And how anyone can be an instant celebrity.Ī Simon & Schuster audio production. The ratings of your feed (combined with how much the city interface overhears people talking about you) determines your social status-so everyone knows at all times how famous they are.Īs Scott Westerfeld explored the themes of extreme beauty in the first three Uglies books, now he takes on the world's obsession with fame and popularity. One of the features of the new world is that everyone has a 'feed,' which is basically their own blog/myspace/tv channel.

Culture is splintering, the cities becoming radically different from each other as each makes its own way into this strange and unpredictable future. Boundless human creativity, new technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world.

I don’t do packages and stamps very well. But it’s not like I’m going to manufacture things and then (shudder) mail them. With YOUNGBLOODS, Scott Westerfeld brings back his most iconic character and merges the IMPOSTORS and UGLIES series into a breathtaking tale of rivalry, rebellion, and repercussion. The cure has spread from city to city, and the pretty regime that kept humanity in a state of bubbleheadedness has ended. Wearable Extras - Scott Westerfeld Wearable Extras Posted on Augby scott So I’ve been fooling around with making my own promotional shirts for a while, and sometimes people want to buy them from me. When Aya sees a group of girls surfing the super-fast mag-lev trains, she infiltrates their group in order to kick their story. In this book, Aya is the younger sister of a highly successful kicker who wants to come up with a face changing kick of her own. Scott Westerfeld is the author of the Leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Extras, the final book in the Uglies series, is set a couple of years after the 'mind-rain,' a few earth-shattering months in which the whole world woke up. Extras by Scott Westerfeld is the fourth book in the Uglies Series.

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