US Tour 2006

Dear Midwest and South,

Suck it.

Sincerely,

Doubleday Publishing.

Wow, I might not be able to make it to the Los Angeles one, but I can probably make it to the San Francisco date with some clever manipulation of public transportation.

Yay! Really looking forward to this, since I missed your Jennifer Government tour.

--Nathan

I'm going to have to show up at the New York one. Hello yearly family vacation.

Is Doubleday going to sponsor my trip from Italy? I swear I'd buy a copy of your book for every single one of my friends! :)

I hate to be childish about this but if you don't come to Austin, I'm not going to buy your book. Okay, what about this: I promise you won't be hogtied, hamstrung, dragged behind a horse, scalped, or your accent made fun of.

He doesn't care because he knows we'll buy it anyways!

Oh, and that was a great first response, still smiling about it.

Argh. I live in LA for like 7 years, and you just have to have your second booksigning right after I go off to college?? Hrm, well, we'll see if I can make it to either LA or San Francisco. Hopefully I will, but either way, I'll be getting a signed copy!

Perhaps I;ll try to make it to the New York reading.

Darn! I missed you here (in Milwaukee) last tour, and now you're not coming. Well, not YET... as I'm sure _Company_ will hit it big and you'll be around here for _Company_ Tour Part Deux, Revenge of the Doughnut. I await that with awesome anticipation.

And this time, I'll make good on my offer to get you out for a taste of Brew-town.

what about d.c.? :(

hmmmm so much west coast.....

Sigh.

I can't believe they wouldn't at least hit Chicago. At least you east coast folk are a (relatively) quick shot up 95. If you're in DC or further north, that is.

No 15 hour drives for us!

/me does the Los Angeles is Close to Me so I'll Finally Meet the Tetragrammaton Lord of This World dance.

Fri nov. something...

CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. WHAT'S IN BETWEEN?

Apparently nothing. Whatever happened to the good old days when Max Barry at least took a half-way stop in Chicago? It's one of the largest cities in the US and only three hours from my house as opposed to New York, which is about fifteen. Sure, Chicago is right next to Gary, Indiana, the crap hole of America, but I'd still drive through Gary to meet Max Barry. I guess I will have to wait another 4-5 years until Max Barry writes another novel...(sigh).

-Adam

"Dear Midwest and South,

Suck it.

Sincerely,

Doubleday Publishing."
Matthew, this quote says it all...

Now: Patiently waiting for the European tour.

Later: Patiently waiting for the European tour, which will include Stockholm, Sweden.

2058: Patiently waiting for the European tour, which will include Stockholm, Sweden, and that I will have the opportunity to attend. If both Max and I will be alive that is...

wooohoooo!!! SF ^_^ Now to plot to drive down to Mountain View on a school night.

Man why the midwest dis! There are actually cities betweenteh coasts, ya know ;) If a stop gets added anywhere around here (wow three peopel from Indiana in the comments? eerie!) I'll make the trek.

Outstanding!! But what's your on-time percentage for appearances?? Just trying to gauge how much of my class I have to skip in order to make it to the NYC reading....

You know, Phoenix in January has probably the best weather in the country. We only have two seasons: summer and not-summer, and our not-summer is great (highs in the 70's). So maybe the day before LA... Heck come spend a few days, we'll go hiking. My wife makes a great Tex-Mex lasagna.

No Chicago?

Apparently Doubleday has no experience with CT or WOM. :)

YAY NYC!! I shall do everything in my power to be there, and I can guarantee I'll make a complete moron of myself and absolutely adore your Aussie-ness. ^_^

-Em

I'll definetely make the NYC trek. Gives me a valid excuse to go anyways...

Cannot wait.

Ok, I feel a bit bad. Everyone's been talking about these long trips they will have to make to get to a book signing. It'll only take about 20 minutes for me to get to the SF (Mountain View) book signing.

I live in Arkansas, and there is no chance that in making any of the signings. Too bad you're not giong to Dallas, St. Louis, or even Little Rock. What a sad, sad, day.

L.A. has no professional football team, true, but they get Max Barry. D.C. had no professional baseball team (despite being the 8th largest market in the country) and now has owner issues. And no Max Barry. I'd love to come out for this, but driving to N.Y. is a bit out of my league.

One the plus side, Max, you get to avoid D.C. traffic. Count your blessings.

Any news of a Canadian tour?

Please come to Toronto, Max! You have to know what snow is like.

How about you tour your own country so I can actually meet you, you insensitive clod.

I'll probably be at the New York one.

Just going to the Americas?

What about old blighty ?


“more Australian than you expect”
(I was going to try and say some thing funny here, but you might think it rude so its probably best left)

You need to come to San Antonio!

No boston? Granted at the same time, I am not there in any case, but I could always send my friends up to snag me a copy. Alas, it will take nothing short of higher power intervention to get them to drive to NYC. Pity.

Now, let's be fair... Max is Australian, which means that the Pacific Rim Tour planned makes sense. Hey... Wait a minute. You're NOT coming to Los Angeles, you're going to West Hollywood! What are us Westwood people going to do? WeHo doesn't even have a freeway! And you can't expect me to drive east on surface streets on a Wednesday night. That's just great Doubleday, way to screw the 310.

Woo! I'll be the solitary rabid fan at the reading/thing in Seattle. I'm excited for Jan 28!

Well, since DoubleDay doesn't think anyone in the Midwest would be interested...I guess I'll just contact Elliot Bay Bookstore in Seattle and have them get you to sign a copy for me! Since I'll have to pay shipping, this better be good.
BTW, if anyone else in the Midwest needs to order because you can't make the signings, I've ordered a couple of books from Elliot Bay and they're terrific.

As "Ernest Reid" said "up above", you have to come to Canada! Sure you'd be suprised by this "wtf is this language" in Québec, but it might (I said might ;-) ) Worth the trip... (Its a little lie, but it case you believe it... you never know!)
(Oh and btw, I'm not bitching Québecois, I'm one of "those" ;-) )

Here is what powell's is saying...
http://www.powells.com/calendar.html#846
see you there..

Can't wait to run out and buy a copy today. Looking forward to the Seattle Reading!