The Suitcase Seven Giveaway: Part 6 – STEAMPUNK!

25 Aug

So, in May, I went to BEA and came home with a crapload of books.

Well, okay. Most of said crapload came a bit later, in a big brown box shipped to my house that made me jump around and clap my hands and make all sorts of undignified noises.

However, I could not part from some of my BEA books even long enough to ship them. Waiting several days to see them again was entirely unacceptable. I therefore shoved them in my suitcase for the flight home even though it ended up making my bag overweight and I had to pay a ridiculous overweight luggage fee.

BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.

Because these seven books gave me the special tinglies. I showed them to Roomie when I got home and felt so giddy while doing so that it was like all my words were scrambling up my throat and trying to choke me with the SHEER JOY of wonderful new books.

And I want to share this scrambly, squealy joy with YOU.

I therefore present to you…


*Brought to you by SPARKLY PINK UNICORN

Basically, this is how it’s going to work:

1) Every week and a half or so, I’ll be giving away A MAGICAL BEA-OBTAINED ARC right here on this very blog.

2) I’ll announce the start of each new giveaway on Twitter with the hashtag #SuitcaseSeven. If you want to use that hashtag whenever you re-tweet or talk about the giveaway on Twitter, that would be awesome!

3) All you have to do to earn an entry in each giveaway is comment on this blog (I’ll put up a new post for each new book)! You can earn extra points by talking about it on your blog or Twitter! Like so:

  • you get 1 entry just for commenting! Easy peasy!
  • you get +1 additional entry for tweeting about the giveaway (with the hashtag #SuitcaseSeven)! Only one tweet per individual giveaway, please. When you comment, include the link to your tweet!
  • you get +2 additional entries for talking about the giveaway on your blog and pasting the link in your comment! Only one blog post per individual giveaway, please.

So, you can earn a maximum of 4 entries for each book I give away. Once each giveaway ends, I’ll tally up the entries and random.org will choose the winner!

Also, once you win an ARC, you are no longer eligible to win any of the remaining giveaways. This seems only fair, n’est-ce pas?

Now, you might be wondering what ARCs I’ll be giving away. What, exactly, ARE The Suitcase Seven?

WELL. I shall reveal the titles one by one as I give them away, but I CAN tell you that The Suitcase Seven consist of

  • 3 YA books (one paranormal, one fantasy, one contemporary)
  • 2 MG books (both fantasy)
  • 1 adult book (magical realism)
  • 1 anthology (fantasy)

And trust me. You want these books.

~*~

As you can infer from the title of this post, the fifth Suitcase Seven book I’m giving away is Steampunk! (pub date 10/11!), a YA steampunk anthology consisting of stories written by a whole slew of awesome people like Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, Libba Bray, M. T. Anderson, Cory Doctorow, Kelly Link, Garth Nix, and more!

From the ARC’s back cover:

Think you have your trusty brass goggles focused on the steampunk ethic? Think again.

Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and recraft a world of automatons, ornate clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Where scientists and schoolgirls, fair folk and Romans, intergalactic bandits, utopian revolutionaries, and intrepid orphans — decked out in corsets, clockwerk, suits, and tall black boots — solve dastardly crimes, escape from monstrous predicaments, consult oracles, and hover over volcanoes in steam-powered airships.

Here, in the first major steampunk anthology for young adults, fourteen masters of speculative fiction, including two graphic storytellers, embrace the genre’s established blend of sci-fi and fantasy, action and adventure, history and romance, and refashion it in surprising ways and in settings as diverse as Canada, New Zealand, Appalchia, Wales, Ancient Rome, future Australia, and alternate California.

Visionaries [Kelly] Link and [Gavin J.] Grant have invited all-new interpretations, explorations, and expansions, taking a genre already rich, strange, and inventive in the extreme and challenging contributors to remake it from the ground up. The result is an anthology that defies even as it defines the genre.

Stories by M. T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Shawn Cheng, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Dylan Horrocks, Kathleen Jennings, Elizabeth Knox, Kelly Link, Garth Nix, Christopher Rowe, Delia Sherman, and Ysabeau S. Wilce.

You want this book. This anthology is weird, beautiful, disturbing, thought-provoking, and sumptuous. You will want to read it slowly (as I did) and savor each story like a good wine — or, since I don’t like wine, like a good, expensive chocolate. Or heck, even a cheap chocolate, because chocolate is GOOD. I am in no way calling this anthology “cheap,” by the way. Just YUMMY. And calorie-free!

