:  February 19 2013, 23:35:08 UTC

stevemb & I picked our copy up at Boskone. It ended up in his suitcase, so he's getting 1st reading dibs.

seanan_mcguire

February 20 2013, 02:07:47 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome.

celticdragonfly

February 20 2013, 07:53:27 UTC 4 years ago

Had a seriously annoyed moment of "hardback or trade paper? But I want ebook....." then googled it and hit amazon and saw "Kindle edition". Oh yes, that will do, my phone and tablet both have kindle apps that I use lots. Wait, HOW MANY authors I like are in this? OH MAN *SNAG*

seanan_mcguire

February 20 2013, 13:41:13 UTC 4 years ago Edited:  February 20 2013, 13:41:24 UTC

When I'm talking about a book event, where people can buy physical books for signing, I'm naturally going to focus on the physical books.

celticdragonfly

February 20 2013, 16:39:13 UTC 4 years ago

That certainly makes sense.

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trektone

February 21 2013, 04:39:08 UTC 4 years ago

Tentatively planning to attend! Hope to see you on Saturday!

seanan_mcguire

February 21 2013, 16:18:23 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

ashabardon

February 23 2013, 12:21:34 UTC 4 years ago

Just bought the audiobook and am working my way though! The only 'problem' (*chuckle*) is Mary Robinette Kowal. Actually I didn't realise there was an audiobook till I checked her blog this morning to my delight that she did some of the narration).

I was listening and my brain suddenly went 'What is [insert male Toby Daye character here] doing in this short story??????

Love it!

seanan_mcguire

February 24 2013, 20:10:11 UTC 4 years ago

I can see that.

Hooray!