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”

  2. I am so lame because I write sci-fi romance and have never read any of these even though I belonged to FF&P the years it won the PRISM award. Wonder where my head’s been? LOL!

    Thanks…and yes…I will definitely post this to my blog this week. Will drop in the link when it’s a done deal.

    Thanks!

    Lynn

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  4. I read about your Expanding Universe contest at the Et in arcaedia, ego blog. I’m one of those readers you mentioned with “no prior knowledge of the Liaden Universe” but would love to change that fact. 🙂

    Best of luck with Your Rrelease!

    ~Carol

  5. I’ve never read any of the Liaden Universe stories. I heard about this from Research Triangle Science Fiction Society mailing list.

    Casey

  6. I hadn’t even heard of the Liaden Universe until I saw the July 6th post on Tor.com. I love space opera, though. Sounds interesting.

  7. I stumbled upon this contest through TOR.com. Until then, I had never heard of the Laiden Universe. I am always interested in expanding my reading though!

  8. I hadn’t heard of the Liaden Universe until my boyfriend sent me a link to this page. He’s a big fan of your work. I’d love to be able to share this with him.

    Thanks.

  9. Never read a Liaden book but kept meaning to. I heard about this on Jennifer Jackson’s LiveJournal.

  10. I’ve never read any books from this universe before, I’ve never actually heard of it. (But then, I haven’t bought a new book in about five years.) From the description it looks like I’ve been missing out!

    I followed the link to this contest from Et in arcaedia, ego.

  13. I have a google alerts set up for the keywords “science fiction contest” and that’s how I found out about this. I’ve never read your work, but I hope I win and get a chance to enjoy it!

    Thanks,
    Sean

  14. Here from Tor.com, can honestly say I don’t remember hearing anything of the Liaden Universe til now. Sounds fascinating, though. Thanks for the teaser chapters, too 🙂

  15. I have not read any of the Liaden books. I have been meaning to, since the library I work for will be hosting you in September! I’ve just installed Calibre on my Mac, so I’m ready for ebooks!

  18. I’ve never tried the Liaden Universe but have heard many, many good things about your books! I read about this contest on Dear Author.

  19. I heard of this contest over at tor.com. I’ve heard of the Liaden Universe, but never quite gotten around to reading any of the books.

  23. I read about the contest on Tor.com. I have heard briefly about the books, maybe on Kate Nepveu’s “Outside of a Dog.” I’ve never found one to read.

  24. I have never read any of the Liaden Universe stories. I am new to space opera and I would love to have a chance to try the Dragon Variation omnibus in either electronic or print format. Saw information on this great giveaway at SF Signal website THANKS!

  25. I heard about this from Spacefreighters’ Lounge, and have never, ever read a Liaden Universe story. I’ve looked at the TV Tropes page a few times, though.

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  29. Bruce Charles Hobbs Here is a contest for all you who like to read one of my FAVORITE author teams Steve Miller and Shron Lee are giving away 36 e-book copies of The Dragon Variation a three book omnibus from their Laiden universe. The contest is for those who have never read a Laiden Universe Novel. This is SFvdone well check it out! htt…p://sharonleewriter.com/2010/07/expanding-universe-contest/
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  31. I heard about the contest at SF Signal, and I have never read an Expanded Universe novel (cross my heart). I’ve been looking for new science fiction to read as some of my favorite authors ( such as Lois McMaster Bujold) have gone from science fiction to writing fantasy.

  33. I heard about the contest on Jennifer Jackson’s blog. Liaden is all-new to me. I’m excited – I hope I win! 🙂

  34. I’ve never heard of the Liaden Universe and have no clue what it is but I’d like to visit 🙂 Found this blog/contest from Rebecca’s Dirty Sexy Books blog.

    Sarah

  35. I posted a link to this URL, with a note of recommendation, on my Facebook wall (name as shown). Does that count as blogging? (I heard about this contest from your InfoDump No. 84. Obviously I’m NOT eligible for the e-book myself!)

  36. I have never, ever read a Liaden Universe novel, despite the best efforts of my best friend to get me hooked. She has striven for several years but I just haven’t gotten around to it. She told me about this contest.

  37. Hi, I heard about this contest from dragonashes.com. I’ve never heard about the Liaden Universe stories before. 🙂

  40. Heard about this from Mindy Klasky’s post. Never heard of the series or authors, but since there are few I’ve heard of, this is no great surprise to me. Onto a growing list of books to investigate!

  44. I’ve never read any of the Liaden books. I have a friend who has been pestering me for years to do so. This might be the impetus I needed.
    Found this via her blog. orlacarey.livejournal.com

  46. I havent ever tried a Liaden book, but was referred to the site and contest from twitter friend @GrowlyCub. Would love to try. Thanks

  47. Here via Jennifer Jackson’s LJ and I’ve never read anything in the Liaden Universe, although I’ve been wondering about it of late.

  48. I came across this contest on Jennifer Jackson’s blog. Thank you for the opportunity to be introduced to this series. I have not read any of the Liaden Universe books, but they do sound rather interesting.

  49. I heard about the contest via a friend’s LiveJournal (neadods.livejournal.com) and I’ve never ever (cross my heart and hope to read some soon) read the afforementioned books (nor anything else by the author).

    Thanks for the contest!

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