The winner of the seventh and last available MP3 edition of Liaden Universe® novel Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, narrated by Kevin T. Collins is!
Number 36 prevailed against a field of 86. We will release the Sekrit Identity if we receive permission to do so.
Congratulations! to Sheryl Kolar and all the winners!
Thanks very much to everyone who took part in the game!
Eighty-eight valiant pilgrims threw their names into the hat to win one of two remaining copies of the MP3 edition of Dragon in Exile, a novel of the Liaden Universe®, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, narrated by Kevin T. Collins.
The winner, by random drawing, was!
Alert readers of this blog will have deduced that there is
Yep, today is your Absolute Last Chance to enter your name into the drawing to win that last MP3 edition of Dragon in Exile.
Entries are accepted ONLY at liadenuniverse@gmail.com. Flailing about on the internet randomly posting wishes to win do nothing for your chances of actually winning.
Here is the link to the Rules. Read the Rules. All the way to the end.
Good luck.
Number Seventeen is the winner of the fifth available copy of the MP3 edition of Liaden Universe® novel Dragon in Exile, written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and narrated by Kevin T. Collins.
There are only two more of these audiobooks left. Two more chances for you to win. Remember! Every day is a new day, and you must play every day to win. Entries for Wednesday are only counted on Wednesday. When Thursday comes, we start again.
Here’s your link to the rules. The rules say what they mean. There is only one email address where valid entries are collected. Any other postings expressing your desire to win are only so much shouting.
Good luck.
The winner of the fourth of an original seven MP3 editions of Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller is, I kid you not!
Can I get a hearty round of applause for the lucky winner, please!
So! The arithmetically adept among you will have deduced that there are only three of these wonderful talking books left to give away.
You want one. You know you want one. And the only chance you have is by throwing your name into the metaphorical Liaden chapeau.
Where is this stylish head covering located, you ask? How can I enter my name?
Here are the rules. Read the rules. Understand the rules. Become One with the rules. Do not second-guess the rules or believe that you know better than the rules.
Everybody good?
Go.
Yesterday, Steve and I had manymany errands to run in town, including the appointment with the second doctor, and another, with our lawyer, who we haven’t seen in a few years.
New medication was introduced; paperwork was initiated; groceries were topped off. And etcetera.
Since we were All Day In Town, we ate lunch at the world-famous Governor’s Restaurant. Steve had the liver and onions, which he pronounced excellent. I had the chicken pot pie, which did not go above adequate. The filling was everything I could have wished for, but the pie crust itself was industrial grade, and I wound up leaving it, and just ate the insides. And my squash. The squash was wonderful.
Anyhow, we arrived home in the dark, by which I mean after 4:00 pm, had a snack, caught up with email, and retired to the couch.
I don’t think I reported here that we are now the proud owners of a smart television — the kind that connects to the network, and from which movies and television shows can be streamed. Steve has been lobbying for one of these for. . .awhile now, and we finally found one at a reasonable price from a place that would (a) deliver it, and (b) take the old television, which weighed approximately two tons, away.
Myself, I didn’t see the need for this particular sort of new tech — until last night, when I retired to the living room, exhausted from our efforts upon the day, and intent on nothing more than to finish reading my book over a glass of wine.
In turns out that, while I was answering email and updating the checkbook, Steve had introduced the new TV (do people even call these things TVs, anymore?) to the network, and had signed into Pandora, and the Instrumental Folk Channel, which is a favorite with both of us.
. . .I think I may be sold on the new technology.
Today, I still kinda feel like I’ve been beat with a stick, but! there’s words to write, so I believe I’ll have at it.
Everybody stay warm. Or cool. Depending on your hemisphere.
Oh, hey. If it really is Thursday — here’s a Throwback picture. Steve and I signing at the Augusta, Maine Barnes and Noble, sometime around Christmas, 2010.
One hundred thirty readers threw their names into the hat correctly for a chance to win a copy of the MP3 edition of Liaden Universe® novel Dragon in Exile, written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, narrated by Kevin T. Collins.
