Hardship giveaway for the sake of my storage space.

[seanan_mcguire]

Okay: I just had cause to go through my bins of author's copies, and it's getting scary in there. Very, deeply scary. So! It's time for a hardship giveaway.

What is a hardship giveaway? It's where I give away older books (not ARCs or just-released) to people who couldn't afford to buy them when they came out, and/or can't afford them now. It's an honor system: I believe that you will honor my intent, and only enter if you have a genuine need. Because T-shirt mailing is ongoing, this particular giveaway is only open to people with US addresses. I am so sorry about that, I really am, but a) I can't afford international postage (which is sort of contradictory to the whole "hardship" angle), and b) my postal workers will kill me if I add more international shipping right now.

To enter...

1) Comment on this post, indicating that you have a US address.
2) Tell me what book you are hoping to win. Anything I've written.
2a) Hell, feel free to list anthologies.
3) If you have a second choice, list that.

I cannot guarantee that I have any specific book "in stock," as it were, but I can sure look. (I can tell you for sure that I don't have Rosemary and Rue or Feed right now.)

I will choose five winners on Wednesday, February 4th. They will have twenty-four hours to contact me to claim their prizes.

Shoot for the moon!

Comments

[ladypoetess.livejournal.com]

1. I live in the US.
2. Discount Armageddon
3. Deadline or Symbiont

[starlingthefool.livejournal.com]

I would love a copy of Symbiont. I can't afford the hardcover right now, and Chicago's libraries' waitlists are loooooong.

And heck, if you've got a copy of the Glitter and Mayhem anthology kicking around, I'd cry with joy. I supported the kickstarter, but moved and forgot to update my address before they shipped, so never got my copy.

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I'm one of the Glitter & Mayhem editors. :)

I'm so sorry that you didn't receive your copy. If you email me at michaeldamianthomas @ gmail [dot] com, I'll see what we can do to fix this.

Best,

Michael

[jjmcgaffey.livejournal.com]

I'm in the U.S. I'd love to have Late Eclipses or Ashes of Honor - or Sparrow Hill Road. I've read all three from the library, but I'd love to own them...Thanks!

[artofcheatery.livejournal.com]

In the US.
Indexing
Parasite

I have so much trouble letting myself buy more than one book per author a year. Only got through Newsflesh because my library was carrying it (And they only got the finale because I demanded it)

[joy rhiannon julian (from livejournal.com)]

Live in Charleston SC
Wishing for "Fantasy Medley 2"
Really want to read the Tybalt story <3 and our Public Library doesn't have this book .... Reading all the other Toby books that way

[slayerwitchlore.livejournal.com]

In the US.
In the hope of not having to move a public library next time I change residences I have been buying everything for Kindle or Audible (usually both if possible), so would love anything papery!
The cats would love anything with Tybalt.

[kshandra]

1. I live in the US.
   
2. The Winter Long.
   
3. Chicks Dig Time Lords.

Best of luck reclaiming your space!

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[caoilfhionn.livejournal.com]

1. US address
2. Local Habitation
3. Artificial Night

This is a fantastic plan!

[saxtherapist.livejournal.com]

1. US resident!
2. Indexing
3. Symbiont [if that's too recent, either of the Velveteen books]

This is a lovely idea and made me tear up a little. When every penny counts, physical books tend to get cut first and it stinks not being able to mark up the copies from the library or the ones read in the bookstore.

[domynoe.livejournal.com]

I would love ANY Toby books in hard copy! I buy the ebook when I can when they go on sale (and I mean REALLY on sale), but can't afford physical copies, which I really want.

U.S. resident (good ole Georgia).

[spherissa.livejournal.com]

Hi, I don't live in the US but I do have a US address (Should i win a book two very poor people will be enjoying this book at least)
I would love a copy of Sparrow Hill Road Or Any anthology...
Thank you so much for doing this even if i don't win it's a gracious act!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I have a US address; I'm hoping to win The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, with Parasite as a second choice. Thank you :)

[alinore.livejournal.com]

1. Live in the US
2. Symbiont or anything Toby Daye
3. Anything else you've written...

[sanacrow.livejournal.com]

1. I live in the US.
2. Sparrow Hill Road
3. Indexing

Thank you!

