All statements about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

128 statements about A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor in 47 videos, by upload date.

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2018

2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank: Asked whether a sequel to his book is in the works, Hank says yes. — 00:02:17
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — announcement: Hank: Asked what the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will be named, Hank says he has a working name, but his publisher, editor and agent have told him it is bad. — 00:01:13

2019

2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — Hank says sequels are wild: he recently made up a person for the book, found it didn't work, and got rid of them; deciding who exists is his job. (playful) — 00:02:58
2019-04-23 · untitled — John: Hank is sorting through titles for the sequel to his number one New York Times best-selling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; helping him, John re-realized he is terrible at titles. — 00:00:00
2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John asks viewers to suggest in the comments a title for the Partners In Health Sierra Leone project, or for Hank's sequel. — 00:02:55
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — announcement: Hank says his book will have a sequel he is working on, which led him to list, with Twitter questions, what he wishes he had known writing his first book. — 00:00:00
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — The description says the second book has been easier for Hank than the first, unusually, partly because its characters already existed. — video description
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — announcement: Hank has no news on the sequel but is working on it; a very long video on Hank's channel answers many more writing questions from Twitter. — 00:03:29
2019-06-21 · How to Lie While Telling the Truth — announcement: Hank thinks he will share a little of his next book on the tour. (hedged) — 00:03:46
2019-10-29 · The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef — Hank tells John he has finished a draft of his book, the biggest news of his year. — 00:02:55
2019-10-29 · The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef — ask: Hank invites viewers to ask questions about the book, which he will probably talk about on Thursday. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank: As he briefly mentioned last video, Hank has finished a draft: some 140,000 words with a beginning, middle and end, some of which will almost certainly be in the final book. — 00:00:00
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank has started revising and really enjoys the story; it is a mess, but he thinks it will be good. — 00:00:29
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked when the book is out, Hank says he doesn't know: much sooner now the draft is done, but much remains, including many people reading it first. (unsure) — 00:00:58
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank is not allowed to say the title yet; he will tell viewers as soon as he knows for sure, rather than float one they might hate. — 00:00:58
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: The first book is 330-something pages; the sequel will probably be over 400, a more involved story with more happening and more points of view. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether it will be a trilogy, Hank says no: this is it. — 00:01:48
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank says internet discourse did change his perspective: the first book was about the internet as it is, the sequel imagines the social internet far in the future, though the book isn't set far ahead. — 00:02:31
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank thinks the cover will be orange. (hedged) — 00:02:31
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether new characters join the main gang, Hank says yes. — 00:02:31
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank: The hardest part: several previous characters are now point-of-view characters writing the book themselves, and holding four or five voices in his head is hard; he has had to learn a lot. — 00:03:00
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank hopes the book will be on shelves within the next 12 months. (hedged) — 00:03:30
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says Hank has just finished a sequel to his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:02:39
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John can't remember being this excited to read a book since perhaps Deathly Hallows. (hedged) — 00:02:39
2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank announces his new book, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, 2020, with pre-order links and a synopsis in the description; he'll talk about it more soon. — 00:03:07
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — ask: John pins his own channel comment, too excited not to, telling viewers to pre-order A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor at hankgreen.com. — video description
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — John: Asked in the comments whether he has read any of the book, John says no: he heard the first chapter for the first time like everyone else. — creator comment
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor now has a cover, designed by Kaitlin Kall; followers on social media may have seen it. — 00:00:02
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank: The book is not completely done but done enough to read its first chapter, which he has taped inside a mock-up of the book. — 00:00:13
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank reads the first chapter of his second book, the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:00:27
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank: Chapter three, where questions start getting answered, will have to wait for the book's release on July 7, 2020. — 00:03:27
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — ask: Hank says viewers don't have to wait for release: they can pre-order the book now. — 00:03:39

