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Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS!

2011-10-19 · Q&A · John · 3:02 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: recurring series, self promotion, community lore, civic or action cta

In a Question Wednesday, John reveals the cover of The Fault in Our Stars, designed by Rodrigo Corral, announces that Penguin will let Nerdfighteria design the new cover of An Abundance of Katherines, and answers comic and serious viewer questions (e-readers, the Oxford comma, signing the first printing).

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; signing madness causes terrible fashion sense; Question Wednesday: books or e-readers, Rubik's Cube, is there a TFiOS cover, laser-armed porcupine

  • ★★ John says one of the symptoms of 'signing madness' is terrible fashion sense. (playful) — 00:00:00 · signing madness
  • ★★ Asked 'books or e-readers?', John says he doesn't really care how people read, only whether they read. — 00:00:00

00:00:30 — Reveal of the cover of The Fault in Our Stars, designed by Rodrigo Corral, with Julie Strauss-Gabel's permission

  • ★★★ With his publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel's permission, given two minutes earlier, John reveals the cover of The Fault in Our Stars and hopes viewers like it as much as he does. — 00:00:30 · The Fault in Our Stars, Julie Strauss-Gabel
  • ★★ The cover was designed by Rodrigo Corral, John's favourite book designer, who designed the covers of Oscar Wao, Super Sad True Love Story, The Glass Castle and The Marriage Plot; John is grateful and in love with it. — 00:00:30 · Rodrigo Corral, The Fault in Our Stars

00:01:02 — Penguin lets Nerdfighteria design the new cover of An Abundance of Katherines (abundanceofcovers.com); please submit; pizza in pockets

00:01:32 — More questions: stopped liking pizza (gallbladder), the Oxford comma, signing the whole first printing, a missing archaeology classmate, a Hanklerfished and Yetified copy, who is Hank, brevity; another Question Tuesday next week; sign-off

  • ★★ Asked by a viewer who grew to hate pizza, John says he once stopped liking pizza because he had a diseased gallbladder and needed abdominal surgery, so yes, something is wrong. (playful) — 00:01:32 · Pizza John
  • ★★★ On the Oxford comma, John values clarity in writing, but debating it reminds him life is a finite set of moments; brainpower spent on it would be better spent curing malaria. — 00:01:32 · malaria
  • ★★ Asked whether he really will sign the entire first printing of The Fault in Our Stars, John answers 'Oh, yes!' — 00:02:01 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★ A viewer met a fellow Nerdfighter in archaeology class through her pizza shirt, but he has missed five weeks; John urges the unnamed boy to go to class. (playful) — 00:02:01 · Pizza John
  • ★★ There will be exactly one Hanklerfished and Yetified copy of The Fault in Our Stars. (playful) — 00:02:30 · The Fault in Our Stars, Hanklerfish, Sarah Urist Green
  • ★★ John says he will do a Question Tuesday next week (week of 24 October 2011) as well and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in comments. — 00:02:30 · Question Tuesday, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Asked whether he can solve a Rubik's Cube, John says yes, but only one way. — 00:00:00

    “only in the give a million monkeys a million typewriters for a million years and eventually one of them will write Hamlet way”

  • A viewer grew to hate pizza; John recalls he stopped liking pizza because of a diseased gallbladder. — 00:01:32

    “Listen, I'm not a doctor, but if you stop liking pizza, is there something wrong with you? Yes!”

  • Instead of debating the Oxford comma, humanity's brainpower could go to curing malaria or something else. — 00:02:01

    “or writing really good Arrested Development slash fiction, we might come out ahead as a species.”

  • Asked 'who the F is Hank?', John answers as if Hank were the island of Elba. — 00:02:30

    “Hank may be the largest island in the Tuscan archipelago, but Hank wasn't big enough for Napoleon.”

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: An Abundance of Katherines · The Fault in Our Stars

Also: People: Julie Strauss-Gabel · Napoleon · Sarah Urist Green

Works: Arrested Development · Hamlet (play) · Hanklerfish · Super Sad True Love Story · The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao · The Glass Castle · The Marriage Plot

Organizations: Penguin Books

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: doobly-doo · Pizza John

Concepts: e-reader · malaria · serial comma

Places: Tuscan Archipelago

Products: Rubik's Cube

Only in the description or credits: Rodrigo Corral

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