For a chance to win an ARC of Steampunk!, simply comment below!

Remember, you can earn additional entries by tweeting about The Suitcase Seven (with hashtag #SuitcaseSeven for 1 additional entry) and/or blogging about it (for 2 additional entries). Simply copy and paste the link from your tweet and/or blog post in your comment below!

The Steampunk! giveaway begins NOW, is open INTERNATIONALLY, and will end Thursday, September 1st, at 12:00 p.m. CST. The winner will be announced later that day!

Have fun, and good luck!

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71 Responses to “The Suitcase Seven Giveaway: Part 6 – STEAMPUNK!”

  1. Kait Nolan August 25, 2011 at 4:21 pm #

    Ooooo, want! I really dig steampunk stories!

  2. Sarah E Olson (@saraheolson) August 25, 2011 at 4:50 pm #

    WANT! I’m working on some steampunk art and need some inspiration. What a great lineup of authors.

    Also I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/saraheolson

  3. Bree August 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm #

    I really want to win this! And here’s my tweet, http://twitter.com/#!/breevee1996/status/106892484101152770

  4. Mocha ღ Latte August 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm #

    Sounds super awesome! Thank you for the contest!

  5. Amanda August 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm #

    Awesome! Thank you!

  6. melissa dominic (@melissadominic) August 25, 2011 at 7:57 pm #

    this sounds way neat!

  7. Gilberto Galvez (@LordReblik) August 25, 2011 at 7:57 pm #

    This anthology sounds perfect for my recent Steampunk phase. I tweeted: http://twitter.com/LordReblik

  8. Taylor Ferguson August 25, 2011 at 7:57 pm #

    I love steampunk!

  9. Caitlin Wallen August 25, 2011 at 8:00 pm #

    Omg, i want it so bad!

  10. Sarah August 25, 2011 at 8:01 pm #

    Sounds excellent! I’ve included a link on my blog

    http://saritareads.blogspot.com/2011/08/check-out-this-giveaway-i-love-idea-of.html

    and tweeted about it

    http://twitter.com/#!/Yrdsblib

  11. KC (@kristybabe) August 25, 2011 at 8:02 pm #

    I love it!! Please enter me :) Thanks for running the contest!

    Tweeted too :)

  12. Erin Sawyer August 25, 2011 at 8:02 pm #

    I so want this book!

    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/bookklovr22/status/106893426703867904

  13. LondonMarie (@LondonMarie1) August 25, 2011 at 8:04 pm #

    I think that this would be very interesting to read. I’ve recently gotten into steampunk. Mostly thanks to Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Angel.

  14. Jess August 25, 2011 at 8:07 pm #

    Some great authors in that anthology, should be a fantastic read. Not to mention steampunk is awesome.
    Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Drakecula_crdl/status/106895447985111040

  15. Temara Sheppard August 25, 2011 at 8:12 pm #

    Thanks for the chance to win The Suitcase Seven!!!
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/temarasheppard/status/106894291212828672

    My Blog: http://temara-anythingandeverything.blogspot.com/2011/08/win-suitcse-seven.html

  16. Abby August 25, 2011 at 8:17 pm #

    So cool! here is my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/itsAbbyLOL/status/106897410873233408

  17. Rheyna Saenz August 25, 2011 at 8:34 pm #

    I absolutely loovveeee fantasy and romance books! When I read about this giveaway I nearly fell out of my chair! Lol :) Thanks for hosting an amazing giveaway!

  18. RachaelM August 25, 2011 at 8:35 pm #

    I have just gotten into Steampunk. This is an awesome giveaway.

    I tweeted:

  19. Hannah August 25, 2011 at 8:35 pm #

    I love steampunk!

  20. Joani August 25, 2011 at 8:47 pm #

    Awesome!! I love steampunk a little too much…

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/LittleEffi
    Blog: http://projectanime.livejournal.com/182833.html?mode=reply

  21. mermaidvision August 25, 2011 at 8:48 pm #

    Thank you for the giveaway! I’m really loving the Suitcase Seven. :D

    Angel//angelidgcruz[at]gmail[dot]com

  22. Michelle D. :) (@michelledluvsu) August 25, 2011 at 9:09 pm #

    Thanks so much for the giveaway! I also tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/michelledluvsu/status/106910919774322689
    starlightgirl678 at aol dot com

  23. Lari August 25, 2011 at 9:35 pm #

    ::Waves hands wildly in the air:: Me! Oh! Me!

