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Alien Invasion

An update on my next book

February 18, 2012

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tags: books , philosophy

I talked to my publisher this week and got news that Alien Phenomenology is scheduled to land in the warehouse by March 7. It should be shipping to booksellers immediately thereafter. If you preorder from Amazon.com, you'll see it ship out that very week. While I can't make any promises, sometimes these dates move up thanks to happy accident, so it might even become available sooner. I've gone ahead and started shilling the book in the promotional space at right. It's currently around US$13 on Amazon.com.

In addition to a firmer publication date, Minnesota has also published the jacket endorsement, which I paste below.

"This book needs to be read by many different audiences since it is not only fascinating but also of considerable significance. As the task of thinking through things as actors in their own right according to Ian Bogost's maxim 'all things exist, yet they do not exist equally' becomes a real intellectual project so the implications of this stance start to multiply. In turn, they begin to produce the outlines of a landscape in which things aren't just are. Rather, they form an active cartography which is always and everywhere--an alien ontography."
—Nigel Thrift, Vice Chancellor, University of Warwick

And finally, as I hinted recently, an unusual, special hardcover edition of the book will follow, hopefully during the summer. It attempts to embrace the theory of carpentry I describe within, upon the very object that describes it.

Comments (14)

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Excellent news, Ian. Can't wait to get a copy.

Joseph C Goodson on February 18, 2012 2:19 PM

Thrift is quite an endorsement. I'd be interested to know what you think the relationship is between your own philosophical work and Thrift's non-representational theory. It certainly seems to me like your both working in the same general domain.

Adrian Forest on February 18, 2012 2:21 PM

Adrian, yes, the Thrift endorsement is huge and I'm enormously grateful for it. To answer your question, I think one of the obvious similarities is related to the shift from representation to practice in the humanities.

Ian Bogost on February 18, 2012 2:40 PM

What a great endorsement, Ian! I am imagining that the special hardcover edition might be a pop-up book, of sorts...

Christopher Schaberg on February 18, 2012 3:11 PM

The cover is brilliant. I will be ordering my copy as soon as it is out!

Paul Ennis on February 18, 2012 4:03 PM

Paul, that reminds me that I should check on UK, Canada, and Australia availability.

Ian Bogost on February 18, 2012 4:48 PM

Yeh, update on the Brit version, please and make sure you save some of the 'specials' for us over here!

Paul Caplan on February 18, 2012 4:56 PM

Chris, the special hardcover edition will be much weirder than that!

Ian Bogost on February 18, 2012 4:57 PM

Any ETA for the Kindle version?

Carl on February 18, 2012 11:23 PM

Best option to UK and AUS, for now at least, is Book Depository US, here.

Ian Bogost on February 18, 2012 11:24 PM

Carl, the Kindle edition should be available right around the same time as the print. The uncertainty here has to do with Amazon rather than Minnesota, since the former is responsible for a part of the Kindle release process, even though they make their customers believe that they aren't.

So, more simply put, Kindle on the same general timeframe.

Ian Bogost on February 18, 2012 11:29 PM

Ok, UK and AUS stock should be available by early April. Until then, Book Depository is your best bet (see link in a comment above).

Ian Bogost on February 20, 2012 3:09 PM

Excellent news, Ian. I will share it with my friends.

Nadia on February 20, 2012 9:28 PM

Thanks for the response. Looking forward to the book.

Carl on February 20, 2012 10:10 PM

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