{"id":1122,"date":"2019-04-30T13:18:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:26:41","slug":"stranger-things-summer-events-edge-lit-san-diego-comic-con-mysterious-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/2019\/04\/30\/stranger-things-summer-events-edge-lit-san-diego-comic-con-mysterious-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things: Summer events: Edge-Lit, San Diego Comic Con, Mysterious Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My <strong><em>Stranger Things<\/em><\/strong> prequel novel, <strong><em>Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/em><\/strong>, drops in just four weeks today (that&#8217;s Tuesday May 28th). And&#8230; good grief, that came around fast. You can find the cover, blurb, and some pre-order links below.<\/p>\n<p>But before that, I&#8217;ve got a few post-release summer events lined up.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I&#8217;m a guest at <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.derbyquad.co.uk\/whats-on\/events\/edge-lit-8\">Edge-Lit in Derby on Saturday, July 13th<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span> This is the 8th iteration, and although I haven&#8217;t been for a while, it remains one of my favourite one-day SFF bookish events. The schedule will be going up shortly, but in the meantime you can feast your eyes on the rather spectacular <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.derbyquad.co.uk\/whats-on\/events\/edge-lit-8\">list of guests<\/a><\/strong><\/span> lined up for this year. I&#8217;ll be there the whole day, taking part in a panel and &#8211; wait for it &#8211; running a workshop for&#8230; well, anyone interested in the craft of writing or the business of publishing. It&#8217;ll be a pretty loose affair, but I figured that having had fifteen novels, two novellas, one novelette, one comic series, and one short story published, I must know&#8230; something about something? Maybe. Hey, let&#8217;s find out, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Edge-Lit 8 starts at 10am and tickets will cost you <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.derbyquad.co.uk\/book\/13900\">\u00a330 from Derby Quad.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As spotted by the<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"> <a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/sdccblog.com\/2019\/02\/under-the-tents-viz-media-weta-workshop-con-rangers-mark-evanier-gallery-nucleus\/\">SDCC Unofficial Blog back in February<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, I&#8217;ll be at San Diego Comic Con this year. The con runs July 18 &#8211; 21, and I&#8217;ll post my schedule of events closer to the time.<\/p>\n<p>On the Monday after the con closes (July 22nd), <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mystgalaxy.com\/Wendig-07-2019\">Chuck Wendig and I will be in conversation<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>at the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystgalaxy.com\/About-Us\">Mysterious Galaxy bookstore<\/a>, 5943 Balboa Ave Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92111, at 7pm, to talk about <em><strong>Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/\">Chuck&#8217;s<\/a><\/span><\/strong> new book, <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/555273\/wanderers-by-chuck-wendig\/9780399182105\/\"><em><strong>Wanderers<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span>, which is out July 2nd. Although the event is free, the signing afterwards <em>is<\/em> ticketed. You can find more info out at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystgalaxy.com\/Wendig-07-2019\">Mysterious Galaxy website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, I have read <em>Wanderers<\/em> and it is awesome. Everyone needs to buy this book. I&#8217;m serious.<\/p>\n<p>More events coming!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"921\" height=\"1391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-300x453.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-150x227.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-600x906.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-900x1359.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/STDOTEOT-20x30.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b>Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show\u00a0Stranger Things.\u00a0<\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<em><b>Christmas, Hawkins, 1984.<\/b>\u00a0All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper\u2019s protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked \u201cNew York\u201d out of the basement\u2014and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does \u201cVietnam\u201d mean? And why has he never talked about New York?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Although he\u2019d rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can\u2019t deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York\u2014the last big case before everything changed\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b>Summer, New York City, 1977<\/b>. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Soon Hopper is undercover among New York\u2019s notorious street gangs. But just as he&#8217;s about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he\u2019s faced before.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>US pre-orders:<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07K5ZZ3X3?tag=randohouseinc7986-20\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>| <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-8373827-11819508?sid=PRHEFFDF5A7F1&amp;url=http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/?ean=9781984819062\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>| <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/books\/1130951054?ean=9780593157060\">Barnes &amp; Noble Exclusive Edition<\/a><\/span><\/strong> |\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-8373827-10876509?SID=PRHEFFDF5A7F1--9781984819062&amp;url=http:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/9781984819062\">Books-a-Million<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>| <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonbooksellers.com\/book\/9781984819062?utm_source=prh&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_term=301&amp;utm_content=PRHEFFDF5A7F1--9781984819062&amp;utm_campaign=9781984819062\">Hudson Booksellers<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>|<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781984819062?aff=penguinrandom\">IndieBound<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>| <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/-9781984819062?utm_source=randomhouse&amp;utm_campaign=randomhouse&amp;utm_content=PRHEFFDF5A7F1--9781984819062\">Powell&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>| <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/goto.target.com\/c\/128773\/81938\/2092?subId1=PRHEFFDF5A7F1--9781984819062&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9781984819062\">Target<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>| <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/linksynergy.walmart.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&amp;subid=0&amp;offerid=183959.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=273&amp;u1=PRHEFFDF5A7F1--9781984819062&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&amp;RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9781984819062%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920\">Walmart<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>UK pre-orders:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/178089998X?tag=prhmarketing2552-21\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">|<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=3787&amp;awinaffid=117976&amp;clickref=penguin-book-page&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2F9781780899985\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Waterstones<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> |<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hive.co.uk\/Search?keyword=9781780899985\">Hive<\/a><\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Stranger Things prequel novel, Darkness on the Edge of Town, drops in just four weeks today (that&#8217;s Tuesday May 28th). And&#8230; good grief, that came around fast. You can find the cover, blurb, and some pre-order links below. But before that, I&#8217;ve got a few post-release summer events lined up. Firstly, I&#8217;m a guest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,94,99],"tags":[96,107,97,105,108],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-stranger-things","tag-darkness-on-the-edge-of-town","tag-events","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-sdcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adamchristopher.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}