Hero-Type Paperbacks Arrive!

The doorbell just rang and guess what? It was my Friendly Neighborhood UPS Man (he really is friendly -- I'm not just going for a Spider-Man riff) with a box for yours truly. And in that box...

Yep, that's me holding up a copy of Hero-Type in paperback. And when my comp copies arrive, that usually means that the book is either already on bookstore shelves or will be shortly. So if you missed Hero-Type when it came out in hardcover or if you were waiting for the paperback, now's a great time to give it a chance.

It also makes an excellent holiday gift for the budding social activist in your life. :)

I flipped through the book and I have to say that the folks at Graphia (the imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that publishes my paperbacks) did a fabulous job. I absolutely adore the new cover, for one thing. They rewrote my original flap copy, keeping the spirit of it, but making it -- in my opinion -- much more effective. There's now a very cool pictorial of my other books on the inside front cover. Plus, there's a preview of Goth Girl Rising at the end of the book. It's just a nice package.

You know, Hero-Type occupies a very strange place in my career-to-date. Fanboy is "the first book." Boy Toy is "the controversial book." Goth Girl Rising is "the sequel." That leaves Hero-Type without an identity. It's "the political book," but that doesn't sound sexy, does it? I think as a result a lot of people missed out on it when it first came out.

Hell, I feel like I missed out on it! When Hero-Type hit the shelves, I was swamped with the fallout from Boy Toy and I was also hard at work on Goth Girl Rising. I barely remember Hero-Type's debut. So for me, this is a nice opportunity to get re-acquainted with my third novel.

If you have yet to meet Kross, Leah, and the Council of Fools, it's your opportunity, too. I hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think of the book.

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Wolverine
By: Theo.Macdonald on Tue December 08, 2009, 21:26:19

So where does Wolverine: Worst Day Ever fit in, the "tie in novel offered from a major company?" I just finished Goth Girl Rising and it's thoroughly excellent, but I'm curious, did Kyra read Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnals before or after her cutting. I say this because in the 24 hour day issue, the TV character says (under Dee's influence)"remember to slice down, not across." Sorry about the nitpicking.

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Re: Hero-Type Paperbacks Arrive!
By: Barry on Tue December 08, 2009, 21:42:42

@Theo: Wolverine is "the novel I did for pure fun." :)

As to the Kyra suicide timeline: She would have made her attempt a few years AFTER reading Sandman in its entirety, long after that single panel would have faded (especially in the emotional heat of a suicide attempt, when she wasn't thinking clearly). As the lunch scene with Cal and Fanboy showed, Kyra isn't necessarily the closest reader.

Or maybe Fanboy was right all along. Maybe she knew and it WAS a cry for help, and she can't admit that even to herself...

Good question. :)