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, 17:56:49 UTC 4 years ago
The first happened at one of the malls here in Louisville. One of the Catholic high schools had an informational exhibit this one day, and one of the girls manning the exhibit (presumably one of the school's students) was holding a sign that said "Ask Me."
I went up to her and asked, "Do you know the value of pi to 35 decimal places?" I got blank stares from the girl holding the sign, and another girl who was standing nearby. After a couple of seconds, I said, "It's 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288." The blank stares turned more than a little goggle-eyed as I walked away.
The second happened a couple of years earlier, at Wonderfest, a modeling convention held here in Louisville. One of the guests that year was Marta Kristen of Lost In Space, and she was accompanied by the webmaster of her website. During a conversation with them, the song "Jenny (867-5309)" came up, and I mentioned how the chorus could be used as a mnemonic for memorizing pi, and I proceeded to demonstrate by singing, "Three point one four one five nine, two six five three five eight nine . . . " I then mentioned another mnemonic for memorizing pi: "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics." Count the letters in each word, and you have the value of pi to 14 decimal places -- 3.14159265358979.
The webmaster just looked at me and said, "I hand my geek crown over to you."