    LOVE steampunk stuff. I tweeted about it as well:

    Thank you so much for the giveaway!

  24. Eileen Kelm August 25, 2011 at 9:54 pm #

    I’d love a copy, that way I don’t have to purchase it (even tho I will if I have to… that’s a promise, not a threat!)

  25. Megan August 25, 2011 at 10:29 pm #

    OOH!! I really want this one! Thanks for a great giveaway.

    tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/mekyser/status/106930851882860544

    AmethystDaydreams at zoho dot com

  26. Alicia Carroll August 25, 2011 at 10:54 pm #

    I want it!!! :D

  27. Linda August 25, 2011 at 10:57 pm #

    I want this book. I just love books and to read.

  28. Logan Bledsoe August 25, 2011 at 11:22 pm #

    ooooh!!! sounds so good, i want it!

  29. Chloe P. (@chloeeesays) August 26, 2011 at 12:08 am #

    This looks lovely! Gotta love Steampunk :D Thanks for the chance to win!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/chloeeesays/status/106955821967081474

    lookaftermyheart1901(at)gmail(dot)com

  30. polhemu1 August 26, 2011 at 12:12 am #

    Oh, wow! So many awesome authors in one book!!

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SandraAmaris

    Blog: http://priorsilence.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-34-taxidermy-lamps-kayaking.html

  31. Alyssa August 26, 2011 at 12:13 am #

    this is so nice of you to do! thank you for the opportunity! :)

  32. Binta August 26, 2011 at 1:15 am #

    Wow, this sounds great! Hook me up! XD

  33. lovingrob August 26, 2011 at 1:55 am #

    I would LOVE to win this book :D Thank you so much for the chance. <3
    Love, Carina ~ carina-olsen@hotmail.com

  34. Linda Fitzpatrick (@xander_316) August 26, 2011 at 3:20 am #

    What an awesome giveaway, thanking you!!

    tweet link :

    xander_316(at)hotmail(dot)com

  35. Frederikke August 26, 2011 at 3:21 am #

    Yes yes yes! More steampunk! :O

  36. kristina gjini August 26, 2011 at 4:21 am #

    this sounds so good! i’d love a copy of it!

  37. kristina gjini August 26, 2011 at 4:27 am #

    this is also my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/SexyVampireMojo/status/107021126835765248

  38. Jillian Martin (@onelittleorange) August 26, 2011 at 6:50 am #

    awesome!! thank you^^ this is such a fun idea, oh and i posted on twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/onelittleorange

  39. Christine Dunbar (@geekcdunbar) August 26, 2011 at 6:59 am #

    Steampunk Anthology! I love it! Definitely adding to my TBR list.

    Christine.dunbar(at)gmail.com

  40. rosa August 26, 2011 at 7:35 am #

    this is so awesome i just love reading
    #SuitcaseSeven http://claire-legrand.com/2011/08/25/the-suitcase-seven-giveaway-part-6-steampunk/

  41. Amanda Hill August 26, 2011 at 8:43 am #

    :D Steampunk! I want this so bad!
    http://thatsmanthagirl.tumblr.com/ < I couldn't figure out how to link to the exact post, but I'm gonna try to limit the posts after it! Its also tagged with SuitcaseSeven.

    I hope random choses me! :)

  42. Stephanie M. Lorée August 26, 2011 at 9:06 am #

    I love Steampunk. Thanks for the giveaway! Some great prizes there.

  43. Leslie August 26, 2011 at 9:50 am #

    Oh wow, I want that book so bad. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

    My tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/workformandroid/status/107102512531775490

  44. Andrea August 26, 2011 at 10:39 am #

    This looks so good!

  45. Rachel Danae Brown (@MayDay_Aura) August 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm #

    I love the steampunk genre! XD *crosses fingers* Thanks for the giveaway!

    Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/MayDay_Aura/status/107149665878810624

    rachel.danae226@gmail.com

  46. Amy Fournier (@amabe421) August 26, 2011 at 1:27 pm #

    This giveaway sounds so awesome!!