And the winner is!
Number 30, known to close friends as Lee Anderson, of Connecticut.
Let’s have a round of applause for the lucky winner!
We’ve now given away three out of a field of seven prizes. That means you — yes, you! and you over there, too! still have four chances to win. But there’s a catch.
Lean in close and I’ll tell you what it is.
Ready?
You have to play to win.
What’s that? You don’t know how to play?
Here’s your link to the rules.
Please note that, if you choose to play a variant game, which does not follow these rules as they are lain out — you will be held to be playing a different game that has nothing to do with our game.
73. Paper and Fire, Rachel Caine (e/l)
72. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
71. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, Terry Pratchett (e/l)
70. The Sparrow in Hiding, J. Kathleen Cheney (e)
69. The Black Wolves of Boston, Wen Spencer (e)
68. Jingo, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
67. Bimbos of the Death Sun, Sharyn McCrumb (e/l)
66. Clockwork Dagger, Beth Cato (e/l)
65. Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine (e/l)
64. The Crime at Black Dudley, Margery Allingham (e)
63. Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon (e)
62. Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read)
61. Wild Ride, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read) (e)
60. Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine
59. A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (Gahan Wilson) (re-re-&c-read aloud with Steve)
58. The Paladin, C.J. Cherryh (re-read) (e)
57. Fire Touched, Patricia Briggs (e)
56. Sweet Masterpiece, Connie Shelton (e)
55. Serpentine, Cindy Pon (e)
54. Mirabile, Janet Kagan (re-read) (e)
53. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld, Chris Wiltz (e)
52. Monstress, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
51. Marked in Flesh, Anne Bishop (e)
50. Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), J. M. Barrie (e) (read aloud with Steve)
49. The City of Lightning, Kaja & Phil Foglio
48. Disenchanted & Co., Lynn Viehl
47. Tell me a Dragon, Jackie Morris
46. Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
45. Vision in Silver (e), Anne Bishop
44. Murder of Crows, Anne Bishop
43. Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
42. Queen of the Deep (e), Kay Kenyon
41. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
40. Lightning that Lingers, Sharon & Tom Curtis writing as Laura London (re-read for both; first time reading aloud)
39. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
38. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
37. Tiger’s Chance, Jan Henry, illustrated by Hilary Knight (re-read)
36. Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee (1st read for pleasure)
35. The Fall of Kings, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman (e)
34. Play of Passion, Nalini Singh (read aloud with Steve)
33. Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
32. Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
31. Incarnate, Jodi Meadows (e)
30. Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire (e)
29. Tiger Eye, Majorie M. Liu (e)
28. Visitor, C. J. Cherryh (read aloud with Steve)
27. To Have and to Hold, Nalini Singh (e)
26. The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard
25. Bride of the Rat God, Barbara Hambly (e)
24. Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (e)
23. Maximum Ice, Kay Kenyon (e)
22. War for the Oaks, Emma Bull (re-re-re-re-read)
21. Wheel of the Infinite, Martha Wells (e)
20. Algonquin Cat, Val Schaffner, illustrated by Hilary Knight
19. Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear
18. Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
17. When Falcons Fall, C.S. Harris
16. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read)
15. Uprooted, Naomi Novik
14. Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers (re-re-re-read)
13. Written in Red, Anne Bishop
12. Andy & Don, Daniel de Visé
11. The Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
10. Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
9. Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch
8. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
7. Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
6. Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch
5. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
4. Conflict of Honors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e) (re-read)
3. Mort, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
2. The Sculptor, Scott McCloud
1. A Short History of a Small Place, T.R. Pearson
Today’s winner of the MP3 edition of Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, narrated by Kevin T. Collins, is!
Number 97, whose secret identity is Jeff Mierzejewski, of Austin, Texas.
Congratulations, Jeff!
