Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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  • Music: Katy Perry, "Hummingbird Heartbeat."

Can't tell a verb from a noun, they're the nicest kids in town.

Who wants an ARC of Discount Armageddon? No, really: who really wants it?

For this giveaway, we're going to mix and match effort with laziness. Comment on this entry with why you—yes, you—should receive an ARC of the first InCryptid adventure. Be creative. Be insane. Whatever makes you happy. On Friday, at noon PST, I will use our friend the Random Number Generator to select a winner. I will then read through the entries and select my favorite as a second winner. Yes, it's totally arbitrary. But it's also stated right up front, so I don't feel bad.

This contest is open to all North American residents without any restrictions, and to non-North American residents who either a) have a North American mailing address or b) are willing to pay me postage. I do apologize for that, it's just that I can't afford to ship a lot of stuff overseas right now. And now...

Game on!
Tags: discount armageddon, giving stuff away, incryptid
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ktsparrow

January 11 2012, 18:54:45 UTC 5 years ago

Because I was furious for a whole week when George W. Bush trash-talked chimera in his 2006 state of the union. Because I have a deep understanding that pink is gothier than black if worn right. Because I am intrigued with why incryptid sounds like encrypted and wonder if Verity's middle name is "has a".

faecat

January 11 2012, 18:54:47 UTC 5 years ago

Oo! Me me, because I'm about to start re-reading all the monster-animal books I have, and I desperately need something to save me from yet another read-through of Steve Alten's Meg series. Because if I read any more of the Meg series, I will end up watching half of The Asylum's film collection, and I don't think my brain can handle that many 80s pop stars killing or being killed by giant fish. Or pythons. Or alligators. Or sharks. Or octopi. Or sharktopi.

madfilkentist

January 11 2012, 18:56:51 UTC 5 years ago

Because I'll review it. I've posted a glowing review of one of your books and a negative review of another, so you'll never know unless I get the chance!

traveller_blues

January 11 2012, 18:57:34 UTC 5 years ago

Because I have been a lurking fan of yours since Forever-Never. Since the days of listening to your stories about Edgar and Allan and the Miiiiiicrowave, and I keep trying to re-find Angry Food to explain that yes, Asian Food Marts are just like that, to sending my girlfriend two of your books for her birthday present (birthdays are always better with zombie novels!)

Because the Random Number Generator is a plot device rather than truly random, and I am not a part of the Prophecy to be Chosen to be a Harbinger of Armageddon, but I would be just as happy being a Reader of Armageddon. Because sometimes you feel like a nut. Because your novels cannot be found on Hulu (but they should be).

Because you are simply awesome as a writer and you still inspire me to this day.

-Traveller

reedrover

January 11 2012, 18:59:01 UTC 5 years ago

I'm going for random entertainment, here...

I should receive the ARC because I love the absurd within the ordinary. I adore the fun in the day-to-day, but I also enjoy inserting a little bit of double-take in other people's lives.

For example - Merry Christmas, you unsuspecting human, you.

seanan_mcguire

February 10 2012, 15:36:08 UTC 5 years ago

Just so you know, I kept this picture in my inbox for weeks because it made me so damn happy.

reedrover

5 years ago

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ravnsdaughter

January 11 2012, 19:01:26 UTC 5 years ago

Because I have Late Eclipses waiting for me to finish it but I don't waaaannnnaaa because that will mean I'm out of your books to read and that makes me sad, because I love them.

And because I love supernatural beings and sometimes wish some of them were real.

catsittingstill

January 11 2012, 19:01:50 UTC 5 years ago

Because it is easier to write a song about a book that I have actually read. But that might not stop me.

celticdragonfly

January 11 2012, 19:01:59 UTC 5 years ago

I would say... because when I first met the Healy Mice, I loved them SO very much that I went back and read all the other stories in that world, which as I understand it evolved into Verity's world - and then went back and watched 7 seasons of a TV show to understand references you were making in those stories. And then I made my husbands read them, so they would understand about the Healy mice. And even now, when we are very tired late at night we mangle quotes from the bit about them being smuggled on the transatlantic air flight, "now is the time for the long sleep!".

Of course, it doesn't matter if I get it or not, I *will* be reading it as soon as it's out. But having an ARC of it would make me SQUEEE very loudly with great happiness.

All hail the Randomness and Arbitrariness of the Queen-Author!

phoenixsansfyr

January 11 2012, 19:02:50 UTC 5 years ago

Because the Maine Coons in our cattery declare that Now is the Time of Cryptids, and they desire more McGuire products to settle their furry little behinds upon, secure in the knowledge that they are the Chosen Cats.</p>

Also, I will love it, and review it, and may even call it George. But only in private.

controuble

January 11 2012, 19:02:58 UTC 5 years ago

I should get one because I do know the difference between a verb and a noun - affect is a verb (unless you are reading a psychiatrist's report); effect is a noun (except in rare cases where it's a verb).