    I also tweeted about it.

    http://twitter.com/#!/amabe421

  47. Carmen (@Butterfly_Ghost August 26, 2011 at 2:59 pm #

    This anthology looks super-awesome! o.O Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
    I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/Butterfly_Ghost/status/107179892151554048

  48. Molly August 26, 2011 at 3:02 pm #

    Hey! I would really love this book! Here’s my Tweet —> http://twitter.com/#!/MollyGibsonMee/status/107177866411773952 :)

    And here’s my blog :D —> http://mollygmx.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveway.html My email -> chocoholicmol{at}hotmail{dot}com

    Thank-You for this opportunity!

  49. Molly August 26, 2011 at 3:07 pm #

    Oh! And here’s an extra THANK-YOU!

  50. Anamelia Pendragon (@AutumnBlitz) August 26, 2011 at 6:46 pm #

    ‎’Steampunk’ officially sounds like it will be the best anthology in existence! Not only does it focus on one of my favourite book genres (as well as the aesthetic and subculture side of things, which I also adore) it also has stories written by several of my favourite authors!
    xx

  51. Baggins August 26, 2011 at 9:55 pm #

    I’m just starting to get into Steampunk, and this looks awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/bookishbaggins/status/107284458725584896

  52. Sarah Davis August 26, 2011 at 10:20 pm #

    Certainly worth a shot. Come on, random.org, pick me! :)

  53. Hannah August 27, 2011 at 7:22 am #

    Thanks for the chance, I’d love to win a copy of Steampunk! Especially great alongside my steampunk feature in October :)

    My tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/jaediasrantpage/status/107426567352881153
    jaedia at live dot co dot uk

  54. Steampunk.com (@steampunkcom) August 27, 2011 at 7:25 am #

    I’d love to add this to my steampunk library.

  55. Niko Silvester August 27, 2011 at 8:05 am #

    Count me in please!

    I also tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/#!/anagramforink

  56. Coopernius August 27, 2011 at 9:50 am #

    Woo! Steampunk! I can’t wait until next year for the steampunk festival here in NY. Sky pirates assemble.

  57. lindsay blietz August 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm #

    Love me some steampunk!!!

  58. Foxmuses (@Foxmuses) August 27, 2011 at 1:29 pm #

    Ooo, yes please!

  59. Foxmuses (@Foxmuses) August 27, 2011 at 1:31 pm #

    Here’s the tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Foxmuses/status/107520409255153665
    Thanks for the chance!

  60. Brittany August 27, 2011 at 1:52 pm #

    Steampunk! Yay! :D
    Recently go into it after reading Clockwork Angel and Leviathan

    Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/catchingpandas

  61. Elizabeth G August 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm #

    I can’t believe you are giving this away. I would LOVE the chance to win this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

  62. Jill Kaplan August 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm #

    Ooh! I can’t wait to read this anthology! I’ve read books by a lot of these authors and I loved them! It’d be AWESOME to get an ARC of this! Also, can’t wait to go to the BEA next year!!!

    tweet:

    blog post:
    http://writingal.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/suitcase-seven/

  63. rosa August 27, 2011 at 8:18 pm #

    kool

  64. faridah August 29, 2011 at 12:38 pm #

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/JH662
    Blog: http://jh662.blogspot.com/2011/08/suitcaseseven.html :)

  65. rosa August 29, 2011 at 3:54 pm #

    kooli so want steampunk

  66. rosa August 29, 2011 at 3:55 pm #

    it would be so awsome if i won

  67. blytheblack August 29, 2011 at 4:32 pm #

    I am just discovering Steampunk and what better way to do that then by reading this anthology! Hopefully in an advances state of time :)

    Similar sentiments to the statement above can be found here:

    http://twitter.com/#!/blytheblack

    and here:

    http://atwarwiththefloor.tumblr.com/

  68. blytheblack August 29, 2011 at 4:35 pm #

    I am just discovering Steampunk and what better way to further my education than reading this book. It would be even better if it was in Advance :D

    Similar sentiments to the statement above can be found here:

    http://twitter.com/#!/blytheblack

    and here:

    http://atwarwiththefloor.tumblr.com/

    Thanks for sharing them with us!!

  69. Raychelle August 29, 2011 at 8:28 pm #

    Thanks for the giveaway. =) I am really liking Steampunk and this anthology has some of my favorite authors.

    Tweet: https://twitter.com/raychellej/status/108347571809955840

  70. rosa August 30, 2011 at 6:28 pm #

    if i win ill give three of my fav books to a charity

  71. deniz September 1, 2011 at 6:04 am #

    Did I miss it? Am I too late? I’d love to win this!
    Thanks so much for a great giveaway series

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