Blind Date with a Book (GIVE AWAY)
Posted August 17, 2014
on:I’ve got books to give away! But we’re gonna do this the fun way. And by fun way, I mean blind date with a book! that means I give you a little bit of info about the book, and you get to decide if it looks interesting. I won’t tell you the title, or the author, but I can tell you that these are all new books published in the last 12 months, from publishers like Orbit, Tachyon, and Titan Books. They were all sent to me as review copies, and either I have duplicates, I’ve read them and don’t plan to read them again, or it’s a title I opted to skip on.
Here’s the rules:
– due to the cost of shipping overseas, this give away is for US only
– let me know in the comments which book(s) you’re interested in, and yes, you can request more than one. To be eligible, you *must* specify your choices (None of this lazy “they all look good!” stuff), by referring to the wrapping paper color, or one of it’s descriptors, or something useful. If we don’t already know each other, please leave me a way to reach you – twitter, e-mail, etc.
– Give away closes midnight, eastern time, Sunday Aug 31st.
Winners will be announced in early September.
now that the pesky rules are out of the way, here’s what is up for grabs:
1. Red and White wrapping paper
Science fiction
Big Ideas!
Cool Aliens!
Who built this thing?
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2. Black and White wrapping paper
Time travel
Looking for a Cure
Big Questions
Drastically Different Futuristic World
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3. Silver wrapping paper
Epic Fantasy!
Adventure! Archaeology!
Magice meets the Industrial Revolution
A thousand-year-old book holds a really big secret
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4. Blue wrapping paper
Radioactive snacks
Big Monsters (run!)
Destruction of San Francisco (oops)
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5. Pink wrapping paper
Collection of short stories spans the author’s career.
Wide variety of stories – scifi, humor, fantasy, horror, etc.
One of the stories is a screenplay!
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59 Responses to "Blind Date with a Book (GIVE AWAY)"
Definitely interested in the red and white science fiction and the black and white time travel!
Twitter: @raykolb
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Time travel, black and white paper. Also, do you give lessons on wrapping gifts?? Tho.shearer@gmail.com
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This is such a fun idea. Thanks Lesley for sharing with the Apex crowd 😉
Guess I’ll toss in my hat for the black and white time travel book. If I am so chosen, you can find me on Twitter- I follow you- @Nicole_Platania
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I am most curious about what’s inside the red & white wrapping paper and the black & white one. A most excellent and fun idea! I should wrap up all the unread books on my shelves and pick out books at random! (@arrhyth_mia)
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Such a nifty idea. I’ve seen other libraries (not mine…) doing things like this, but typically not in the sci-fi / fantasy stuff, which more or less pulls me out anyway.
I’d go with the majority of the people before me and say silver. Maybe it’s the “epic fantasy.”
Now that I’m going back to physical books maybe I steal this idea from you some day.
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#3, silver, epic fantasy for me, please. Alternatively, #1, red & white, sci-fi.
Very cool idea. Thanks for running the contest!
You can reach me @erchristensen.
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I’m interested in finding out who built this thing (i.e. book 1) or where I can obtain some tasty radioactive snacks (i.e. #4). Thanks for the chance!
I’m on twitter at @briandtracy
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I’m an anthropologist and an academic, so it’s probably no surprise that I’m intrigued by the contents of the silver wrapping paper. What’s not to want about archaeology & a book with a secret? And wouldn’t the Industrial Revolution BE magical to many? Have I missed anything?
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Oops. Forgot to include contact info (although email shows up when I post comments). My twitter handle is @mangoheroics
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I love this idea so much! I am interested in the silver wrapping paper and the red and white wrapping paper. My email is mooncrumbss (at) gmail (dot) com
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My library does this too, and I think it’s awesome. The one with silver wrapping sounds great. I have a weakness for mysterious books… Thanks for doing this! My email: gina.rinelli (at) gmail.com.
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I have a US mailing address — can I play, too? If I’m allowed, I’d like to enter for #1 and #3.
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Oh, dag, count me in, please! I love Big Idea SF, and love that the red-and-white-wrapped book is getting so much love. Thanks! This is a rad good work!
Twitter: @squidaveo
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1 | brittany mcdade
August 17, 2014 at 9:11 pm
This is such a great idea! I am interested in the book with the silver wrapping paper and with the black and white paper.
If I happen to win, you can contact me via email at encountersofthebookkind@Gmail.com or on Twitter @ brittanysmack
Thanks!
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