What If book tour!

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My book, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, comes out September 2nd (Pre-order: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound), and I’m excited to announce that I’ll be going on a book tour!

Here’s the event list:


Tuesday, September 2
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Harvard Book Store at Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St.
6:00pm (Seating is limited) – Note: this event is now sold out! But, you can still pre-order a signed copy (link below).
Tickets: $26 tickets on sale August 12 at 9am ET, includes one book, one seat.
More details: http://www.harvard.com/event/randall_munroe/
Pre-order a limited number of signed copies of What If? from Harvard Book Store.

Friday, September 5
NEW YORK, NY
Barnes & Noble – Union Square
33 E 17th St.
7:00pm
Open event, seating is first come first serve.
More details: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/84245

Tuesday, September 9
SEATTLE, WA
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave.
7:30pm
Seating is limited – Note: this event is now sold out!
Tickets: $5, one seat
More details: http://www.townhallseattle.org/randall-munroe-answering-what-if/

Wednesday, September 10
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Booksmith at Public Works
161 Erie St.
7:30pm
Seating is limited – Note: this event is now sold out!
Tickets: $34 includes one book, general admission; $20 general admission
The bar at Public Works will be serving drinks before, during, and after the program. This event is necessarily limited to people 21 and older.
More details: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/772183

Thursday, September 11
BERKELEY, CA
Berkeley Arts & Lectures at the Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St.
7:30pm
Seating is limited – Note: this event is now sold out!
Tickets: $10 with student ID; $15 general admission
More details: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/772197

Friday, September 12
Google+ Hangout On Air moderated by Hank Green
Location: Online/Various
3:30pm PT/ 6:30pm ET
Note: Anyone can view the Hangout live on YouTube (Friday, 9/12, 3:30pm PT), but only 4-6 xkcd readers will be selected using this form  to participate and ask questions within the Hangout itself. Apply for a chance to participate in the Hangout by Monday, August 25.

Sunday, September 14
LOS ANGELES, CA
Live Talks LA
An afternoon with Randall Munroe
The Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica
4:30pm
Seating is limited
Tickets: $43 includes one book, one reserved seat; $20 general admission
More details: http://livetalksla.org/blog/2014/07/13/september-14-randall-munroe/

Hope to see you there!

1,116 replies on “What If book tour!”

  1. Swing-by Salt Lake City! …or Provo. I’d be there if you did. Provo has Google Fiber and Salt Lake has a hundred year old temple that took 40 years to build…

    …and mountains. Beautiful mountains.

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  3. Is there any chance that you could get to Texas? There are a lot of smart people in Austin, and that’s only an hour’s drive for me. In Texas terms, that’s right next door!

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  4. I’m with Chris! Please come to Salt Lake and bask in the profundity of Gilgal Garden!

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  5. If you ever consider coming to Europe, France, Nice area, don’t hesitate to warn few months/weeks/days in advance 😉 We’d be glad to host you for a couple of days.

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  6. I’ll add another Vote for a Salt Lake City visit at some point. 😉 And you know, we’ll be getting Google Fiber HERE before too long, as well.

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  7. What about representation for the midwest? Chicago is a great city with great food – plus a lot of prestigious institutions!

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  8. I don’t think anyone could say it better than Keith did. This so-called tour is pathetic.

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  10. Is your book child-safe? I have a nine-year-old nephew who would lap up stuff like that but if it ain’t child-appropriate, that won’t fly.

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  12. Hank would like the book tour to come to Vero Beach, FL. It is half way between West Palm Beach and Orlando. It is very beautiful there in late October.

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  13. The South exists, and wants you, I promise. The less people come and bring Science along, the worse it gets.

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  15. well, with the velocity required to do that swing by, you certainly also could visit europe… I’d be really happy, if you could include a short stopover…

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  16. If you can, you should come to Portland, Oregon. (Thought Bend would be most convenient…) My boyfriend and I really want to come see you, but the closest you’re getting to us otherwise is Seattle. For now, we’ll be in the standby line just in case we can get in.

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  17. Y u no visit DC??? I’m sure we could benefit from your useful analogies and illustrations to explain global warming to Congress.
    (Mostly posting to break the total of 666 comments. Wouldn’t want to summon Satan to your webpage.)

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  19. Ok, what’s the threshold?

    You need more events, and it’s hard to organize them all. Say we can get a venue and attendees. How many people do we need to get for you to consider adding it to the tour?

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  20. Listen to Doug Wise, because he’s … well, it’s self-explanatory, isn’t it? Baltimore/DC!!

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  22. Well i definitely think Denver should be on the list. we are filled with science AND stupid people. Perfect inspiration!!

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  24. Bump for going to Salt Lake City or Provo, UT! Don’t skip over the nerdiest state in the country! You have tons of fans here.

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  29. You should put Pittsburgh between your NYC and Seattle dates.

    We have CMU, Pitt, Duquesne, and a bunch of other universities whose student and alum populations and would make it worth your while.

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  30. I love What If! You should make it down south one day! I’m sure Atlanta or Charlotte would be worth the visit 🙂

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  31. Arrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh I have to get oriented at UCLA so I’ll be missing you /just slightly/ on the 14th while they indoctrinate me into higher education on the quarter system. For shame. Come back if you ever get bored.
    Welp, at least I like Hank Green.

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  32. New Orleans, we have a fan base in addition to the Michoud and Stennis facilities, Rocket Science!

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  33. Come to New Orleans! We have a fan base in addition to the Michoud and Stennis facilities…Rocket Science!

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  36. Well, honestly there may not be as many smart people in parts of the OH and MI areas as there should be. But there are some and we try to stick together! There are some good colleges around though, and the Great Lakes make for an interesting and scenic area. So hey, if you make it to our area, those of us that can at least spell XKCD would like it a lot… 🙂

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  38. I’d like to put in 500,000 votes for Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK. It’s near Manchester (the UK one. It’s also near the other one but only if you’re using a galactic scale). Is that enough? If not I can get a bucket load more…

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  40. So, Idaho State University, with five (5) linear accelerators on-line and more in storage AND its own nuclear reactor AND Idaho National Labs just up the road doesn’t appeal? Oh, woe! Shall Pocatello always remain XKCDless? I would fling myself into the river except it’s pretty shallow and I might sprain an ankle or bruise myself.

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  42. The South not only exists, and wants you (I also promise). It *needs* you! The less people come and bring Science along, the worse it gets.
    Come to Raleigh in NC (well Cary is actually nicer). We have three major universities full of geeks that would mob you. You would be an actual celebrity down here…

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  47. First and foremost, I agree that Salt Lake City would be a great place for you to visit.
    whats not to like Mountains, A big salty body of water, its also the home of the fourth node on the ARPANET, and we have lots of geeks here.

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  49. My tale of woe is just as woeful, because Randall will be in the Bay Area two nights, but it’s all sold out nine days after the announcement. My hope is that these engagements go well and encourage him to do more!

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