As Promised, Your Advance Pages (Plus Book Tour Dates)
There’s lots to tell you, so I’m going to make it quick.
First off, news about Emergency is starting to leak everywhere
online, and I wanted you all to get a taste of it first. So I basically took the typeset pages I read for my last edit of the book and put together a few chapters for you, so you can get an idea of what the book I’ve been working on in secret for the last three years is all about. Note that because this is the advance version, there’s a design error in the “contract.” This glitch will not appear in the final book. So think of this as the limited-edition rough draft. You can get your free chapters at the link below:
http://neilstrauss.com/EmergencyAdvance.pdf (Note: right click on the link to download)
Next, I promised you all a book release party and signing. I’m really looking forward to this, because I just booked it today at my favorite new lounge in Los Angeles. It’s going to start at 7 p.m. sharp on perhaps the most appropriate day for a book like this: Friday the 13th of March. I’ll do a talk and reading, followed by an open Q&A and a signing. (Book Soup will be there with copies of Emergency as well as hopefully the other books). And those who are there will be brought to a special, secret after-party nearby. Oh, and I’ll also be bringing a live wolf. Just to keep things exciting. Make sure you get there early, in case it gets full. And it’s a good spot to bring a friend, a date, a wing, a relative, or your own personal goon. Cost of entry: free, as a thank-you for supporting the book. Here are the details:
Friday, March 13th at 7:00 PM
H.Wood Club in the
1738 N. Orange Ave., Los Angeles,
(It’s one of those “cool” clubs without a sign. Note that the entrance is on
NEW YORK
Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE in Tribeca
97 Warren Street
New York, NY 10007
212-587-5389
WASHINGTON, DC
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC
1801 K Street, NW
Washington DC 20006
202-466-4999
LOS ANGELES
Friday, March 13th at 7:00 PM
(See details for H.Wood above. For more information, try Book Soup, which is taking care of the “book signing” portion of the evening: 310-659-3110.)
CHICAGO
Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC
830 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-573-0564
SAN FRANCISCO
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM
BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC
233 Winston Drive
San Francisco CA 94132
415-731-0665
SAN DIEGO
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE
10775 Westview Parkway
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 684-3166
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL POINTS BEYOND
Dates Coming Soon… Obviously, not all of you are living some place where you can make it to these events. So I have something special planned for you as well, as mentioned in an earlier email. Things are so busy right now, but I will get back to you within the next week with details about a special event and experience for SOME of you (there will probably have to be a capacity to make this idea feasible). And I’ll also send you that video I promised in the last email. It’ll make more sense in the context of the advance chapters you’re about to read anyway.
Racing The Clock,
Neil