Dead at 96.

Whenever I think of Studs, I feel proud to be an American.

This page contains all the details for all my tour events between the publication of Paper Towns on October 16th and late November. Answers to some questions: 1. All events are free and open to the public. 2. You are not required to RSVP for events except when noted.

PAPER TOWNS BOOK TOUR

NEW YORK | BOSTON | INDIANAPOLIS | COLUMBUS | ATLANTA | CORAL GABLES, FL | ORLANDO | NAPERVILLE | CHICAGO | PHOENIX | SEATTLE | MENLO PARK | LOS ANGELES

TOUR DE NERDFIGHTING

PLANO TX | OKLAHOMA CITY | St. LOUIS | GREENWOOD, IN | LOUISVILLE | KNOXVILLE | GADSDEN, AL | NEWPORT NEWS, VA | CHARLOTTESVILLE | LANCASTER, PA | WESTPORT, CT | PITTSBURGH | ANN ARBOR | RACINE, WI | AMES, IA | KANSAS CITY | St. PAUL, MN

Thursday, October 16th -- New York, New York
The Paper Towns release party with Hank and Sarah and my parents and Maureen Johnson and lots of authors and songs about my books!
7:00 PM
Barnes and Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street 10007
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Friday, October 17th -- Boston, MA
With Hank and Julia Nunes
6:30 PM
Cambridge College, Room 152
1000 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA
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Saturday, October 18th -- Indianapolis, IN
With Sarah!
2:00 PM
Borders
8675 River Crossing Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46240
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Monday, October 20th -- Columbus, OH
5:00 PM
Cover to Cover
3560 North High Street Columbus, OH
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Tuesday, October 21st -- Atlanta, GA
6:00 PM
Little Shop of Stories
133 East Court Square Decatur, GA 30030
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Wednesday, October 22nd -- Coral Gables, FL
7:00 PM
Books and Books
265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33134
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Thursday, October 23rd -- Orlando, FL
Where most of Paper Towns is set!
7:00 PM
Barnes and Noble
481 N. Alafaya Trail Orlando, FL 32828
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Friday, October 24th -- Naperville, IL
7:00 PM
Anderson's Bookstore
123 W. Jefferson Avenue Naperville, IL 60540
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Monday, October 27th -- Phoenix, AZ
4:30 PM
Phoenix Book Company
4134 E. Wood Street Phoenix, AZ 85040
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Tuesday, October 28th -- Seattle, WA
With Hank, Kristina and the brilliant sweetafton23!
7:00 PM
Seattle Public Library
1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
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Wednesday, October 29th -- Menlo Park, CA
with Abby songsfromahat Simons
7:00 PM
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Thursday, October 30th -- Los Angeles, CA
Halloween Party!
4:00 PM
Santa Monica Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA
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Sunday, November 2nd -- Plano, TX
with Hank and Katherine
Davis Library
7501-B Independence Pkwy
Plano, TX
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Later on Sunday, November 2nd -- Oklahoma City, OK
with Hank and Katherine!
7-10 PM
Downtown Library
300 Park Ave
Oklahoma City, OK
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Monday, November 3rd -- St. Louis, MO
with Hank and Katherine!
7-10pm
St. Louis County Library
1640 S. Lindbergh St
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Tuesday, November 4th -- Greenwood, IN
Election Day Special with Hank and Katherine and Sarah!
4-7 pm
Center Grove Middle School North
202 N. Morgantown Road
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Wednesday, November 5th -- Louisville, KY
with Hank and Katherine!
7-9pm
Louisville Public Library
301 York Street
Louisville, KY
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Thursday, November 6th -- Knoxville, TN
with Hank and Katherine!
7-10PM
East Tennessee History Center
601 S Gay Street
Knoxville, TN
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Friday, November 7th -- Gadsden, AL
with Hank and Katherine!
6-9 PM
Gadsden Public Library
254 College Street
Gadsden, AL
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Sunday, November 9th -- Newport News, VA
with Hank and Katherine!
4-7pm
Menchville High School
275 Menchville Road
Newport News, VA
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Monday, November 10th -- Charlottesville, VA
with Hank and Katherine!
6-9 PM
Northside Library
300 Albemarle Square
Charlottesville, VA

