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Plan your next trip with LAFFERTY AIR!

Nothing says "big American holiday" like planning a trip to a city you've never seen before, right? And what better way to start your trip planning than with a pair of travel guides showing two famous American cities from a...different...point of view?

I'm giving away two signed Mur Lafferty books: The Shambling Guide to New York City and Ghost Train to New Orleans. These fun, fascinating, unique urban fantasies follow the adventures of a travel guide publishing house for, well, monsters.

Yes.

One part urban fantasy awesome, one part Travel Channel enthralling, and all Mur Lafferty snark, these books make me happy. And now they can make you happy! (Although they could also make you happy if you bought them, so remember, all books are available through other means.) To enter...

1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. Name a city you've always wanted to see.
3. Identify your country of origin.

That's it! The winner will be chosen from qualifying entries via RNG on Thursday, July 10th, so you have a week.

Game on!

geekhyena

July 5 2014, 18:06:41 UTC 2 years ago

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I've always wanted to go to Philadelphia for the Mutter Museum. ^_^
US, but happy to pay postage.

dormouse_in_tea

July 5 2014, 18:55:12 UTC 2 years ago

I want to see Edō. >_> Without a time machine, I'd love to see Venice. (I'd love to see Venice with a time machine too).

I'm from, and in, the US.

lazzchan

July 5 2014, 21:51:09 UTC 2 years ago

I would love to try this out!

I always wanted to see Cardiff, in Wales.

And I'm in the USA!

runiechica

July 6 2014, 01:10:48 UTC 2 years ago

1. check
2. Dublin! If I'm thinking domestically New Orleans
3. US

morvoren

July 6 2014, 01:17:45 UTC 2 years ago

I've always wanted to go to Las Vegas. (Cirque shows and roller coasters, oh my.)

Canadian, will pay postage if needed.

umadoshi

July 6 2014, 02:34:58 UTC 2 years ago

Hmm...I'm gonna go with San Francisco. (I'm in Canada.)

Monterey, CA!

grassrose

July 6 2014, 02:47:07 UTC 2 years ago

My recruiter told me that's where I'd go after basic training (cue yacht pics here). After basic training at sunny Lackland AFB, Texas, I got on a bus. It drove across base to a ramshackle set of condemned dorms on the other side of base, and the driver made me get off. I spent the next year there. 30 years later, I've been to several countries, but still have never been to Monterey. Poor little me... :-)

I am currently living back in Texas, which, last time I looked, was still part of the continental U.S.

elektra

July 6 2014, 05:38:41 UTC 2 years ago

Paris. I've been to the airport, but never the city.
I'm in the US.

prefixmancer

July 6 2014, 14:18:43 UTC 2 years ago

I think I would have to go with Pompeii, although Rome or Athens seem like they would be cool as well. (From the US)

melchar

July 6 2014, 14:37:13 UTC 2 years ago

City I've always wanted to see is Seattle.

I'm a California/USA kinda gal.

Hugs!

estelendur

July 6 2014, 15:11:33 UTC 2 years ago

I've always wanted to see Berlin, I think. My father went there for work when I was a child.

I am, alas, in the US and passportless.

terfle42

July 6 2014, 19:34:23 UTC 2 years ago

I've never been to Seattle! My country of origin is the US.

arkle

July 6 2014, 19:40:07 UTC 2 years ago

I'm a long time fan of Mur's (she was even on my old podcast once, long ago), so winning this would be awesome. Granted, I already have a signed book of hers (the Lulu.com print of Playing For Keeps), but...

Anyway, a city I've always wanted to see? Washington D.C. For realsies, not like in 2009. See, I had to fly into Ronald Reagen airport to get to a con in Baltimore because Frontier airlines (which I fly because my Dad works for them so I get a discount) doesn't fly into Baltimore's airport. My flight landed early enough that I could've strolled to the train station to catch my train to Baltimore, so I could've appreciated some of the sights along the way. I get to baggage claim, one of my two bags comes out, and then the damn conveyor shuts off for 30 freaking minutes! Everyone on that flight who hadn't gotten any or only some of their bags had to wait, and I had to run like hell (and I was not in the best of shape in 2009) to catch my train so I didn't get to really see anything due to my blind panic.

So yeah, US is country of origin for purposes of this entry.

July 6 2014, 19:42:52 UTC 2 years ago

Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It's where my Dad was born. I grew up in the city my Mom was born, so that's already taken care of at least.

US is country of origin, for purposes of this contest.

jakjamin

July 6 2014, 19:46:55 UTC 2 years ago

Hmm. Portland, OR. I'm from the U. S. of A.

w3corg

July 6 2014, 19:58:38 UTC 2 years ago

Well I've always wanted to visit Rivendell... I'll settle for (the false) Hobbiton, to see the particular superposition of a fictional and real town (by opposition to the superposition of fantasized versus real town).
And I'm from France.

queenrikki_hp

July 6 2014, 20:07:08 UTC 2 years ago Edited: July 6 2014, 20:07:41 UTC

It's silly but I've always wanted to go to San Francisco which probably sounds silly to those of you who live there but I am from Alabama and San Francisco seems as different as you get from home.

Jay Lofstead

July 6 2014, 23:12:04 UTC 2 years ago

Glasgow

USA

evaleastaristev

July 7 2014, 00:55:16 UTC 2 years ago

I would love to visit Berlin.

I live in the USA

Sweet

maverick_weirdo

July 7 2014, 01:44:33 UTC 2 years ago

1. I am a big fan of Mur Lafferty
2. London
3. U.S.A.

gwaihiril

July 7 2014, 02:35:28 UTC 2 years ago

Paris! Or Barcelona. I'm from the USA.

Jamie Marie Duran

July 7 2014, 03:31:09 UTC 2 years ago

I've always wanted to see New Orleans, and am from the U.S.

Carolyn Bahm

July 7 2014, 05:33:43 UTC 2 years ago

Definitely Seattle! Cool culture, coffee shops, music, houseboats, tons of dog lovers, and beautiful. What's not to love? I'm from the U.S.A., currently living in Tennessee.

tibicina

July 7 2014, 09:32:11 UTC 2 years ago

City I've always wanted to see: The Emerald City (but that's probably not a fair answer) Choosing hard. I'm gonna go with Kyoto, but my answer might well change to Dublin or Persepolis next week.

Country of Origin: USA.

dgsiii

July 7 2014, 13:50:19 UTC 2 years ago

I want to visit San Francisco. I've been there once, but it was just a brief jaunt through Haight-Ashbury on the tail end of a business trip. I'd really like to dedicate a week to exploring the whole city. I'm in the US.

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Monterey, CA!

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