The Steampunk Librarian

Book Giveaway: The Doctor and the Rough Rider

Many thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway contest for The Lazarus Machine! Sir Reginald has been pressed into service, and the winners will be announced in the next few days.

 

In the meantime, we move on to another new book! This week we’re featuring The Doctor and the Rough Riderby Mike Resnick.

 

 

 

Doc Holliday is dying of consumption and believes his gunfighting days are over. Medicine man Geronimo, however, says otherwise. He will open up the west to the white men, but will only broker with one man – Theodore Roosevelt. The other tribes don’t agree with Geronimo, unsurprisingly, and so the stage is set for a confrontation involving Roosevelt, Holliday, Thomas Edison, Ned Buntline, and the rest of the Weird West gang from Resnick’s series. Roosevelt is a great addition to the series, and the adventure careens along at breakneck speed.

 

We have an Advance Reader Copy and a brand new paperback edition of The Doctor and the Rough Rider to give away! To enter the contest, post a comment below and tell us what you would bring to a gunfight.A Winchester rifle? A raygun? Your keen intellect? Anything is possible! The deadline for entering the contest is Sunday, February 2nd. Good luck to everyone!

 

More information on The Doctor and the Rough Rideris available at Pyr.

More information on author Mike Resnick is available via his website and his Facebook page.

Book Giveaway Contest: The Lazarus Machine

The 2013 Book Giveaway Extravaganza begins! First up: an Advance Reader Copy of The Lazarus Machine by Paul Crilley.

 

 

It is 1895, and the Babbage Engine is reality. Tesla-powered contraptions are everywhere in London. So are shadowy government figures, and there are even rumors that Moriarty, presumed dead, is really alive, skulking about in the shadows, and kidnapping individuals. Sebastian Tweed sees the proof of this firsthand when his father is abducted in front of him. He joins forces with Octavia Nightingale, who has her own reasons for hunting down the kidnappers, and the result is a Sherlockian steampunkian adventure, with two bantering protagonists, a hive of intrigue, and the beginnings of what looks like a swell series for young adults.

 

We have one advance reader copy of The Lazarus Machine to give away! The usual protocols apply. In order to be considered for the giveaway, post a comment below and tell us what Sherlock Holmes depiction is your personal favorite. Is it Jeremy Brett’s PBS series? The new Benedict Cumberbatch BBC series? Just Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories themselves, in unadulterated form? (I am partial to Young Sherlock Holmes, myself). If we get more than five answers, we’ll do a video giveaway; if not, we’ll do it the old-fashioned way (probably dice-rolling). The deadline is Sunday, January 27th. Good luck to everyone, and we’ll have another book to give away next week!

 

More information on The Lazarus Machine at Pyr Books.

More information on author Paul Crilley via his Facebook and Twitter pages.

2013 giveaway preview

Get ready for a slew of new giveaways, courtesy of Pyr! Below is a list (with links) to the books we have and will be giving in the weeks to come. There may be some additions to the list, too. Check these out and start your imagination gears turning!

 

 Power Under Pressure by Andrew P. Mayer

 

 The Doctor and the Rough Rider by Mike Resnick

 

 The Lazarus Machine by Paul Crilley

 

 A Red Sun Also Rises by Mark Hodder

 

 The Steam Mole by David Freer