Dual ARC giveaway.: seanan

Dual ARC giveaway.

In addition to the much-vaunted (and very pretty) Ashes of Honor ARCs, I currently have ARCs for two, yes two different Subterranean Press books. One, A Fantasy Medley 2, contains the first-ever Tybalt-centric novella, "Rat-Catcher," which explains how he first came to be a King of Cats, the origins of his name, and why, when pressed, he sometimes introduces himself to humans as "Rand Stratford." The other, When Will You Rise?, is a collection of two Mira Grant short pieces that have not previously been published in physical form. Both will be coming out this fall, as gorgeous, limited edition volumes.

Understandably, these are even more limited than normal ARCs. But they're worth the read (and the finished books...hoo, nelly). So what's a girl to do?

Give some stuff away, naturally. Specifically, one copy of each Subterranean Press ARC.

This particular giveaway is open to US residents or to non-US residents who feel like paying postage. I'm very sorry about the restriction, there, but I'm in the middle of convention season, and I don't have the spare dollars right now. To enter...

1. Comment with which book you'd like to win, and why.
2. Give your best plea to the Random Number Generator.
3. If you're a non-US resident, indicate both this and your willingness to pay postage.

I will use the RNG to choose three potential winners for each book, and then choose the plea I like best. Yes, that makes it a little arbitrary, but only a little. Winners will be selected on Wednesday, August 8th, at noon PST. The usual twenty-four hour window will then apply.

Game on!

ETA: Guys, don't tell me why you want to win/why you should win; tell the RNG why you, above all others, are the predestined owner of the book. I want you to bribe the random number generator like a corrupt politician. Have fun! Don't just tell me "because I want it." If you didn't, you wouldn't be here!

kveberle

August 5 2012, 22:33:38 UTC 4 years ago

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I would love to win Ashes of Honor. I can hardly wait until it gets published. ;-) I am in the U.S. and will pay the postage if that will sway the RNG.

lazyknight

August 5 2012, 22:33:47 UTC 4 years ago

UK based more than willing to pay postage. When will you rise, if you please.

Dear RNG,

So I'm sure that you've had many approaches all ready, but I think I can come up with something... attractive, if you get my drift.

After all, what hardworking, topflight RNG wouldn't love to meet two hot young Monte Carlo simulations? I'm sure I could introduce you to some hot young financial models, fresh out of academia, just waiting for your seed to kick them into some serious business... if you know what I mean.

And if that's not enough, I could set you up with some seriously hot entropy sources. I man, phew, these guys won't even recognise the heat death of the universe as more than a blip in business.

So, what do you say? You make it worth my while, I'll make it worth yours...

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controuble

August 5 2012, 22:33:51 UTC 4 years ago Edited: August 5 2012, 22:36:42 UTC

OH, Random Number Generator, I should win because I am Trouble with a capital T and your mistress will meet me if she wanders into the Art Show at Chicon and I WILL LIVE UP TO MY NAME if I don't win an ARC of When Will You Rise?. I don't need the other one because I've already pre-ordered it - I love SubPress books.

US resident.

wood_dragon

August 5 2012, 22:34:09 UTC 4 years ago

Oh please, great Random Number Generator. I would love to have A Fantasy Medley 2. I may be slightly *cough* in love with Tybalt and seek your favour in adding fuel to my ardour.

I offer you pi (to 10 digits) and cookies (all the yummy ones from the guys who surf for porn).

Please, great RNG. My future is in your hands. So to speak.

(As you may be able to tell from the spelling, I'm Canadian. I have a friend in the US who would likely be willing to act as a go-between. If not, I'm very willing to pay postage.)

tylik

August 5 2012, 22:34:42 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, mighty random generator, could we not be friends? I would adore to sit down with tea and, if it is not too personal, perhaps you would share your algorithm? I could even introduce you to my new computer. (32 gb of ram! She's my sweetie.)

