Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: RHPS, "Superheroes."

A giveaway! FOR JUSTICE!

I have copies of Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots, and guys, it is a pretty, pretty book. Very solid, very well-designed and awesome. And that means I should give a couple of copies away.

This is the first giveaway. It is open to all, with the caveat that if you are outside the United States, you must be willing to pay postage if you win. I am sorry about that, but I can't afford international postage right now. If that's cool with you, yay! If it's not, I really am sorry, and hopefully will win the lottery soon.

To enter, leave a comment with your location (US/non-US), and what super power you would have if you lived in Velveteen's universe. Winners will be selected via random number generator, BUT! If you don't include everything above, you cannot win.

I will randomly select a winner on Sunday, November 18th, so that I can mail the book before Thanksgiving.

Good luck! Game on!
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angieis

November 15 2012, 03:14:44 UTC 4 years ago

US, and my super power would be the innate ability to file the right forms for any given situation. I'd be like a red-tape ninja, which would make my day job 1/8 as annoying as it usually is.

samjeude1

November 15 2012, 03:21:36 UTC 4 years ago

Sign me up! Holly Springs GA here…

geekhyena

November 15 2012, 03:40:42 UTC 4 years ago

US

Specifically, a state in the Midwest where gay marriage is legal.

The ability to transform the images in my head into paintings/holograms/illusions.

linenoise

November 15 2012, 04:02:44 UTC 4 years ago

US location. I needs MOAR Velveteen. I've always wanted the ability to stop time and move outside of it. Just because it'd be awesome. So I pick that one.

queenbookwench

November 15 2012, 04:08:26 UTC 4 years ago


US!

My superpower would be the ability to enchant any object so that it can fly.

martianmooncrab

November 15 2012, 04:19:28 UTC 4 years ago

To enter, leave a comment with your location (US/non-US), and what super power you would have if you lived in Velveteen's universe. Winners will be selected via random number generator, BUT! If you don't include everything above, you cannot win.

*comment*
Located near Portland Oregon (a place Vel now lives!) USA
..its hard to choose a super power, plants? electricity? books? I know, I want the job the sorting hat does, I want to be able to discern other peoples super powers and talents and exploit... uh... recruit them for world good. I think I will be a Super Villian, please.

kitrinlu

November 15 2012, 04:20:11 UTC 4 years ago

Non-US - New Zealand, to be exact

I'd want the power to be unnoticeable, to blend into the background and not be of interest to anyone. A bit like invisibility, but I'd get to wear clothes :D

docmom

November 15 2012, 04:23:40 UTC 4 years ago

US

I'm a doctor, so I want an ability that allows me the equivalent of MRI vision or cancer/"bad-cell" detecting touch.

phoenixrave

November 15 2012, 04:46:30 UTC 4 years ago

I'm in the US, and I would, at least at the moment, love the power to put my body on "auto-pilot" during the annoying moments, while my astral self could be productive and entertained. I say this having come off of a shift working in a mall, leading up to X-mas. Today wasn't my most stimulating day.

nekohitori

November 15 2012, 05:04:12 UTC 4 years ago

US

Actually, I think I already have the superpower of "find all the latent prints" on evidence. Useful for work, but if I were to ever have kids (or nieces/nephews more likely), then a few generations down the road it should lead to CSI, the crime-solver extraordinaire!

admnaismith

November 15 2012, 05:11:24 UTC 4 years ago


Oregon, USA. And telekinesis. Always be telekinetic.

spiffikins

November 15 2012, 05:13:08 UTC 4 years ago

US mailing address

My most desired superpower would be teleportation - I *want* to see far away places, but I do NOT want to travel hours and hours and hours to get there!

munin

November 15 2012, 05:21:52 UTC 4 years ago

St. Louis, which makes me very much in the US. And I think I'd like super speed as a super power though I reserve the right to change my mind.

notalwaysweak

November 15 2012, 06:28:39 UTC 4 years ago

Non-US (Land of Poison and Flame), willing to pay postage!

My super power would be an aura that permanently cures mental illness when I hug people.

wild_patience

November 15 2012, 06:30:04 UTC 4 years ago

1. Location is US (Sunnyvale, California)
2. Super power - I would be Senora Semicolon (although I would have a proper tilde over the N). I would go through society inserting semicolons into proper usage and wiping out their mistaken use as colons.

trilliumgrl

November 15 2012, 06:44:10 UTC 4 years ago

Location - US

Superpower - I want to bend time to create my own personal bubble where I have time to do whatever needs doing.

hvideo

November 15 2012, 07:01:14 UTC 4 years ago

US

My Superpower in Velveteen's World? I think it would be the Spell Binder/Letterman power (to change objects into other objects that are just a letter or two different in spelling).

zeekie

November 15 2012, 07:05:39 UTC 4 years ago

US

I would be able to instantly transmit the knowledge of how to do a task through my thoughts. However, any misconceptions or confusion that I have would also be transmitted.
(That would certainly come in handy in my job as a teacher)

emmasee100

November 15 2012, 07:16:45 UTC 4 years ago

Non-US (Australian! Your book could come and spend time with the red-back spiders.) I am totally happy to pay postage.

I'd be able to get my stuffed animals to knit.

tsgeisel

November 15 2012, 07:21:49 UTC 4 years ago

US

I'd like the power to have a parking space manifest itself whenever I need one.

daemonluna

November 15 2012, 07:35:04 UTC 4 years ago

Non-US (Canada), and more than willing to pay postage!

As epic as the possibilities are, my superpower would be the relatively mundane ability to rearrange any small space like fridges and the trunk of the car to make everything fit.

randomreader_05

November 15 2012, 07:59:40 UTC 4 years ago

I'm located in the US, and I'd want the ability to transform matter (I'm thinking like the good old alchemical turn lead into gold, but turn anything into anything instead)!

crash_mccormick

November 15 2012, 08:01:39 UTC 4 years ago

US address (NYC), SuperPower (wanted: Good Luck) (feared: Immortality)(likely: Invisibility)(expected:) Bouncing.
(I could elucidate if you needed but I doubt you would, and I have a fair bit of Good Luck IRL so I am content.)

jaggedtoothgrin

November 15 2012, 08:15:05 UTC 4 years ago

Non US (Australian)

Knee-jerk reaction would be either teleportation or invisiblity (to allow for shenannigans) but further consideration make think that the ability to do the Time-slowingy thing that Kiddon had from NYX would have the best options for both shennaniganery, and when i tire of pranks and japes, the ability to use my skills to improve the lives of myself those around me without doing so at the direct expense of others

quettalinde

November 15 2012, 09:33:17 UTC 4 years ago

In love with Velveteen's universe, so am dying to get my hands on a copy!

- Musette, who controls people's subconscious thoughts through the power of music, residing in Vancouver, Canada
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