2020

2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — announcement: John says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, such a good title, comes out in July. — 00:02:29
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — announcement: John will tour with both Hank and Sarah, hoping to help their books have good beginnings. — 00:02:35
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — announcement: Hank: The thing Hank would like to end is the line edits for his book. — 00:00:44
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank, not a high-stress person, finds that too much: it is the biggest ending he is working toward in 2020, and he is kind of terrified of it. — 00:03:04
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank likes the book a lot: it is much more ambitious than his first and says interesting and important things we need to be thinking about now. — 00:03:14
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — announcement: John cuts in: Hank made a whole video about his book without naming it, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7 and available for pre-order now. (playful) — 00:03:40
2020-01-14 · Foolish · Beautiful — announcement: Hank says his new book goes fairly deeply into whether humanity is worth saving, and that he is almost done with it. — 00:02:47
2020-01-14 · Foolish · Beautiful — announcement: Hank says he will send John the book, probably on Monday. (hedged) — 00:02:54
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — Hank struggles to open a heavy box marked A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and finds another box inside. (playful) — 00:00:00
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — The description says Hank did signed copies for other markets last year (2019) but doesn't think that will happen this year (2020); he is at the mercy of how publishing works. (hedged) — video description
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — In a comment, Hank says he is already working on the video with the permanent-marker test results. — creator comment
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — Hank enters the Vlogbrothers tradition of signing tens of thousands of sheets of paper and signs one on camera. — 00:00:29
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — Hank: Since few people ever have to sign tens of thousands of sheets, Hank will test every permanent marker he could find to learn which is best, something he jokes no one has ever known. (playful) — 00:01:12
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — announcement: Hank says his book is called A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and comes out July 7th, 2020. — 00:01:41
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — ask: Hank says signed copies are available for pre-order now and asks viewers to pre-order one; anyone with an unsigned pre-order can cancel it. — 00:02:10
2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — Hank has a Y2K countdown calendar set to his book's release, 130 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds away. — 00:03:09
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — announcement: John says he and Sarah will tour together in support of the book, with dates announced March 9th on her Instagram. — 00:03:24
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — recommendation: John has just finished A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and says it is so great that, like the last book, it seems impossible it was written by his brother, who is kind of a doofus. — 00:02:10
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — ask: John tells viewers to pre-order Hank's book, signed copies of which are available for pre-order now. — 00:02:28
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — announcement: John says they are going on tour for Hank's book in July, maybe. (hedged) — 00:02:30
2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — announcement: The description invites viewers to join Sarah, John and special guests on the book's virtual tour. — video description
2020-04-14 · books that help — announcement: The description says Sarah's virtual book tour features John and others. — video description
2020-04-24 · The Sharpest Tool in the Shed — announcement: Hank says he has signed a lot of sheets for the signed edition of his new book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7th, which can be ordered now via links in the description. — 00:00:00
2020-04-24 · The Sharpest Tool in the Shed — announcement: The description says signed copies are available only in the US, with signed copies also at local and indie bookstores. — video description
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank has finished his last edits to his book and sent them in; it is officially 60 days, two months, from publication. — 00:03:04
2020-05-19 · Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun — ask: In a comment John says Hank's wonderful book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out in under two months and can be preordered in the US while supporting a local bookstore. — creator comment
2020-05-22 · The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture — ask: Hank says his book is out July 7th and available for pre-order now, including at bookshop.org, where the price matches Amazon but supports local bookshops. — 00:03:21
2020-05-26 · you'll never know — ask: The description says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out on July 7th and a signed copy can be preordered today. — video description
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank tells John it is 25 days until July 7, when the Carl saga concludes and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is released. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — ask: Hank says signed editions of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor can be pre-ordered all over, now including Waterstones in the UK. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank and John will hold a launch event on July 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern, here, open to everyone. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank announces an all-digital book tour, so everyone can come: ticketed events July 6 with John, July 8 with Ashley Ford, July 9 with Roman Mars and July 10 with Cory Doctorow, with local bookstores. — 00:03:28
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank: Every ticket buyer gets a signed copy of the book in the mail, and the first 500 sign-ups at each venue get a lapel pin available no other way. — 00:03:28
2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — announcement: The description lists the registration-only tour stops July 6-10 with John, Ashley C. Ford, Roman Mars and Cory Doctorow, plus the free July 7 YouTube launch. — video description
2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — announcement: Hank tells John his author copies of the book are in, with the actual words; it is a little longer than the first, not by design: there was just a lot of story to tell. — 00:03:08
2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — announcement: Hank: The book got its first review, from Library Journal, praising the adventurous, witty, compelling novel's sharp commentary on social media; Hank calls it fair. — 00:03:08
2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — ask: Hank points to the description for the digital book tour and how to preorder the book. — 00:03:41
2020-06-30 · i like it — recommendation: In a comment John says A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is available for preorder wherever books are sold, in the US supporting local bookstores via bookshop.org. — creator comment
2020-06-30 · i like it — John reread Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor over the weekend and thinks it is the rare sequel that improves upon the original. — 00:00:41
2020-06-30 · i like it — John calls the book funny, heartwarming, moving and a big adventure, but most of all an astonishingly sophisticated analysis of what the internet does to us and our social orders. — 00:00:49
2020-06-30 · i like it — John: From how platforms use our attention to how online experience both humanizes and dehumanizes others, John says the book captures what now feels like for him. — 00:01:02
2020-06-30 · i like it — John: Hank didn't foresee a pandemic but saw something coming; the book helped John see contemporary life as more than merely foolish, if less than merely beautiful. — 00:01:12
