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It’s a (Very) Short Story Competition – Judged by Angry Robot’s Guy Adams

To celebrate the launch of The World House by Guy Adams Angry Robot has come up with a great idea for competition. All you need to do is:

Write a short story about ANY subject you like. The only rule is that it has to be 13 sentences long. The first word of the first sentence [...]

Competition and review repost: The Gabble and other stories by Neal Asher (Tor UK)

Neal Asher has an amazing imagination combined with a strong understanding of science and its potentials for evolution. Or at least that’s the impression that I’m left with after reading the tales that make up The Gabble and Other Stories.
I’m really excited to have 5 paperback copies of The Gabble and Other Stories up [...]

Winners: A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris

Thanks to everyone who entered to win a copy of A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris.
The two lucky winners are:
Danielle Graves
Roslyn Marshall
Congratulations!

Competition Winners: Mike Carey's The Naming of the Beasts

Thanks to everyone who entered to win a copy of The Naming of the Beasts
Here are the three lucky winners.
Alison Maclean
Russell Turner
Tara O’Connor
Congratulations.
And don’t forget you can still enter to win a copy of A Touch of Dead by Charlaine ‘True Blood’ Harris. Ends 2 Nov 09.

Competition: Win A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz)

A Touch of Dead by  Charlaine Harris
Published by Gollancz
Out 29th October 2009 in Hardback

Bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her “spunky” (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume.
Stories include “Fairy Dust,” [...]

Competition: Win The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey (Orbit)

The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey
Published by Orbit and Out Now in Paperback
They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he’ll tell you there’s quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There’s only so many [...]

H2G2Comp: And the winner is…

Well twitter has conspired against me slightly so when I was trying to make my final choice today I couldn’t go back and double check but I do have a winner. For making me laugh out load:
why does the washing machine only ever eat 1 sock? surely 2 would be more filling? :/ 

Surely [...]

H2G2 Week: Competition Time

As this is Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy week I’m running a competition to win books one to five of the trilogy in five parts. They are really lovely especially with the new introductions I can’t wait to read Neil Gaiman’s and lovely archive material in the back.
So you’re entering to win:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide [...]

Competition: Win a Signed Copy of Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Carey in Forbidden Planet in London. At the same time as getting my edition of The Devil You Know signed. I thought it would be an a good idea to get a copy of Thicker Than Water signed as a competition prize and [...]

Competition Winner: Tales Of The Perilous Realm

I’m quite excited to announce the winner of the  first competition here on NextRead.
To celebrate the relaunch of the Tolkien Store I had  a copy of Tales Of The Perilous Realm by J.R.R Tolkien  signed by Alan Lee to give away and the winner chosen totally at random was:
Liz from My Favourite Books

Well done Liz [...]