Freaks and Geeks Creator Paul Feig's Upcoming Book Tour.
Hey gang,
Just wanted to let you all know that my new book, “Superstud: Or How I Became a 24 Year Old Virgin,” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400051754/ is coming out in stores on June 28th. It’s the follow-up to my last book, “Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence,” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609809431/ but it’s about ten times more embarrassing, I have to say. But just wanted to let you know about it and, more importantly, that I’m going to be heading out on a book tour in July and wanted to let you all know where I’ll be appearing so that if you’re nearby, you can stop in and say hi. (You don’t even have to buy a book! Just say hey.) Below are the dates, times, and locations of my book tour. And you can always check for updates here. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=34316&view=event
6/29/2005 - Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd W. Hollywood, CA 90069 310-659-3110 7 pm
7/6/2005 - Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street Brookline, MA 02446 617-566-6660 6 pm
7/7/2005 - Barnes & Noble 33 E. 17th Street New York, NY 10003 212-253-0810 7 pm
7/8/2005 - Olsson's Books & Records 2111 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201 703-525-4227 7 pm
7/12/2005 - H.W. Schwartz Bookshop 2559 N. Downer Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211 414-332-1181 7 pm
7/13/2005 - Barbara's Bookstore University of Illinois at Chicago 1218 S. Halsted Chicago, IL 60607 312-413-2665 7:30 pm
7/18/2005 - Tattered Cover Bookstore 1628 16th Street Denver, CO 80202 303-436-1070 7:30 pm
7/19/2005 - Borders Books 400 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415-399-1633 7 pm
7/20/2005 - Queen Anne Avenue Books 1811 Queen Anne Ave. North Seattle, WA 98109 206-283-5624 6:30 pm
7/25/2005 - Vroman's Books 695 E. Colorado Pasadena, CA 91101 626-449-5320
I hope that you can make it out to one of these. It’d be great to finally get to meet all of you who don’t live in Los Angeles. Hope to see you soon! Rock on!
(But in a way that doesn’t make you overheat - it’s going to be a hot summer.)
私はあなたたち全員に、私の新刊『Superstud: Or How I Became a 24 Year Old Virgin(スーパークール:もしくはいかにして私は24歳の童貞となったか)』が6月28日に店頭で発売されるってことを、ちょっとお知らせしたかったのです。
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400051754/
本書は私の前著『Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence(ぼくをけって:思春期の冒険)』(※“Kick Me”とは、小学校ぐらいの頃、誰かの背中に「ぼくにパンチして」とか「どついてください」とか書かれた紙が貼られるという悪戯がありましたが、その英語版のメジャーなフレーズです)の続編に当たるのですが、その約10倍はこっ恥ずかしい内容になってしまっていると言わざるをえません。
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609809431/
でも、私はこの本についてあなたに知ってほしかったですし、さらにもっと重大な、私が出発しようとしている7月のブックツアー(※新刊発売記念のキャンペーン)のこともお知らせしたかったですし、もしあなたが近くにいらっしゃるのであれば、ぜひ立ち寄って私へひと声かけていただきたく、私が出没する場所をみなさんにお知らせしたかったのです(本を買う必要なんてないですよ! 気軽に「ヘ〜イ!」って声をかけてください)。
今日、『Superstud: Or How I Became A 24-Year-Old Virgin』が届きました。
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400051754/
アメリカで6月28日発売らしいのに、まさか今日届くとは思いませんでした。
早いなー嬉しいなーわーいわーい☆
まだちょっとしか読んでないですけど、すっごく面白いです。
空回りして暴走しがちな童貞の思考回路は世界共通なのだなあと思わずにはいられません。
帰りの電車の中で読んでたら冒頭の献辞からして可笑しくて、顔がニヤけてしまって困りました。
Yahoo! GroupsのFreaks and Geeks Fansサイトで、
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/freakngeek/
Paul Feig先生自らがコメントをポストされていました。
いいなー行きたかったなー…。
From: "paulfeig" <heyhiboy@...>
Date: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:05 pm
Subject: Just wanted to thank you all ...
I had such a great time on my book tour and it was great seeing all of you who attended. And to those of you who couldn't attend, thanks for all the kind words and support. You guys are truly the best. Seriously. The best.
I hope I get to hang with you all very soon in the future. My book tour is basically over (there's a reading Monday night at Vroman's in Pasadena if any of you live around there - I'm also doing tons of radio interviews with stations all over the country on the morning of the 28th, and then I'll be on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Friday the 29th of July), so hopefully I'll get another reason to travel around and visit with you all.
Thanks again!
Paul
P.S. I just found out yesterday that Superstud has made the New York Times Extended Bestseller list, which means that they only print the top 15 books in the paper but on their web site they list the top 35. Superstud was number 26!
I couldn't be more thrilled and have to thank you all for being part of it.
You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!