Who doesn't enjoy shiny, shiny giveaways? CODEX BORN releases today!

[seanan_mcguire]

My dearly beloved friend Jim Hines (http://www.jimchines.com/) has a new book out today: Codex Born, the sequel to Libriomancer. The magic of books has never been so real, or so incredibly dangerous.

I really, really loved this book, which I felt expanded and improved upon the world of the original, so when Jim asked if I would be willing to host a giveaway, I was happy to oblige. This is that giveaway. The rules:

1. Leave a comment on this post, naming the first book that really changed your life.
2. Identify your location in the world (US, non-US).
3. If non-US, confirm that you are willing to pay postage (for we are poor writers).

The winner will be chosen by RNG on Friday, August 9th, and Jim himself will be sending a signed copy of Codex Born to the winner. If you're not familiar with the series, you're in luck: book one, Libriomancer, is out today in paperback, so you can get all caught up.

Books! Magic! Awesomeness!

GAME ON!

ETA: Guys, I know it's tempting to discuss people's awesome taste in books with them, but please DO NOT REPLY to comments on RNG giveaway posts! It confuses the RNG, and has resulted in people NOT getting the prizes that they should have received!

Comments

[droewyn.livejournal.com]

Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation

I'm in the US!

[elektra.livejournal.com]

Skylark Three by "Doc" E.E. Smith - first science fiction I ever read
Delaware, US

[sarah nicolas (from livejournal.com)]

The first book to change my life was HEARTLIGHT by TA Barron!

I'm in the US

Thanks for the wonderful giveaway <3

[l-o-lostshadows.livejournal.com]

That's a tough question. Probably, Grimm's Fairy Tales.

US

[azahru.livejournal.com]

arggghhh! First book, there might be something earlier, but White Fang by Jack London.
USA

Thankyou!

[silverrose.livejournal.com]

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle!!

I'm in the US.

[anja jessen (from livejournal.com)]

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - I learned that girls can do everything. And crazy is often good.
I'm in Brussels, Belgium, and happy to cover postage :)

[miladygrey.livejournal.com]

Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey.

I'm afraid I can't give a logical, thoughtful reason. But I remember, with crystal clarity, sitting in the noisy middle-school cafeteria and re-re-re-reading Lessa's Impression to Ramoth, thinking This. This is why I don't fit in. This is not my world, and I don't want it to be, because why would I want to live here when I could ride a dragon on Pern? It's kind of liberating, that moment you realize that there are, in fact, other worlds than these (say thankya, Mr. King) and you are not limited to only one.

Delaware, in the USA.

[themysteriousg.livejournal.com]

It was Dragonsong for me but yes, this:)

[richard auffrey (from livejournal.com)]

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

U.S.

[cowfan.livejournal.com]

1984 by George Orwell. I'm in the US.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

'Alanna: The First Adventure' by Tamora Pierce. That book SAVED me when I was 12.

And still in Chapel Hill, NC.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Heh, you too!? *zen hugs*

[groovesinorbit]

The first book? That's a toughy. I'll go with The Once and Future King by T.H. White. I blame the geese.

Vermont, US for me.

[lydy.livejournal.com]

_Stranger in a Strange Land_, by Robert Heinlein. Not because of the free love issues, but because of the way he tackled religion and the existence of God. I was a fundamentalist Christian at the time, and it blew me away.

I'm in the US.

[ginger]

And The Band Played On, Randy Shilts -- is why I'm studying what I'm studying! (And my epidemiology teacher LOVED your Black Death song.)

I'm in the US :)

[jann mckenzie (from livejournal.com)]

Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton

Berea, Ohio in the US of A

[celtic-catgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it wasn't the first one, I'd read so many books by this time...

Patricia C. Wrede - Dealing with Dragons

U.S.

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

That's on my list too, after Alanna. I just gave the series to my friends' seven-year-old, and his parents are enjoying them as much as he is.

[dave-ifversen.livejournal.com]

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

I'm in the U.S.

[stephanie snow (from livejournal.com)]

First life-changing book was A Stranger Came Ashore by Mollie Hunter. Found it in the pile of class books for silent reading period and spent the rest of the year eyeballing seals suspiciously.
Canadian, but I am willing to pay postage.

[jennygriffee.livejournal.com]

I'd probably have to say it's The Wizard of Oz, which I first read when I was about five. It was a librarian's recommendation to my mother, since she'd been trying to find material that was challenging enough for an early reader while still being age-appropriate. Thanks to that book, I landed squarely in the realm of fantasy novels, and never really left. ;)

(The year before, my favorite book in the WORLD was Charlotte's Web, which also deserves a shout-out. I read that book literally to pieces. Scotch tape was involved.)

US.

[baby-rissa-chan.livejournal.com]

Liselotte Welskopf Henrich's Harka series

I'm in the US!

[shecky ex betai (from livejournal.com)]

Jim Butcher's Storm Front. It opened my eyes to the fact that, despite my previous experience, there was in fact GOOD urban fantasy out there... which led me to your work, among many, many others whose writing I have come to enjoy greatly.

... plus, Friday's my birthday. ;)

[phantasm13.livejournal.com]

Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe, CS Lewis

I am Canadian and willing to pay for postage :)

[deaves.livejournal.com]

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe -- nothing was more exciting as a child than the thought that a magical world could be just an arm's reach away

I live in Ontario, Canada, and yes, I would be willing to cover any shipping costs.

[dostehseh.livejournal.com]

Summer of my German Solider.

U.S.

N/A!

[pwl1.livejournal.com]

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I'm up here in Canada, and of course I'll pay for postage if picked. :-)