Christopher Moore's Blog

I’m starting to feel like Billy Mays, that guy that sells Oxy Clean on TV by screaming at you. (Who, I would, by the way, like to see in a death match with Chris Matthews,  a yell-off, if you will.) But still. Can you believe it?!!!  William Morrow is going to give away a bunch […]

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Everyone is saying two things about the economy. First, it won’t get better until people start spending money, and it won’t get better until banks start lending money. I know that you guys are going to do your part by buying Fool when it comes out, and books are expensive. You guys are going to […]

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Me talking about my book, Fool.

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I watched the Inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. There were singers singing about freedom, and actors reading the words of great Americans from the past. And above it that great stone effigy of Lincoln scowling down like a great prophet who had delivered his message of freedom and was waiting to see how badly […]

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Due to the overwhelming whinage in the blog comments, we’re going to make signed copies of Fool available to you guys who are outside of the tour area. I probably won’t be able to personalize them, but they’ll be firsts and they’ll be signed by me. Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore will be handling the transactions and […]

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Well kids, here’s my Christmas present to you. It’s not much, but it’s what I do. The chapter will be footnoted in the book, with some of the more obscure terms defined, but I couldnt’ figure out how to get the footnotes to hyperlink in the blog, so they’re at the end of the chapter. […]

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It’s  Christmas Eve, kiddies, and I’m signing in to wish you all a very merry and whatnot (or a happy third night of Hanukah for the Chosen.) I’m totally in the spirit of giving and generosity. I relish the company of friends and family, and I believe that we should take this time to be […]

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Hey Kids, It’s that time again, and in honor of our favorite brain-eating holiday season, here’s a candy-striped peppermint bunch of Zombie Haiku, with selections by Billy Collins and your very Own Author Guy, as well as some talented writers and comedians.(Thanks to Ryan Mecham for putting this site together.) ZOMBIE HAIKU And while we’re […]

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The Dog Drank Koolaid So I got an e-mail today from a Peace Corps volunteer in Guyana, who thought it was a little ironic that he was writing me, in the Bay Area, on the 30th Anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre. He signed the letter, “Don’t drink the Koolaid.” And I sort of shuddered. I […]

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The holidays are looming, kids, and once again Books Inc in San Francisco has agreed to ship signed, bibley leather Lambs to you, for that special someone, or for yourself, because some punk bastard stole yours. This edition has a special second afterword, written five years after release of the book, gold edged pages, and […]

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