Launching the UK edition of Rapture of the Nerds TODAY at Forbidden Planet London

Hey, Londoners! I'll be launching the UK edition of Rapture of the Nerds today at 1PM at Forbidden Planet. Although the book is available across the country at finer stores, this will be your only chance to stroke the marvellous 3D printed Space Marine Stross and have your picture taken with it.

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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A UK Edition? why?
- Charlie Stross
  
  Because there are people who like to line their man-caves with dead trees.
  
  (And because Tor — the US publisher — doesn’t actually sell books in the UK. Tor UK is a different company, believe it or not.)
  - http://twitter.com/Steven_Patz Steve
    
    So it’s not different in any other way than the US edition?
Kyle Sarrasin

I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with the author’s (authors’?) name being larger than the actual name of the book, from a stylistic perspective. I suppose it makes sense – people will be attracted to the book based, largely, upon the known merits of the author. However, it just seems a bit jaded and cynical, at least to me .

*EDIT*
Looking at the cover again, I concede, the colouration and font choices allow the title to cut through background noise nicely.
- Charlie Stross
  
  Please note: the authors don’t get to design their own book covers! Shocking but true.
  - Kyle Sarrasin
    
    Ha, not terribly surprising! I hope that my comment didn’t read as if I were blaming you guys. That’s not what I meant.
    - Charlie Stross
      
      S’okay — we’re used to it!