And you! Have you entered today’s drawing? What drawing you ask? Here’s the rules
72. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
71. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, Terry Pratchett (e/l)
70. The Sparrow in Hiding, J. Kathleen Cheney (e)
69. The Black Wolves of Boston, Wen Spencer (e)
68. Jingo, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
67. Bimbos of the Death Sun, Sharyn McCrumb (e/l)
66. Clockwork Dagger, Beth Cato (e/l)
65. Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine (e/l)
64. The Crime at Black Dudley, Margery Allingham (e)
63. Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon (e)
62. Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read)
61. Wild Ride, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read) (e)
60. Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine
59. A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (Gahan Wilson) (re-re-&c-read aloud with Steve)
58. The Paladin, C.J. Cherryh (re-read) (e)
57. Fire Touched, Patricia Briggs (e)
56. Sweet Masterpiece, Connie Shelton (e)
55. Serpentine, Cindy Pon (e)
54. Mirabile, Janet Kagan (re-read) (e)
53. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld, Chris Wiltz (e)
52. Monstress, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
51. Marked in Flesh, Anne Bishop (e)
50. Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), J. M. Barrie (e) (read aloud with Steve)
49. The City of Lightning, Kaja & Phil Foglio
48. Disenchanted & Co., Lynn Viehl
47. Tell me a Dragon, Jackie Morris
46. Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
45. Vision in Silver (e), Anne Bishop
44. Murder of Crows, Anne Bishop
43. Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
42. Queen of the Deep (e), Kay Kenyon
41. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
40. Lightning that Lingers, Sharon & Tom Curtis writing as Laura London (re-read for both; first time reading aloud)
39. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
38. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
37. Tiger’s Chance, Jan Henry, illustrated by Hilary Knight (re-read)
36. Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee (1st read for pleasure)
35. The Fall of Kings, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman (e)
34. Play of Passion, Nalini Singh (read aloud with Steve)
33. Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
32. Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
31. Incarnate, Jodi Meadows (e)
30. Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire (e)
29. Tiger Eye, Majorie M. Liu (e)
28. Visitor, C. J. Cherryh (read aloud with Steve)
27. To Have and to Hold, Nalini Singh (e)
26. The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard
25. Bride of the Rat God, Barbara Hambly (e)
24. Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (e)
23. Maximum Ice, Kay Kenyon (e)
22. War for the Oaks, Emma Bull (re-re-re-re-read)
21. Wheel of the Infinite, Martha Wells (e)
20. Algonquin Cat, Val Schaffner, illustrated by Hilary Knight
19. Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear
18. Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
17. When Falcons Fall, C.S. Harris
16. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read)
15. Uprooted, Naomi Novik
14. Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers (re-re-re-read)
13. Written in Red, Anne Bishop
12. Andy & Don, Daniel de Visé
11. The Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
10. Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
9. Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch
8. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
7. Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
6. Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch
5. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
4. Conflict of Honors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e) (re-read)
3. Mort, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
2. The Sculptor, Scott McCloud
1. A Short History of a Small Place, T.R. Pearson
We have a winner for the Monday night drawing for a free MP3 edition of Dragon in Exile, the 18th novel-length Adventure in the Liaden Universe® created by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and!
Congratulations Number 55, well done, indeed!
We will be releasing the winner’s name on Welcome to Liad, as soon as we have verification and permission to do so.
And you! Have you entered today’s drawing? What drawing you ask? Here’s the rules
We ask people to please read the rules and follow the directions. “Entries” made at venues other than the venue stipulated will not be counted, plus you will make me cranky. You don’t want to make me cranky. Also! We ask that people enter from the email address that they check at least daily, and not to enter twice from two different email addresses. This will also make me cranky, and worse — I will mock you.
OK, then!
In other news, Steve had the first of an arranged two doctor appointments yesterday, in which most questions were deferred to the second doctor, who’s up on Wednesday. I guess that’s a Watch the Skies.
Also, it snowed yesterday, and on the overnight, so first order of bidness this morning was sweeping snow, and have now moved on to coffee and answering my mail. This will shortly be followed by more coffee, breakfast, and working on the Novel That Will Not End.
Everybody have a good day.
Here’s a photo of Twig to help you get that going.