On an entirely personal level, I believe FM2, and further reading about Tybalt might perhaps inoculate me against certain oft repeated dating mistakes. (OTOH, I suppose I could contact a certain pettable long haired kitty boy former labmate...)

pbristow

August 5 2012, 22:37:53 UTC 4 years ago Edited: August 5 2012, 22:39:06 UTC

1. I'd like to win: "A Fantasy Medley 2"

Because: *TIBBLES*!!!!! =:o> ... Ahem. I mean His Majesty King Tybalt, of course.

2. Please, oh dear sweet RNG, won't you send this book to me?
I'll not be at all ungrateful, thinking my good fortune fateful.
I will read, and I will love it, thanking RNG above f'rit!
Please, oh dear sweet RNG, won't you send this book to me?

3. I am in the UK wot is not (until further notice) in the US, and I hereby agree to pay ~~first class passage in a specially chartered luxury yacht~~ any reasonable level of postage for the book to get to me.

winters_queen

August 5 2012, 22:41:23 UTC 4 years ago

I would like Fantasy Medley.

Please, RNG, grand my wish. I would give to you the fifth star to the right (the first through fourth were taken), some rings of Saturn and a corgi. Because everyone needs a corgi. They are just too funny to watch. I will also give you the souls of those who think that you, RNG, as biased against consonants. (I heard them say it myself.)

l_o_lostshadows

August 5 2012, 22:43:30 UTC 4 years ago Edited: August 5 2012, 22:48:03 UTC

Oh great and wonderful Random Number Generator, please bestow upon me a copy of When Will You Rise?, because you can never have enough zombies, and I will send you the pictures of what 34 has been up to, instead of the media.

Eta: Forgot the why.

kyrielle

August 5 2012, 22:50:40 UTC 4 years ago

Oh random number generator, please pick me. I would like the Fantasy Medley because I adore Tybalt, and stalking stories about the kitty is likely much much safer than stalking the kitty.

Also, I promise not to let my baby chew on the ARC. Or the RNG, if he could find it. (I make no promises for the safety of chicken and rice left near him, however.)

horizontal_rain

August 5 2012, 22:52:36 UTC 4 years ago

Oh sometimes-but-not-always benevolent RNG gods... I would love to have an ARC of When Will You Rise? to add to my collection.
I beg of you to shine your sometimes-benevolency on me, because I love the Newsflesh series, and I am ~~in the middle~~ somewhere near the start of Camp NaNo right now... and I need something good to read at the end as a reward. And this would definitely help keep me motivated.

In return, I promise not to curse you for my foul luck when rolling on things in World of Warcraft. Well. I promise not to curse you too much.

Oh, and if you decide to shine your sometimes-benevolency on me... I promise to do my absolute best to abolish the number seven from everyday use. It has gotten pretty cocky lately with all this "lucky" business.

Sincerely,
Me

(I am Canadian, and willing to pay postage)

elektra

August 5 2012, 22:53:57 UTC 4 years ago

I would like a chance to win Fantasy Medley 2. It would look so nice on the shelf next to the first volume.

As a former student of probability and statistics, I realize that pleading with the RNG is useless--the only way to truly improve my odds would be to lower the size of the overall pool. OTOH, I am fairly certain that cats warp probability in their immediate vicinity, and I have many cats. So, choose me, please, or I will be forced, RNG, to send some of my cats 'round to visit you and peck at you while warping your results . . . you wouldn't want to be nibbled to death by cats, would you?

tikiera

August 5 2012, 22:57:05 UTC 4 years ago

I am in the U.S., and am hoping for the Fantasy Medley 2.

the decision was hard, but in the end, Tybalt one the coin toss.

Please, oh great RNG, please fall upon my number. I know that you have spurned me ever since I generated an Random Number Generator that wasn't in high school, causing more than one student to think they had developed psychic powers. But neither I nor the teacher were ever able to find where the code went wrong, so isn't it time to forgive me? And show that you have by finally, after years and years of never winning a random draw, letting me?

seabhac_mhor

August 5 2012, 22:59:23 UTC 4 years ago

1) I'd like to win A Fantasy Medley 2 because I've already ordered When Will You Rise.

2) O RNG! I sing to thee in the praise of numbers themselves, and in so doing I shall call upon the two strangest numbers of all with this call:

EEEEEE! PI!

3) I am a US resident, and I'm still willing to pay postage or other related transit costs.

