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!
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Oh no…wrong Cambridge! Come to England!
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What If your book tour came to Sydney, Australia?
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Please stop in Las Vegas. We may not the the most profitable stop, but we ARE the most fun one. Come see the http://www.pinballmuseum.org/ or Hoover Dam. You’re too good at math to fall for the casinos.
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Come to Vancouver, Canada.
It’s in Canada; that oughta be enticement enough, eh?
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What is the mass of NYC and what speed and distance is required to make that maneuver?
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What If your book tour also came to Melbourne, Australia?
there are a few different escaped human digestive tracts slithering around in parts of the country…
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Please add Chicago!
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Don’t worry about America, come to Christchurch, New Zealand – we have a genuine wizard and I’d love a front seat to THAT conversation.
(Honestly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_of_New_Zealand)
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Come on, multiple comics about St. Louis and Missouri, and we’re not worthy of a stop on your tour? We have one of the most recognizable arches in the nation, not just St. Louis! 😦
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Cambridge is called Cambridge because it’s a bridge over the river Cam. Surely that’s reason enough to go to the original, not the copy/paste namesake!
Likewise Oxford, Bath, Moorgate, Knightsbridge, etc BTW – come to the UK whilst it still exists and see the originals whose names have context!
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Ditto on the come to England thing…
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Adding to the gradual peer pressure that says coming to the UK is a good idea.
It is a good idea.
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Again on the come to England.
I will back up my request by saying if you do come, I will buy a book.
See, fun and economical sense!
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What if you went to Derry, Pennsylvania or Omak, WA. Nobody ever goes there. Those are places people are from. And if people are only from there how did they get there to begin with? Hope to SEE you in SEAttle.
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What if your book tour visited every English speaking municipality on Earth? (English speaking defined as > 50% of the population knowing enough English to interpret > 66% of the explanations in your book)
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Oh, where is Germany? This small country in Europe which is FIFA World Champion 2014!!! ;o)
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Ummm… I believe you made a mistake in your post. You seem to have accidentally missed Chicago. Obviously, nobody would avoid us on PURPOSE! We folks round Chicago will just give you some time to correct that little blunder 🙂
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Come to France. Nobody speaks English there, so you won’t have to appear clever, and the food is good.
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Just adding to the rising chorus of requests for England!
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Please come to Vancouver! You could be here between NY and Seattle. It’s only a 4 hr drive from Seattle. I know some people we could help promote/organize. Some people I know are good at that sort of thing. Prudy Puleeeze?
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Or Spain! Nobody speaks here English either, but we have even better food than French!
And cheaper!
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You much change your carefully laid, likely unalterable, plans and include Toronto, Canada!
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so wheres the England leg of the tour? come on, I’ll buy a book AND buy you a real beer, what more do you need?
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How about visiting the original York while you’re over here.
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Speaking about food… come to Italy!
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Come to India.. You can sell all your book in one tour.
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Come to the place where I live, even though it’s expensive for you to reach, and I won’t pay any of your travel or accommodation costs!
(Thanks for the Hangout.)
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When you’re done in England, take a quick hop to Belfast, NI.
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It might take a slightly higher velocity / closer approach for the slingshot, but if you could alter your initial trajectory to head for ~NW of New York you should just about make it across the Atlantic to Dublin, en route to England, and thereby kick off the now inevitable European tour …
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Come to Real England, we have great cheese and beer, and we really like books written in English.
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Come to CHINA!!!!!!
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“Cambridge is called Cambridge because it’s a bridge over the river Cam”
Actually, the river was originally (and still is for part of its length) the Granta but it became the Cam after the name of the town drifted. So it’s more “The River Cam is called the River Cam because it runs through the town of Cambridge”.
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I( too would like to add to the chorus of “come to Australia!!” however I am guessing it might be tricky with costs/timing etc. that being said, if there happened to be a kickstarter etc to get you here….. I reckon I could chip in
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How about Toulouse, France? 😀
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Never mind the English, come to Scotland, we’ve got the Edinburgh International Book Festival in a couple of weeks time 😉
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Include Sydney, Australia please!
…we have antivenom. Also cute fluffy animals. Also snakes! Thus the antivenom.
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How about Easton, PA? I hear it’s nice this time of year….
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Hey man, congrats on the tour. How about: instead of catering to the whims of the global community, you could just produce a set of podcasts or dvds of every session… It results in more money for you, and more what-ifs for international viewers… (Besides, Perth is clearly the greatest city in Australia – ignore the rest.)
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I see lots of my country-men insisting that you come to the UK.
I insist some more….
Come to The UK. We have real places with original names!!
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I too add my voice to those who insist you come to the Original England.
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Is there any way you could stop by the surface of Titan?
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…I so would like to know.
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Come to Romeee!!
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Well, how about coming to Europe? Germany would be especially great, but anywhere on this continent would be fine already. Of course, there may be dragons, but that’s a risk you should take in order to meet your fans over here!
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If anything should be noted, the “Big Apple” mass is much igher than taken into account in your drawing. The current expected trajectory is direct drift around to be send back with high acceleration toward Europe. Being there, Paris, Toulouse, Madrid and Rome are obvious suggestions (2 times in France so you can confirm frensh food is wayyyy better). Then it’s probably a good time to visit Munich/Germamy since any joke slightly related to the world cup will end-up in gaining few round of good beer.
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So near and yet so far! 😦
I live in what it appears we now call “Original England” but by chance it happens that I shall be visiting New York for the first time in my life this September. Unfortunately by the time I get there you’ll be in California. I shall have to be content with the fact that out lives have intersected spatially as well as chronologically, just not both at the same time.
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Why not make a quick stop in Beautiful Louisville KY? Beside it’s almost Southern charm, Louisville is a rising city of intellectuals, engineers, artists and nerds!
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If someone were to set up a “Pay for Randall to come to the UK” fund, I would contribute.
If someone were to set up a “Pay for Randall to come to the UK” fund, would Randall accept the offer?
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You should come to Prague. It’s right* in the middle of Europe which would minimize the average visitors’ travel expenditures if you decided to add just one more behind-the-great-water step to your itinerary.
I am definitely not asking because I happen to live there.
* Well, “right” is relative.
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What, nobody suggested Switzerland already ??!?!
You really should come here ! There’s CERN, cheese, fondue (so, cheese), banks and the Alphorn. Also, CERN. And did I mention CERN ?
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I like how your blag works without JavaScript. Anyway, I came here to tell you that The Gimp has a plugin that let’s you make html image maps.
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