[antimony-medusa.livejournal.com]

I have a US address I could use! My first choice would be Fantasy Medley 2 (the one Rat-Catcher is in), and my second choice would be Symbiont. My THIRD choice (because I feel that both my choices may be long shots), would be An Artificial Night.

[becky mccoy (from livejournal.com)]

I have a US address and I would love Fantasy Medley 2 (Tybalt!!!) or One Salt Sea.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

1. I live in the US.
2. Any of the velveteen books.
3. Symbiont.

[guendolen-sama.livejournal.com]

I live in the continental U.S.! And I would be thrilled to receive a copy of either "Parasite" or the "In This House" anthology. :) Thank you!

[heavensgardener.livejournal.com]

I have a US address, and I'm hoping for a copy of Sparrow Hill Road or Fantasy Medley 2.

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

am in the US
Ashes of Honor or Chimes at Midnight

(or really anything you need to let go of; I've requested your books from the library, but they've not gotten the latest two or three, because acquisition funding cuts. *grumble*)

(I'm not even buying used books any more; this year's SSDI increase was, oh, about $80 less per month than my increased medication co-pays. Big pharma - we hates it precious, oh yes we do...) (/end irrelevant self-pitying whine)

[sylviamcivers.livejournal.com]

Artificial Night - Toby beats Blind Michael!!!
or Glitter and Mayhem, which my library does not carry and so I can't read. :(

USA

[nurseiris.livejournal.com]

I live in the US! I would love a copy of either the Velveteen books, and I would squee until forever if I could get my hands on a copy of A Fantasy Medley 2 I want to read "Rat-Catcher" so bad it hurts.

Thank you Seanan!

[yuni kane (from livejournal.com)]

1. US address, yes.
2. Discount Armageddon
3. Parasite

I haven't been able to afford ANY books of any kind (computer ebook or hard copy) for...almost six months now, and I can't get to the nearest library. *travel issues, yay* And I've been wanting at least one of your books for months. This would be a godsend.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

You mean the postal workers are about to go postal? :)

I live in the US.

First choice -- Discount Armageddon
Second choice -- Midnight Bluelight Special

[unnisarah.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon
I live in the US. Would love to get either of these
1. Symbiont,
2. Indexing
3. Midnight blue special
Never won anything before hopefully
You will choose me. 😄

[phoenix-singing.livejournal.com]

I'm in the US!
First choice: Fantasy Medley 2
Second choice: The Winter Long

<3 and you are lovely for doing this giveaway.

[wendigomountain.livejournal.com]

1. I live in the US
2. I haven't read any of your books yet, I just follow your LJ.
3. Seriously, I'm not picky, if I get picked, I'd like to read anything you send.

[bill silvia (from livejournal.com)]

Hello, I live in the US.
My first choice would be Parasite.
My second choice would be Late Eclipses.

[roseeyedangel.livejournal.com]

I totally live in the US.

First Choice: Velveteen vs. The Multiverse
Second Choice: Indexing

[melchar.livejournal.com]

US address yes
Letters to the Pumpkin King
...or any of your filk [that's a kind of anthology....kinda ^_^]

I loved the dogs and kitty in snow pics!

[dragondances.livejournal.com]

1) I am in the US.
2) "Rat-Catcher" has been impossible for me to get a hold of, since the Subterranean price point is over what I can normally ask to get for Christmas/birthdays.
3) Parasite, if Rat-Catcher's unavailable (and I wouldn't be surprised). I universally prefer trade paperbacks to any other editions. :)

As I indicated above, I get almost all my books from gifts, the library, or the lost and found at work. Fortunately my family and friends know me well enough to just ask for lists of authors and titles when they wanna get me something, but it does severely limit how quickly I can keep up with your bibliography!

Thank you, as ever, for offering these wonderful giveaways!

[arcaneblades.livejournal.com]

US resident, and I'd love a copy of Fantasy Medley 2, or Indexing, as my book budget this last year and change has been limited to keeping up with Toby and the Incryptid books. I haven't even had the budget for any of the other authours I keep up with.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I live in the US but I'd love to surprise a non-LJ friend (Also US) who has only read FEED and the 1st 4 Toby books.
She loves your work, but is disabled and on a fixed income, so can't really afford them. It would be awesome to be able to tell her she is getting a surprise.