Unfortunately, the room in Charlottesville has a maximum capacity of 80
people, so only the first 80 to call and get a free ticket will be able
to go. They'll start taking reservations on October 10th...and you should
call the library at: 434-973-7893
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Tuesday, November 11th -- Lancaster, PA
with Hank and Katherine
6:30-9:30 PM
Conestoga Valley High School
2110 Horseshoe Rd.
Lancaster, PA
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Wednesday, November 12th -- Westport, CT
with Hank and Katherine
7-9 PM
Bedford Middle School
88 North Avenue
Westport, CT
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Thursday, November 13th -- Pittsburgh, PA
with Hank and Katherine
6 PM
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art Theater
4400 Forbes Avenue
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Friday, November 14th -- Ann Arbor, MI
with Hank and Katherine and Adam and Eva
7:00
Ann Arbor Public Library
343 South Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI
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Saturday, November 15th -- Racine, WI
with Hank and Katherine
2-3 pm
Racine Public Library
75 Seventh St.
Racine, WI
Second event immediately following at a local community center!!!
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Sunday, November 16th -- Ames, IA
with Hank and Katherine
2-5pm
Ames City Auditorium
515 Clark Ave.
Ames, IA
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Monday, November 17th -- Kansas City
with Hank and Katherine
Johnson County Library
Central Resource Library
9875 W 87th St.
Overland Park, KS 66212
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Tuesday, November 18th -- St. Paul, MN
with Hank and Katherine
6:30-9:30
Founders Hall Auditorium - Metropolitan State University
700 East Seventh Street
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So Hank has more or less completely convinced me that copyright, as an idea, is dead. I don't have the moral courage to give away Paper Towns, but my friend Alan Gratz is making his funny and smart Shakesperean mystery novel, Something Rotten, available for free online for your reading pleasure.

Alan is doing this to celebrate the release of the second novel in the series, the equally good Something Wicked. Both books are great.

The brilliant Karen Kavett has created an extremely helpful map detailing the 31 stops (really? really.) on the Paper Towns / Nerdfighting Tour of 2008:

Click the map for more detail, such as the detail that the evil baby orphanage is apparently located in downstate Illinois. I really think this map covers it, but in case you want more details, you can now go to nerdfighters.com, scroll down a bit, and look on the left sidebar for facebook events pages. Please rsvp if you have a moment. (Note: none of these injokes make sense unless you watch the videos.)

UPDATE: Several people have expressed alarm (well, perhaps alarm is too strong a word) that the events are only listed on facebook, because many people do not have facebook accounts. And to the fearless unfacebooked, I say: DO NOT WORRY. You don't have to be a member to view the events pages; if you go to nerdfighters.com and click on the link to the city nearest you, the event details will pop up even if your face has not been booked. You won't be able to RSVP, but you don't need to RSVP to come to the events.

Greetings from Berlin. Sarah and I are having a wonderful time here. More on that topic will come in videoblog form tomorrow.

But for now: I recently put together a Paper Towns playlist. I have never made a playlist before, so we'll see how I did.

1. "Game Shows Touch Our Lives," The Mountain Goats
2. "The History of the Concept of the Soul," The Mr. T Experience
3. "Holland, 1945," Neutral Milk Hotel
4. "Up the Wolves," The Mountain Goats
5. "Piazza, New York Catcher," Belle and Sebastian
6. "Bucketseats," Cake
7. "Walt Whitman's Niece," Billy Bragg and Wilco
8. "Champs Elysees," NOFX
9. "Cotton," The Mountain Goats
10. "New Partner," The Palace Brothers
11. "Union Maid," Old Crow Medicine Show
12. "Walk on Boy," Doc Watson
13. "Superstition," Blanche
14. "Hesitating Beauty," Billy Bragg and Wilco
15. "Greetings in Braille," The Elected
16. "All My Little Words," The Magnetic Fields


There's probably a way to make the playlist link to actual songs or something--if I figure out how, I will edit accordingly. Oh, and also: Hank's hilarious Obama Llama Duck song was on NPR's All Things Considered.