Expanding Universe Contest

In celebration of the publication of Mouse and Dragon, the thirteenth novel set in their Liaden Universe®, authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are holding an Expanding Universe Contest!  Yes! No less than thirty-six electronic copies of The Dragon Variation will be given away.

The Dragon Variation is an omnibus edition of three Liaden Universe® novels — Conflict of Honors, one of the first modern SFRomances; Local Custom, second place winner of the Prism Award for best Futuristic of 2002; and Scout’s Progress, the first place winner of the Prism Award for best Futuristic of 2002, Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice for Best SF Novel of its year, and the prequel to Mouse and Dragon.

That’s three complete novels under one cover.  No prior knowledge of the Liaden Universe® required. Electronic! In Baen Books’ DRM-free, multiplatform style.  This omnibus can be read on your Kindle, your phone, your iPad, your desktop, or other ereader.

Still need some convincing?

The first nine chapters of each of these novels may be read for free at the Baen website.
Conflict of Honors
Local Custom
Scout’s Progress

How The Contest Works:

*The Expanding Universe Contest is open to anyone — and everyone! — who has never, ever, cross-your-heart-&c read a Liaden Universe® novel.

*Reply to this blog entry with your name, and where you heard about the contest.  From those who respond, 36 lucky winners will be chosen by drawing.  If 36 or less people enter the contest, then everyone’s a winner!

*Each winner will be asked to provide their email address for purposes of receiving the code that will allow them to download their prize.

*A list of winners — with links to their websites, should they wish, and links to the website where they heard about the contest — will be published in this blog.

Small Print: The contest begins RIGHT NOW and will end at midnight Eastern Daylight Time (4:00 a.m. GMT) Friday, July 16.  A list of winners will be posted on this blog on Saturday, July 17.  It is the responsibility of the winners to contact Sharon Lee according to the instructions given with the winner’s list.  Prizes will be held for 12 days.

It’s that simple.  So!  Those friends you wanted to get hooked on the Liaden Universe®? Point ‘em this way.  Been meaning to try this Liaden thing, but never got around to it?  We’re making it as easy for you as we can.

Let’s do this thing.

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Bloggers take note!

If you’d like to share the news about the Expanding Universe Contest, there’s a little something in it for you, too.  Hit “reply” and post a link to your  blog entry mentioning the contest, and be entered in a drawing for a $36 gift card from Barnes and Noble. Yes, you may also enter the drawing for a copy of The Dragon Variation, as long as you meet the contest criterion.

332 thoughts on “Expanding Universe Contest”

  1. >>Small Print: The contest begins RIGHT NOW and will end at midnight Eastern Daylight Time (4:00 a.m. GMT) Friday, June 16.<<

    …July 16, perhaps?

  3. eep! I knew there had to be an error lurking in all of that somewhere.

    Thanks for the catch! All fixed now.

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  9. My wonderful friends Sio and Maggie who are big fans told me about it and am just waiting to get my ereader back to start reading it because they think it is wonderful

  11. Hi–I read about your contest at TeleRead today (7-4-2010). It seems well suited for me since I love ebooks but have never read any book in this series, in fact, this is the first I’ve ever heard of it… but then, I mainly read a lot of romance novel ebooks…

  15. Read about this from Scott Raun’s entry over on Livejournal. I haven’t read anything by these authors, though I got a freebie book at Duckon this year. I may never get around to reading it though since I don’t really do paper anymore. The electronic version would certainly go into my reader and make it to the top of the list eventually though.
    My email address is included in the entry.

  16. I’ve heard of the Liaden books before, when you first went under Baen’s wing, but haven’t read any yet. It’s one of those things I’ve been meaning to do, so even if I don’t win, I’ll probably spring for the first one from Webscriptions anyways. 🙂

    I heard about this from Teleread’s blog post (that Chris Meadows mentioned above).

  18. Hi there! I heard about this contest on the MNStF email list. I’ve heard about the Liaden books, but I’ve never read one.

  19. Hi! I heard about this contest through a mailing list of the Minnesota Scientifiction Society (Mnstf), where a member with a Baen webscription mentioned it.

    ~ Laramie Sasseville

  20. I heard about this contest from the Lois Bujold mailing list. I’m just about to inherit my dad’s old Kindle 2 (he’s upgrading), and I’d love love love a Liaden book for it!

  21. Heard about it from Scott Raun on the lois-bujold listserv. I’ve actually never read your stuff, so HIT ME.

  22. I read about it on the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list. Not sure how I missed these books for all these years.

  23. I caught word of your awesome contest on the also-awesome The Galaxy Express. Sounds like a series I should investigate, regardless of the outcome of your contest!

  24. I have never, ever read any of these books or for that matter, anything by these two authors. However, I do like to share. If you send them to me, I’ll send them around when I’m done with them!

  25. I heard about the contest (and the books) at thegalaxyexpress.net. Thanks for the contest!

  27. I haven’t read these books but I read Eagles Over the Kennebec on a regular basis and I read about the contest there. Would love to toss my name in the hat for a new series to read.

  30. Hi Sharon, I’ve posted about it on my LJ. My only regret is the friends who I have lent my copies who will not now be able to enter…

  35. Hello! My good friend is an avid reader of these books, and she told me about this contest. She’s loaned me two of these books, but I haven’t opened them yet.

  36. Saw this on Scott Raun’s LJ page. The books aren’t readily available in Australia so ebook editions would be good.

  38. I’m another one who heard about it on the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list

  39. I just finished Eric Flint’s “Rats, Bats and the Ugly” so I am familiar with Baen. I heard of this contest on Teleread. I have not read any of this series before. I hope it is as good as any of the other Baen authors I have read so far. Eric Flint’s “1632” is the first e-book I have read and I have not looked back since. I started on a Palm T|X and now have 3 Kindles.

  41. Hello! My name is Jeff and I heard about this contest on the SF Signal website. I’ve never read any of the these books but would like to give them a try.

  43. My sister told me about this contest. She read about it here: She’s been wanting me to read Liaden universe stories for a while. Also since I’m a librarian, she wants me to get the library involved. This works because I can donate the book to the library.

  48. Hi. Can I toss my hat into the ring? I heard about this giveaway at Chris Meadows’ TeleRead blog, I’ve never read anything by Lee or Miller, and I’d love to set that right.

    Cheers!

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