geekyAll things considered, it's probably not a surprise that when I was offered the chance to blurb Michael Underwood's Geekomancy, I said "sure, why not." A magic system based on and powered by the geeky joys that run my universe? Yes, please. And to no one's shock or amazement, I adored it. It's fun, it's peppy, it's about people I recognize, because they're the kind of people I voluntarily surround myself with every day of my life. The sequel, Celebromancy, came out recently, and is even more fun.
But here's the thing: these books are e-only, which means they miss out on bookstore browsers and surprise eyes, and too many of the awesome geeky people I know haven't encountered them or had the opportunity to give them a try. So I asked Michael's editor if I could do an e-book giveaway for the first book, to get people hooked on the series, and he said sure (after he finished blinking at me a great deal). And so I now present...
SEANAN GIVES AWAY SOMEONE ELSE'S BOOKS FOR A CHANGE!
This giveaway is for three electronic copies of Geekomancy by Michael Underwood. The limitations:
1. You will need to get the book through a specific channel (the publisher's website), because what I have are download codes.
2. The book is not going to be "Kindle ready," and may not be transferable onto a Kindle without evil magic.
To enter, leave a comment with your geekiest moment. No geek is too great! I, and the Random Number Generator, will select three winners on Friday, June 28th. Open to US residents only (sorry), please leave your comment on the entry itself; comments on comments will not be eligible to win.
Game on!
June 25 2013, 02:03:34 UTC 4 years ago
(My group plays 4e, because we are shameless hack-and-slashers at heart. But our floor theme is movies set locally, so it's not quite so awesome as Back to the Future.)
June 25 2013, 02:14:59 UTC 4 years ago
We try to be good guests and not get kicked out, so mostly we use their erasers (we bring our own white board markers) and we usually don't raid the kitchen except to use their hot water maker for tea and their faucets, but still: they have SPARKLING WATER FAUCETS WHAT DISPENSES SPARKLING WATER. LIKE BUILT INTO THE WALL AND STUFF. AND A LEGO FLOOR. A LEGO FLOOR!!!
June 25 2013, 02:29:30 UTC 4 years ago
One of my coworkers' wives is a pediatrician, and she says much the same thing, but her spin is: "you guys are clearly actually a kindergarten -- primary colors, legos, naptime -- so if you ever decide to hire an appropriate on-site doctor, give me a call..."
June 25 2013, 13:10:48 UTC 4 years ago
This has created a darkly funny air on legal projects Google staffs out with contractors in New York (Google's a great gig to get on the temp attorney field, they're super reasonable about things like dress code and they pay a great rate and they don't work us a billion hours without breaks because they're decided our work quality falls after a certain number of hours a week--this is true, but try telling, say, a banking client that). I've been on a few of those in my contract attorney days, and on one of them I happened to have been the only-non Google employee on site who had actually BEEN in their New York offices and listening to my fellows talk about it was like listening to people who labor under a dark and oppressive cloud whisper about a mythical fantasy candy-land just over the horizon.
hushed whisper: "I hear they have an entire floor decorates in Legos."
Other hushed whisper: "Oh gosh, that can't be true!"
Me: "No, that's true. I've been there lots of times."
Which turned me into some sort of Google prophet, discussing the promised land, where the fridges are stocked with healthy snacks and there's a massage room and nap room on every floor.