2020-06-30 · i like it — announcement: John: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out on July 7th, one week from today; John is so excited for people to read it. — 00:01:38
2020-06-30 · i like it — announcement: John: Hank is doing a virtual live tour and John is joining him for much of it; more at hankgreen.com. — 00:01:41
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — The description says releasing a book while running businesses in a pandemic and launching a new channel has not been chill, but Hank is surprisingly not nervous, just excited. — video description
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out in four days; Hank is very excited and very nervous, though really good reviews so far have taken off some weight. — 00:01:24
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: The audiobook cast is announced, with many voices: five point-of-view characters plus epigraphs between chapters, like a fundraiser transcript with made-up Senator William Casey. — 00:01:56
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: A book resource guide at altusfuture.net has a book club kit, character playlists and Zoom backgrounds. — 00:02:27
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: The virtual book tour is still happening; more at hankgreen.com. — 00:02:35
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: Tickets bought for the July 6th event Hank and John are doing together may have been refunded and need buying again; Hank is sorry. — 00:02:38
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — ask: Hank asks ticket holders to check their inbox for an email from The Strand, the bookstore hosting the event, to make sure they are still signed up. — 00:02:44
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — Hank: This has obviously been a really stressful time for Hank, but strangely he feels little book stress and is really excited for the book to get out. — 00:02:52
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank sponsored a bunch of small independent podcasts for the book and has been a guest on many; podcast listeners may find him hard to miss. — 00:03:09
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — Hank: On his office floor are the last sheets he edited; his most common self-editing note is 'loose', which he can't define, but you don't want it loose. (playful) — 00:03:32
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — Delfina V. Barbiero (quoted): Delfina V. Barbiero's USA Today review calls the book's world grounded in reality, written before the pandemic yet with many parallels, and a hopeful read. — 00:00:00
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — announcement: John: Hank's second novel comes out today, and Hank and John will be live at 7 p.m. Eastern on the Vlogbrothers channel to celebrate. — 00:00:00
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — ask: The description asks viewers to register for tonight's free livestream launch or attend other virtual tour events, and to order the book via bookshop.org to support local bookstores. — video description
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: It really is a hopeful novel, John says, and he needs hope not abstractly but to get out of bed in the morning. — 00:00:29
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: The book manages one of the hardest tricks in fiction and life: never denying horror, suffering and injustice while acknowledging beauty, wonder and kindness; that hope is useful. — 00:00:29
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John quotes Booklist's starred review, which calls it a raucous, boldly inventive tale of alien technology, social media and influencers, the limits of the mind and what humans will do to get what they want. — 00:00:58
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John thinks it is harder to make readers laugh out loud than cry; the book did both to him. — 00:00:58
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: The book is a parable for our time, but its characters are drawn so carefully that John cares about them on their own terms, in their own world. — 00:01:27
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: The bigger, more ambitious sequel has John thinking not just about how he uses his phone but how he uses his consciousness, to what ends and to whose benefit. — 00:02:26
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John quotes Book Riot: in plot and form the book warns against consolidating human power, argues for collaboration in storytelling and problem solving, and offers escapism, stinging social commentary and cautious optimism. — 00:02:53
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — announcement: John: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is available now wherever books are sold, and they launch it tonight at 7pm at youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:03:13
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank has spent the week doing little but talking about his new book, which he has loved, because for two years he wrote it without being able to talk about it. — 00:00:00
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank: A topic Hank keeps getting to talk about is ideas: people ask where he gets his ideas, and the book's characters talk about where ideas come from. — 00:00:00
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank: One character in the book struggles with feeling he can't come up with original ideas, only synthesize what's around him into his own take. — 00:00:29
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank: The other character's system: a well-understood, carefully selected problem plus all her tools, shaken in the brain bucket until something falls out; if not, change the problem, its scope or the toolkit. — 00:01:11
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank says, beyond the book, the two are the same: the first character modifies his toolkit without identifying his core problem, which is that it is suddenly his job to have interesting takes. — 00:01:41
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank: Both of Hank's books talk a lot about music on purpose: music is the clearest example of how every creation is a collaboration with the past. — 00:02:45
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — John: With the book out a week, John shares his favorite line from Hank's novel: you will struggle with not feeling productive until you accept your own joy can be something you produce. — 00:01:56
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — John: Hank's line gave John permission to produce joy even when worried and when so much is horrible; he must make room for seeking and making joy, because that cultivates hope. — 00:02:55
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — announcement: John notes that Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is a New York Times bestseller and congratulates him. — 00:00:00
2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — The description says Hank is happy so many people are reading his book, thanks everyone for their feedback, and points to hankgreen.com to buy it. — video description
2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — Hank loves talking about his book and hearing people talk about it, and spends a lot of time reading what people say about it. — 00:00:29
2020-08-07 · Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead — Hank says reviews of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor have been very good, but he has run into some that made him feel bad. — 00:00:00
2020-08-07 · Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead — Hank says a review he saw today found his book's ending unexciting; he disagrees but won't try to convince the reviewer, since that is how they experienced it. — 00:01:34
2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — Hank: A few weeks after his second book came out Hank started a new project, then stopped, feeling he could not write it until after the election because the world would differ so much depending on the result. — 00:00:00
2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — recommendation: The description recommends Sarah Urist Green's book of art assignments You Are an Artist and Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, both wonderful. — video description
2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John: Sarah's book You Are an Artist and Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor both came out, but the touring John planned for them did not happen. — 00:01:56