[kay-gmd.livejournal.com]

If for this, or any hardship giveaway help on a postage fund would be desirable I'd contribute to it.

Aiming for the Sea of Tranquility...

[trippletdad34x.livejournal.com]

I most definitely live in the US.

I'd like a copy of either 1)Chimes at Midnight or 2)An Artificial Night.

I'd dearly love a copy of Chimes at Midnight. First, because the title references my favorite (film) Shakespeare moment. Yes, I realize the scene in Branagh's Henry V, when Hal realizes he'll one day have to disown his friend Falstaff isn't the same as how the quote was originally used, but it's stuck with me. That realization that a friend might not always be a friend because of the duties we have is one of the first times I understood how hard growing up can be. Chimes definitely lives up to that idea, what with Arden having to step beyond her safe anonymity into the most public of roles.

Second, it pays off a lot of my favorite threads in the series. Quentin finally admitting who we all suspected he was (well, I suspected it, pretty much from the moment Sylvester first sent him to get Toby. No normal noble is THAT snobby, even in a culture like the Fae's.). Toby accepting her loss of Conner and finding new purpose in her role as a knight of the realm. Tybalt and Toby's Slap-Slap-Kiss antics finally really paying off. Finding out what "Arden lives" meant (damn you for being cryptic, Luidaeg).

Third, it's the book I feel most closely tied to. I originally listened to it on a trip with my then girlfriend (since a then fiance and now wife) for our first anniversary. Many of the book's most memorable moments are tied to images of that weekend. For example, shaking my girlfriend awake when I realized she'd dozed off during the tense moment where Quentin told Arden he understood how she felt, and why. To be fair, it was ten at night and we'd been up since five.

Only An Artificial Night comes close to Chimes for me. Raj's first appearance, as well as the broken nature of Blind Michael, make it something wonderful to read. I still cry every time I read the final conversation between Toby and the Luidaeg, especially the end of it where Toby is reflecting on how Michael died. Just thinking "How many miles to Babylon? Sorry. I don't care." makes me tear up. The fact that you can practically hear Mary breaking down when she reads that just makes it so much more powerful in my mind. For me, Mary Robinette Kowal IS Toby (and never ever Pat Rothfuss. xD)

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this, and thanks for spending time with us in Toby's world. It's a place I treasure visiting, and that wouldn't be possible without you.

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

I have a US address.

I would love a copy of Sparrow Hill Road!
Either Chicks Dig time Lords or Whedonistas would make me ecstatic as well.

[beth woodward (from livejournal.com)]

1) Yes, I live in the US.
2) A Fantasy Medley 2
3) Chicks Dig Time Lords

[angel-vixen.livejournal.com]

I have a U.S. mailing address.

Chicks Dig Time Lords
Ashes of Honor

Thank you for doing this. :)

[tapati.livejournal.com]

I'm in the U.S. and would love one of the Velveteens <3

[darthnyxxas.livejournal.com]

I live in the US.

First choice: A Local Habitation
Second choice: An Artificial Night

[alana lee rock (from livejournal.com)]

1. Yes, I live in US with a US mailing address
2. Chicks Dig Time Lords
3. Fantasy Medley 2

Thanks for the chance!

[sheila okeefe (from livejournal.com)]

I live in the US and rely on my library for my books, being on a tight budget. I've gotten them to buy all your books they didn't already have, but they don't have all the anthologies. I like to read these as sometimes I discover a great new writer that way, but I hesitate to ask my library to buy them when I only know one or two authors in the collection, since the library too has a budget to live within.

The anthologies I wish I could read, in order of preference:

1) The End is Now
2) Ravens in the Library
3) Living Dead, Volume 2
4) Wastelands II

I'd love any one of these. Thanks so much for the chance!

[danceswithwaves.livejournal.com]

I live in the US. I'd love a copy of any of the Toby or Incryptid books. Preferably ones that are closer to the start of the series, since I don't own any of them and have this strange idea that I should start to accumulate books at the start of the series. (Though in reality it ends up being what the Friends of the Library used-bookstore has in stock, when I can get there.)