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seanan_mcguire ([personal profile] seanan_mcguire) wrote2015-12-04 03:03 pm

On the fourth day of Hogswatch, your Seanan gave away...

...a copy of Indexing!

Welcome to the fourth of the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch. I will be starting a new giveaway every day between now and December 13th. Each giveaway will have different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on December 30th, because I am bad at going to the post office (and also, avoiding the post office until that other winter holiday is over).

The third giveaway is for a copy of Indexing (the first one). This is going to be a random number drawing, because I just got home from the East Coast two days ago, and I'm still tired. So...

1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate both this and your willingness to pay postage.
3. Name your fairy tale.
4. That's it.

I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Friday, December 11th.

Game on!

ETA: This drawing is now CLOSED.

[identity profile] barsukthom.livejournal.com 2015-12-05 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
The Tale of Marya Morevna.
I mean, look! Our Hero goes a-wandering, comes across a battlefield. He asks one of the bodies, (This is translated from the Russian) "Whoa, dude, what happened here?" Ivan the Corpse answered, "Yo, my friend, Marya Morevna happened onto us, for truly, she is an Bad-Ass." Our Hero IMMEDIATELY says, "DUDE! AWESOME! I must meet this lady! She is SO the mate for me!"
It gets complicated after that, because her Dad is Koschei the Deathless, and, well, the course of True Love never DID run smooth.

[identity profile] ancelinegrey.livejournal.com 2015-12-07 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)

That sounds like a really awesome fairy tale. Where can I find it in English? My Russian is sadly limited to recognizing letters and small words like pronouns and "tea" and a few colours.

[identity profile] barsukthom.livejournal.com 2015-12-08 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
This book: http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Fairy-Illustrated-Alexander-Afanasyev/dp/1908478683/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449547099&sr=1-3&keywords=russian+fairy+tales

It's in English, and it's got/should have GORGEOUS illustrations (Ivan Bilibin was FABULOUS)

[identity profile] ancelinegrey.livejournal.com 2016-01-05 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I will definitely keep an eye out. It's hard to go wrong with beautifully illustrated fairy tales.

[identity profile] barsukthom.livejournal.com 2016-01-06 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Good Luck! A google search, or going through "bing images" turns up some of his paintings.