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Things have been Dark in my neck of the woods. The library drama I wrote about a few months ago continues, with two of the library board members basically demanding they get to see every single purchased item/display plan/program topic/potential guest for the children's and YA departments. They also want to put children's books with queer content behind some kind of gate so kids can't be "exposed". Then one of my city council members said, "You know what this city needs? A resolution declaring us pro-life." It's been QUITE dramatic. ( Read more... )

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If you've escaped hearing about one of Tor's most buzzed about releases, congratulations. Gideon the Ninth was being heavily promoted at the beginning of the year, and people with ARCs who loved it were not subtle about how much they loved it. Tor pushed it heavily—there's some serious marketing behind the book—with lots of attention to the cover art, sneak peeks at the opening chapters, and most notably, a first edition print run with pitch black page edges, making Gideon the Ninth not only the most hyped SFF book of the year, but also one of the most noticeable physical objects to emerge from a mainstream SFF publishing company this year—that art. ( Read more... )

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It’s competition time!

We’re very excited about Phoebe North’s debut novel Starglass which was released in July.

On the book cover for Starglass a girl in a belted coat and black leggings stands with her back to the reader, her hair pulled backwards by the wind - she is looking out of a window towards stars and a purple planet

On the book cover for Starglass a girl in a belted coat and black leggings stands with her back to the reader, her hair pulled backwards by the wind - she is looking out of a window towards stars and a purple planet

‘Terra has never known anything but life aboard the Asherah, a city-within-a-spaceship that left Earth five hundred years ago in search of refuge. At sixteen, working a job that doesn't interest her, and living with a grieving father who only notices her when he's yelling, Terra is sure that there has to be more to life than what she's got.

But when she inadvertently witnesses the captain's guard murdering an innocent man, Terra is suddenly thrust into the dark world beneath her ship's idyllic surface. As she's drawn into a secret rebellion determined to restore power to the people, Terra discovers that her choices may determine life or death for the people she cares most about. With mere months to go before landing on the long-promised planet, Terra has to make the decision of a lifetime--one that will determine the fate of her people.’

And we would like at least one more person to have this exciting new novel in their hands. So, we propose a challenge, pitting reader against reader, an ordeal…

No, alright, that’s going a bit far. We promise this will be easier than competing in The Hunger Games.

We have one shiny copy of Phoebe’s novel to give away. To enter just comment and tell us which debut SFF novel that has been written by a woman and published in 2013 you think sounds most exciting. There are no extra points for saying Starglass but I don’t expect anyone would grumble if you used it as your answer.

Terms

This contest runs from 19th – 25th August (ending midnight GMT).

One entry per person that comments no matter how many titles you leave in the comments.

All entries will be collected together and the winning entry will be drawn from the pool using a random number generator system.

This contest is open worldwide.

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Entries tagged with giveaways

Giveaway: Court of Fives (Series) by Kate Elliott

Giveaway: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Competition Time - Win "Starglass" by Phoebe North

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