Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Get your geek on: a GEEKOMANCY giveaway!

I am a total geek. I have never tried to conceal my geekiness, choosing instead to embrace it for the wonderful thing that it is. Without my geeky pastimes, I wouldn't have the same friends, the same toys...the same life. I don't define myself by my geeky passions, but I can't pretend that they haven't defined me throughout my existence. Much like a bonsai is shaped by wire and scissors, I have been shaped by the X-Men and horror movies and roleplaying games and mythology, and I like me this way.

All 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!
Tags: geekiness, giving stuff away, good things, people make things, reading things
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teal_cuttlefish

June 25 2013, 02:29:40 UTC 4 years ago

SF Geekery: I had a little pickup truck with the license plate TANJ, which is a curse word in Larry Niven's Known Space series. When I found out he was in town, I got a Sharpie and went to see him. I asked him to sign my truck. He obliged, signing the driver's visor.

The truck is now totaled (I was rear-ended), but I still have the visor. In a small world type story, when I took it to the body shop for evaluation before it was totaled, I told the owner of the shop that my favorite author had signed the visor. He called my husband before I got home to tell me that Larry Niven was his cousin!

Technological and Social Geekery: Years before the Internet was a Thing, I got involved in local BBSes, eventually running my own, "Mom's BBS." I met both my Hubby and my PsuedoSpouse through that board, and was one of the only female sysops in Denver. (Which did entail some unwelcome pursuit from other sysops, unfortunately...) Hubby and I have been married 21 years now, and I've been with PseudoSpouse for 17 years. A fairly long-lived polyfamily.

chantry

June 25 2013, 03:12:59 UTC 4 years ago

I was at OryCon in about 1996, standing in line to eat lunch at the hotel coffeeshop, waiting with my partner. We chatted with the couple in front of us while we were waiting, and when the waitress started to lead them to a four-top, they invited us to join them. While we were eating, I managed to sneak a surreptitious glance at the gentleman's badge.

I was eating lunch with Larry Niven.

teal_cuttlefish

June 25 2013, 03:25:56 UTC 4 years ago

He is a very nice man. Soft spoken and friendly. I have heard his health is not great at this point, though. Haven't been following closely for a while.