Book Giveaway – Throne of the Crescent Moon (1/7/2013)
I have this feeling of being on a roll now. The last three choices for these giveaways seem to have gone down well and so I’m going for a banker this week: Saladin Ahmed’s Thrown of the Crescent Moon.
Here’s a link to the SFX review and the Kirkus Review. It’s had a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly and I do believe it might have won an award just recently (Locus Best First Novel 
I don’t really have any news this week. Some words. They happened.
Usual deal – comment on this post before July 6th and I’ll randomly select a lucky victim for a free copy of the book. Since it’s one of mine, I’ll sign and line it of you like. Since I’m on time with getting this one up and since there were SEVERAL complaints last week when I didn’t make life difficult, we’re going to play Fantasy Supermarket again (first commenter has to point out something fantasy-related beginning with A, second commenter has to point out something fantasy-related beginning with B, etc). I’ll vary it, before anyone complains, just not this week.
Although, though no one has yet complained about how long it takes me to get to the post office and post things, it can take a while and if you live abroad then it can take even longer. Sorry about that, but they do get there eventually. Well, so far.
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 13 am
First post = win
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 14 am
Astapor is a city where they train the unsullied slave soldiers through strict training and brutality to be loyal (Song of Ice and Fire)
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 21 am
Since I forgot to put something fantasy-related in my first post, here is Boromir, the son of Denether Steward of Gondor.
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 29 am
C – Camorr, the primary City in ‘The Lies of Locke Lamora’ – by Scott Lynch.
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 29 am
Cotillion – Patron of Assassins and Companion of Shadowthrone in Erikson’s The Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
July 1st, 2013 at 9: 53 am
Really interested in reading this!
July 1st, 2013 at 12: 16 pm
D – Denna. Rothfuss fans know what I am talking about and coincidentally, Rothfuss once had Saladin Ahmed on one of his storyboard episodes.
July 1st, 2013 at 12: 49 pm
E is for Earthsea, where Ged hunted his shadow.
July 1st, 2013 at 1: 05 pm
F is for Foul- as in Lord Foul, of the Thomas Covenant series
July 1st, 2013 at 2: 01 pm
G is for Glokta. One of the most memorable characters in Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy.
July 1st, 2013 at 4: 47 pm
H is for Howard, Robert E of Conan fame.
July 2nd, 2013 at 12: 45 am
I is for Isildur son of Elendil, who so cut the ring from the hand of Sauron.
July 2nd, 2013 at 1: 11 pm
J is for Jardir, the evil dude in the Demon cycle by Peter V Brett.
July 2nd, 2013 at 1: 22 pm
K is for Kylar Stern from Brent Weeks Night Angel Trilogy. If I was quicker off the mark it would be Azoth
July 2nd, 2013 at 1: 27 pm
L is for Terry Pratchett’s Librarian. Ook!
July 2nd, 2013 at 1: 28 pm
L is for Locke, as in The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Would LOVE to win this book! Thanks for the opportunity.
July 2nd, 2013 at 1: 55 pm
Mithrandir, as in Gandalf’s Sindarin name used in Gondor, meaning ‘Grey Pilgrim’.
July 2nd, 2013 at 2: 33 pm
N is for Nakor the Blue Rider, from Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar series.
July 2nd, 2013 at 5: 29 pm
O is for Osgiliath
July 2nd, 2013 at 5: 31 pm
P is for Pug, the mightiest magician to grace Midkemia.
July 3rd, 2013 at 11: 35 am
Q is for Quorl, the mighty monster-dragonflies ridden by the Moranth in Genabackis.
July 3rd, 2013 at 12: 57 pm
Ha – R IS FOR READ RULES OF COMPETITION!
first post NOT EQUAL WIN
July 3rd, 2013 at 10: 12 pm
S is for Sauron, collecting metadata all over Middle Earth.
July 3rd, 2013 at 10: 23 pm
T is for twinkle: Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you’re at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea tray in the sky.
–Mad Hatter, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
How I wonder what you’re at!
July 3rd, 2013 at 10: 33 pm
U is for Uther Pendragon
July 3rd, 2013 at 10: 49 pm
V is for Venom, weapon of choice as mastered by Durzo Blint, master assassin in Brent Week’s Nightblade series
July 3rd, 2013 at 10: 58 pm
Who ever is lucky enough to win this (good luck everyone including me !) I recommend that they he or she also get the ebook, “Engraved On The Eye”. It’s a collection of short fantasy stories by Saladin Ahmed. Really good.
July 4th, 2013 at 12: 29 am
Piers Anthony’s Xanth comes to mind. I appreciate Saladin Ahmed for writing a protagonist who is over sixty! Haven’t heard/read anything negative about TotCM. Can’t wait to read it!
July 4th, 2013 at 12: 45 am
P.S. I think I typed my email address with a v where there should be a c. It should be .com not .vom!
July 4th, 2013 at 1: 39 am
Ygritte, the wildling woman from Game of Thrones.
I can’t wait to read this
July 4th, 2013 at 11: 55 am
Z is for Zafir, Dragon Queen. Right – back to again…
July 4th, 2013 at 12: 01 pm
Aragorn, of course from Lord of the Rings
July 4th, 2013 at 2: 35 pm
Bradley as in Marion Zimmer. Just love the Darkover world.
July 4th, 2013 at 2: 41 pm
CJ Cherryh’s Chanur, of course and the Crescent Moon of the giveaway book!
July 4th, 2013 at 3: 30 pm
D is for Dog Man from Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, I’m thinking I like the smell of new books
July 5th, 2013 at 1: 24 pm
E is for Elric. King of the Emos. Or something.
July 6th, 2013 at 11: 42 am
Fortune – Dragon from The Ultimate Dragon Saga by Graham Edwards