One Book A Week, Week One
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lagilmanSummer, everyone knows, is for reading. Well, so are Winter, Autumn and Spring, but especially Summer.
So every week, from here through the end of August, I'm going to be giving away a book*. Some of them may be mine, some of them may be by other people. They may be just-out, or entry-points to an on-going series. It will be a totally random and whimsical choice, to keep things interesting.
How do you get in on this? Simple: you comment here on why you need something new to read. Vacation? Stuck in bed with a bad cold? Totally out of book-buying funds? Captured by aliens who insist on a new story every night or they'll eat you?
Tell me.
(you can enter every week, but only once every week. And you MUST identify yourself in your post, either via log-in or a name and contact point. I'm not going to choose anyone who doesn't identify**.)
Ready? Go.
First book: DON'T READ THIS BOOK, edited by Chuck Wendig
Down a lonely alleyway, under a starless sky, lies a city that never was, yet is: the Mad City, where nightmares walk the streets, and a good night's sleep can get you killed.
Here, then, is a book from that place. Within these recovered pages are the tales of the Awake, insomniacs who've walked those perilous streets, bringing a bit of the power of dream with them to fight back the night—always at a terrible cost.
For many, it will not end well. For a few, they might just become heroes—or at least find their way back home.
For you, a choice. Turn away. Don't read this book. And maybe you'll continue to rest easy. Or open the cover and enter a world unlike any you've ever dared to imagine...
*yes, a real, actual, PAPER book.
**the post will 'open' on Monday, and 'close' on Friday. Winners will be chosen over the weekend, and informed the following Monday
So every week, from here through the end of August, I'm going to be giving away a book*. Some of them may be mine, some of them may be by other people. They may be just-out, or entry-points to an on-going series. It will be a totally random and whimsical choice, to keep things interesting.
How do you get in on this? Simple: you comment here on why you need something new to read. Vacation? Stuck in bed with a bad cold? Totally out of book-buying funds? Captured by aliens who insist on a new story every night or they'll eat you?
Tell me.
(you can enter every week, but only once every week. And you MUST identify yourself in your post, either via log-in or a name and contact point. I'm not going to choose anyone who doesn't identify**.)
Ready? Go.
First book: DON'T READ THIS BOOK, edited by Chuck Wendig
Down a lonely alleyway, under a starless sky, lies a city that never was, yet is: the Mad City, where nightmares walk the streets, and a good night's sleep can get you killed.
Here, then, is a book from that place. Within these recovered pages are the tales of the Awake, insomniacs who've walked those perilous streets, bringing a bit of the power of dream with them to fight back the night—always at a terrible cost.
For many, it will not end well. For a few, they might just become heroes—or at least find their way back home.
For you, a choice. Turn away. Don't read this book. And maybe you'll continue to rest easy. Or open the cover and enter a world unlike any you've ever dared to imagine...
*yes, a real, actual, PAPER book.
**the post will 'open' on Monday, and 'close' on Friday. Winners will be chosen over the weekend, and informed the following Monday
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:06 pm (UTC)I won't ask you to post, sorry, mail the book to me. If I win I'll collect it when I'm next in NYC...
I have many books but they are lonely and in need of a new friend, preferably one who would fit in and feel at home within minutes of being introduced.
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:13 pm (UTC)So a book of stories based on the RPG Don't Rest Your Head? I think that would keep my mind off of the heat very well indeed.
Paul Weimer
@princejvstin
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Date: 2012-07-02 02:58 pm (UTC)Sara
Twitter: @MontananSky
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Date: 2012-07-02 03:28 pm (UTC)I sent you an email this am, btw: my internet is borked, so I'm going to be a bit intermittent, but I have now finally done my alpha reading.
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Date: 2012-07-02 04:48 pm (UTC)Kerry aka Trouble
(worked for Honeck Sculpture across the aisle from your book signings at D*C)
the touch, the feel of paper
Date: 2012-07-02 05:57 pm (UTC)As I lay on the floor, panting, trying to make sense of the words, I know the only thing that can save me is the honest, true sensation of a physical book in my grip, the tactile sensation of rough paper and crinkling binding.
I pray for this salvation as the cloud of digital texts submerse me in a vortex of virtual discombobulation.
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Date: 2012-07-02 05:57 pm (UTC)Well, that, and the aliens. Of course.
A Book? Yes, I'd like one.
Date: 2012-07-03 02:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-03 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-03 09:23 pm (UTC)I'd love a copy of DRTB. DRYH was my first experience with Evil Hat and the world holds a special place in my mind. I even submitted to Don't Hack This Game. Why not buy it myself? Frankly, I can't justify spending money on myself when I'm the sole earner in my household. When it comes down to stuff for me, or stuff for others, I always take a back seat.
Asylos at gmail
@mirintala
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Date: 2012-07-04 02:45 am (UTC)~ Molly
molly(dot)frenzel(at)gmail(dot)com
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Date: 2012-07-04 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 08:55 am (UTC)And I've just finished the fourth book this week and discovered that there is no more.
Oh, not of the series. There are 15 books currently available in Japan with new ones coming out every year or two. But the English publisher doesn't think the series sells very well here, so they've decided to stop translating it.
I know DRYH is a completely different thing, but it sounds like it has a lot of the same themes, and may hit the same literature spot as the books I'll never be able to read.
Mia
Date: 2012-07-07 01:16 am (UTC)(2) I'm a Chuck Wendig fan and I haven't read this one yet.
(3) The book sounds cool and I need something to combat this NYC heat wave.
mbc_nyc [at] yahoo [dot] com
Book lover
Date: 2012-07-07 04:12 am (UTC)