Melinda Schmidbauer

August 5 2012, 22:59:57 UTC 4 years ago

I would love to win both, but since I have to pick, I will say "A Fantasy Medley 2". I am in the US!

Oh, mighty RNG, please take pity on a poor, forlorn, bookless girl who starts school in three weeks and would really like to have one more good read before the end of summer!

roseeyedangel

August 5 2012, 23:03:34 UTC 4 years ago

Please oh glorious Random Number Generator! I am a US citizen in desperate need, you can think about it as a wedding gift to me oh-universe! ( I just got married a month ago!, in case you forgot RNG) i would be happy with either but seeing as I have to chose would be oh so amazed to have a copy of "When Will You Rise" beacuse a girl needs more amazing post-apoplectic fiction in her life, and then she can also lord it over her friend who will be rightfully jealous!

the_reavyn

August 5 2012, 23:04:05 UTC 4 years ago Edited: August 5 2012, 23:06:19 UTC

OH GOD CHOICES!

I would love to win A Fantasy Medley 2 (if I REALLY have to choose). The October Daye series is really the first Fae series I've seen that does it right, without all the tons of sex. Also, Tybalt freaking rocks?

Dear RNG,

You caused my birth to be on 3-18. Because of that I have been constantly haunted by this series of numbers throughout my life. You OWE me this!

P.S.

I'm in the US

antimony_medusa

August 5 2012, 23:12:20 UTC 4 years ago

RNG, I've seen you down in George Sq. swapping number strings through those handsome young algorithms. And I have screenshots, and IP addresses, and proof that those algorithms were pre-release and should not have been used. But I'm willing to lose those screenshots, and IP addresses, and did I mention the proof that the algorithms were pre-release--in exchange for a copy of A Fantasy Medley 2, shipped with the US.

Your call, RNG. It's a free country.

birdpooka

August 5 2012, 23:15:24 UTC 4 years ago

Oh Great and Wonderful Random Number Generator, whose future behavior surely requires far more than 624 previous outcomes to predict, please allow your humble servant to win a copy of Ashes of Honor. In return, I promise to continue to send my computer on random walks on a daily basis, confident in your ability to solve all of my problems without excessively distorted parameter estimates. I'll also build you a nice little shrine out of super-sparkly dice of many shapes and sizes?

(United States)

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2012, 23:31:32 UTC 4 years ago

Sadly, Ashes of Honor isn't up for grabs here, just the two Subterranean books.

4 years ago

4wegies

August 5 2012, 23:17:06 UTC 4 years ago

Dear RNG,
I must receive A Fantasy Medley 2 ARC, because I will be dead before the book is released. I've been anxiously waiting since last July. I have to know Tybalt's story. Not just for me you understand, but for my cats. When I die from waiting for the release, there will be no one to feed Gabriel, Heid, & China, my Norwegian Forest Cats. When they realize this, they will start to eat my decomposing body. Not bad, except then my Mother would be right about me dying alone and my cats eating my corpse. My mother CANNOT be right! So Please, RNG pick me, pick me pick me. Just FYI, the above also applies to Ashes of Honor.

kitan

August 5 2012, 23:17:57 UTC 4 years ago

Random Number Generator, hear my petition as I seek your favor for A Fantasy Medley 2 (US resident).

First, the sweet. My best beloved calico Chess has expressed a preference for more tales of the King of Cats. She is my spoiled princess and I can refuse her nothing (unless it tastes like vet bills).

Second, the sharp. Perhaps you are familiar with these delightful fellow Random Number Generators. As a documented chocoholic I believe you understand what I am capable of. http://dicecandies.com/products.htm

Naturally, the choice rests with your seed value.

Lebbrin

August 5 2012, 23:20:24 UTC 4 years ago

I would love to win the "When Will You Rise?" ARC.

Please oh, please thou Holy Rng. Please grant this petitioner's wish. I have been a loyal Mira Grant fan since 'Feed.' I have personally introduced many friends to the series and all have purchased the books and enjoyed them. Since I have been a good acolyte, I alone deserve the "When Will You Rise?" ARC. Thank you, oh blessed RNG.

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