Also, they're over there getting their grammar lesson.

antimony_medusa

January 11 2012, 19:08:28 UTC 5 years ago

I should receive the ARC because I do not live in NYC and have never been there, but want to visit, so I need the book as a travel guide.

miintikwa

January 11 2012, 19:08:48 UTC 5 years ago

Because I will sing and dance as I clutch the book to my chest and make happy squeeing noises that will bring my cats to herd around my ankles and try to make me fall.

Because I have a very, very cute tortie Maine Coon mix that is perching on my shoulder watching the cursor travel across the screen with frightening intensity.

Because I'm transferring my library to my Kindle but I'm keeping YOUR books in paperback because I LUFF them.

museclio

January 11 2012, 19:12:53 UTC 5 years ago

Because I'm so totally non-creative that instead of giving you a wonderful creative reason why I should be the winner of the fabulous prize, I instead am going to profess boringness...

I debated adding lorem ipsum just for the further boredom, but thought that would just be annoying.

pirate_nami

January 11 2012, 19:13:35 UTC 5 years ago

Because... um... because...

Here, have a picture!

redbird57

January 11 2012, 19:19:18 UTC 5 years ago

Because my Kindle's name is also Verity.

Because my cats also want to read your books.

Because booksssss...

sarea_okelani

January 11 2012, 19:22:08 UTC 5 years ago

You're a new author to me and you seem pretty cool, so I'd love the chance to try out some of your work.

herewiss13

January 11 2012, 19:23:27 UTC 5 years ago

Your first book was the only book I purchased during my honeymoon. Surely that must count for _something_! (I brought other books, sure, that's just how I roll. But I bought only one: yours.)

...and yes, my wife still loves me. :-)

jenjen4280

January 11 2012, 19:29:14 UTC 5 years ago

A perfect evening: start by watching Strictly Ballroom, then watch Shall We Dance? (the original, Japanese version), then start reading "Discount Armageddon."

dungeonwriter

January 11 2012, 19:35:08 UTC 5 years ago

Because my niece bit my foot and since she's three, I can't bite her back and my foot hurts, so something to take my mind off would rock.

laurieness

January 11 2012, 19:36:50 UTC 5 years ago

because ... because ... because ... I can't stop bouncing on my orange bouncy chair in anticipation!!!

D.B. Adams

January 11 2012, 19:37:52 UTC 5 years ago

Because I will take the book, name you queen of authors, and read it in a day. I love your books, I love your music, and I want to be just like you. Except me. Know what I mean?

jhyanmar

January 11 2012, 19:38:11 UTC 5 years ago

Because I am a public school teacher at a small, rural, poor school that's K-12 in the middle of long-depressed logging country. I teach Geometry, remedial math lab for High School -and- serve as tutor for our two Calc kids who have to take online courses, math test prep for middleschoolers, History-- Pacific Northwest and US History this semester, World and US next-- while struggling with a slipped disc, utter back arthritis, a bad heart, asthma, and allergies. Because I point our geeklings-- and even here, believe me, they're there-- AWAY from Twilight (I'm on the Olympic Peninsula) and towards Lackey, Pierce, and for the ones who can handle the more grim work, Toby's. Because after struggling with kids who don't want to learn and live in an area where they have to fight tooth and nail just to stay at the same level of income as their parents-- and know it, so many have developed protective camo of the unpleasantly prickly emotional kind-- I need some gasp of fictional worlds or I'll go mad in this one. I need to read about the monsters in the shadows of makebelieve, or I'm going to start seeing them in the long dark of ancient trees and dying towns.

Plus my wife loves your work too and her birthday is coming up. I could totally give it to her as a pre-Birthday present, actually, if that would be acceptable under the terms of the contest; we call our working stress ties, at this point.

childinthegrave

January 11 2012, 19:42:16 UTC 5 years ago

because maybe it help keep my cat quiet.

he is only quiet when in my lap while i read, laying in my lap while i tv, or sleeping. sometimes a combination of the three. otherwise it is all MEOW MEOW mao? MROW! BRRROW meeee-YOWWW? MRrrp MEEP BRRP PURR PURR MEOWWWW SCRATCH SCRATCH CLIMB MEOW.

this does not bother me, as i happily meow back and further instigate his meowliness, but my husband says that soon my dear kiki-meowmeow (poor guy, i wonder if he meows because of his gender confusion?) will be deposited outside of whatever room said husband is currently residing in. he says kiki is annoying. this is a LIE.

i don't even care if i win, i just really wanted everyone to know that my cat is an exceptionally skilled cat because he can practically speak humanese despite not being a stereotypically meowtastic breed. he even has a pretty good tuvan throat singing thing going on around bathtime, if i do say so myself. unfortunately, the trick to enjoying his music is to avoid the claws.

sfogarty

January 11 2012, 19:43:35 UTC 5 years ago

Because I worship the RNG.
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