2021

2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John: Avoiding spoilers, John says adult Hank has arguably written the two greatest superior fish being novels of the century, with few actual fish beings. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:58
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John says Hank's novels brilliantly explore how online you can never fully leave your past behind: everything you said is still being said, heard in the listener's present. — 00:02:55
2021-04-30 · Are We the Baddies?? A Quick Look at a Discourse — Hank: In the Carl books the antagonist mostly wants to matter, largely the same motivation as the protagonist, which Hank calls a fun dynamic. — 00:00:58
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — announcement: Hank says his two novels telling one story, the first about the internet now and the second about what it might become, are both available in paperback as of this week (week of 12 July 2021), wherever books are sold. — 00:03:13
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank joined TikTok shortly before his second novel came out and used it to promote the book, unashamed of using his social media skill for work he thinks many people should read. — 00:00:00

2022

2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank runs through early prompts: DFTBA, Pizza John Yourself, Breezy Fall Day (a reference to his second novel), Just the Word Pelican, Surprise Fiddle Concert, Nerdfighteria and Pizzamas. — 00:00:58
2022-12-09 · Things are Changing Very Fast — Hank says he wrote two books about how, when new things arrive (a pandemic, social change, a powerful technology, an alien), people retreat to the camps where they feel safest, the more so the more confused they are. — 00:00:00
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says he has come to see Hank's two-book series as books that are getting better over time, without comparing Hank to Fitzgerald or Butler. — 00:02:26
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says he first loved them as fun adventure stories about internet culture and fame, articulating celebrity and the fracturing of attention as no book had before. — 00:02:26
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says the books also explore how wealthy individuals form symbiotic ties with angry, disenfranchised groups to build divisive affinity networks, and how sudden technological shifts are destructive yet thrilling. — 00:02:55
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says that, at least so far, as Hank's books have aged they feel more contemporary, which is astonishing. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2022-12-23 · You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) — Hank says he wrote his first book to show more clearly what the internet is actually like, and his second is more about what he thinks it is going to be like. — 00:00:00
2022-12-23 · You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) — Hank finds it legitimately weird to watch parallels to his second book come true. — 00:00:00

2024

2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — Hank: For a character with visible facial trauma in his second book, Hank talked to Phyllida Swift, whose appearance changed after a car accident and who is CEO of Face Equality International. — 00:04:09

2025

2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John calls A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor the wonderful and thrilling sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:00:29