{"id":39635,"date":"2021-08-10T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=39635"},"modified":"2022-01-08T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T16:22:57","slug":"dust-grim-book-of-accidents-and-where-i-will-pop-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2021\/08\/10\/dust-grim-book-of-accidents-and-where-i-will-pop-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust &#038; Grim, Book of Accidents, And Where I Will Pop Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here, hold still while I duct tape this CRUCIAL WENDIG UPDATE to your face. Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s reversed so you can read it, sheesh. So pushy.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, hey, hi, hello. Some quick updates for your FACE, as noted:<\/p>\n<p>This Thursday, the 12th, I&#8217;ll be joining the Peculiar Book Club, hosted by Brandy Schillace &#8212; it should be a hoot, we will talk about the bridge between Science and Science-Fiction. <a href=\"https:\/\/brandyschillace.com\/peculiar\/aug-12th-at-7pm-science-fiction-with-chuck-wendig-author-of-book-of-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here and join us, won&#8217;t you<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Next Weds, the 18th, I have the distinct pleasure of joining Grady Hendrix for a moderated chat brought to you by PRH and a mighty host of library co-sponsors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/libraries-night-out-grady-hendrix-and-chuck-wendig-tickets-166175600695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eventbrite link here<\/a>. It&#8217;s cheap as free! And who doesn&#8217;t like free? Terrorists, that&#8217;s who.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zY2U1YTE1MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw\/episode\/MGNmNDg0MzgtMGFkOC00Mzg2LThhY2UtYzk5ZTQ2ZTA1ZjIx?hl=en&amp;ved=2ahUKEwja49DS56byAhWiR_EDHToXBKcQieUEegQIBxAF&amp;ep=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the Writers&#8217; Ink podcast this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FUCK THOSE OTHER CHUCK WENDIGS.&#8221; Er, what I mean is, did you read my interview with Gabino Iglesias? At LitReactor? Well, why the hell not? DO YOU HATE FUN. <a href=\"https:\/\/litreactor.com\/interviews\/interview-fuck-those-other-chuck-wendigs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go read it<\/a>. I&#8217;ll wait here. Also, though I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s publicly available as yet, the Most Excellent Mister Iglesias reviewed\u00a0<strong>The Book of Accidents<\/strong> at Locus, and here is a portion of that wonderful takeaway:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The Book of Accidents is about a family fighting something much bigger than them while also struggling with their personal demons. It\u2019s a wildly entertaining narrative about entropy, death, and the most horrible things humanity can do, which balances things out by showing the power of love, family, and friendship. Wendig is already a house- hold name, but he\u2019s not resting of his laurels, and this one might just be his best book yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/entertainment\/books\/2021\/08\/05\/step-on-to-the-glassy-burning-floor-of-hell-among-other-dark-places-in-these-latest-new-books-for-horror-lovers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star also reviewed TBOA<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Wendig somehow keeps this dizzying circle of subplots and characters in flight without dropping a ball, ensuring that you can put off all those projects you promised to finish this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scifibulletin.com\/2021\/08\/10\/todays-reviews-open-the-book-of-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sci-Fi Bulletin reviewed it thusly<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Wendig has a knack of powering through narrative in a way that you feel as if you\u2019re going to miss out if you did put the book down&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today is also your\u00a0<em>two-month<\/em> notice that\u00a0<strong>Dust &amp; Grim<\/strong> is coming out into the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbyr.com\/titles\/chuck-wendig\/dust-grim\/9780316706230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. But if you want a signed and personalized copy, you can always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doylestownbookshop.com\/book\/9780316706230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy from Doylestown Bookshop<\/a>. They can also do signed\/personalized copies of any of my books, provided said books are available and in-print.<\/p>\n<p>But, you might say,\u00a0<em>whyyyy<\/em> do I want to buy this book? Uhh, I dunno, because you like MONSTERS and CEMETERIES and STORIES OF SINISTER INHERITANCE and something called a FLORG. But don&#8217;t take my word for it, as Levar Burton might say:<\/p>\n<p>Because the book has received two starred reviews so far!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/chuck-wendig\/dust-grim\/\">Kirkus<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Chills and thrills ensue when long-separated siblings find themselves custodians of a very special funeral home and cemetery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Booklist:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2021\/08\/10\/dust-grim-book-of-accidents-and-where-i-will-pop-up\/booklist-starred-review-dust-grim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Booklist Starred Review &#8211; Dust &#038; Grim\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?fit=700%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39637\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?resize=700%2C394\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Booklist-Starred-Review-Dust-Grim.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A reminder that the cover art\u00a0<em>and<\/em> interior art of D&amp;G is by the inimitable <a href=\"https:\/\/jensineeckwall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jensine Eckwall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As always, writers die in the deepest and moistest abyss of obscurity if we don&#8217;t have the support from readers, so please do check out these books and if you like them &#8212; or any book by any author! &#8212; please yell and scream and deposit a review somewhere from your review cloaca (pretty sure that&#8217;s how that works, hashtag science) and tell your friends and family and pets and any stray passersby.<\/p>\n<p>OKAY THANK YOU BYE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, hold still while I duct tape this CRUCIAL WENDIG UPDATE to your face. Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s reversed so you can read it, sheesh. So pushy. Anyway, hey, hi, hello. Some quick updates for your FACE, as noted: This Thursday, the 12th, I&#8217;ll be joining the Peculiar Book Club, hosted by Brandy Schillace &#8212; it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-theramble","9":"has-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dust-Grim-Cover.jpg?fit=1410%2C2048&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-ajh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39635"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39644,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39635\/revisions\/39644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}