Congratulations to our winners Matt and Seanna! And to Laura Morrigan, who won our copy of The Lazarus Machine. If you send me your mailing addresses at jinnet AT gmail.com, I’ll send the books to their new homes.
This week’s giveaway: A Red Sun Also Rises by Mark Hodder
Mark Hodder has been featured on this site before as the author of the brilliant Burton & Swinburne series, but A Red Sun Also Rises stands apart from those adventures. It tells the tale of reluctant reverend Aidan Fleischer and disabled genius Clarissa Stark, whose paths cross in a small English town in the 1880s. From there they go to London, then to a small island in the South Pacific, and then…to another world altogether. As they adapt to their new home, they find the world around them is adapting to them in turn…and that there are many secrets and patterns to discover.
When I looked at other reviews and posts about A Red Sun Also Rises, I found it described as a “planetary romance” – also as a story of the “sword and planet” genre, which I really like. It’s both of those, with nods to H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs as well as Jules Verne…but it’s also, in parts, a meditation on the concepts of good and evil, the interdependence of living creatures, and the capability for change. It’s quite unlike the Burton and Swinburne series (although those who read the last book, Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, may see some similar themes in A Red Sun Also Rises), but Hodder’s storytelling creates a world that lingers.
We have two copies of A Red Sun Also Rises to give away! We’re making this one easy. To enter the contest, post a comment below and tell us your favorite place in the world (or outside this world, if you’re so inclined). The deadline for entries is this Sunday, February 10th. Good luck!
More information on A Red Sun Also Rises is available on Pyr’s website.
More information on Mark Hodder can be found on his Facebook and Twitter pages.
Mark Hodder is amazing! I love his work... Please enter me! My favorite place in the world is Tomorrowland in Disneyland, Anaheim, CA. I love the optimistic view of the future it portrays, even if we're not necessarily, as a species, headed in that direction. Plus, Space Mountain is so much fun!
Posted by: Glen Greer | February 05, 2013 at 02:43 PM
My fav place in the world is my hometown Paris (France). Pretty steampunk if you ask me!
I hope this new book is as good as spring-heeled Jack!
Posted by: Arthur Morgan | February 05, 2013 at 02:46 PM
The Big Sur region: Electric blue waves teeming with alien-like creatures crashing into jagged earth-toned rocks whipping up wild winds and positive ions creates a sexually charged atmosphere--or at the very least tingles all the senses. Yeah. I could die there. Heavy sigh...
OR NYC, love that place! Or Paris...or...I could go on and on. It's so hard to narrow it down to one.
Posted by: Cassandra | February 05, 2013 at 03:46 PM
My favorite place in this world is den Haag In the Netherlands.... It may not be my home town but I have several very close friends who are Dutch and live there.... Love Mak Hodders writing by the way... His Burton and Swineburne books ranked among my favorites the year they were released....
Posted by: Gregory | February 05, 2013 at 04:55 PM
When it is not too hot the various National Parks (Zions, Arches, etc.) and Lake Powell in southern Utah are great. Disneyland is always a great place, but I don't know that I would want to live there.
My favorite place is my own Bag-Endish home, with all my books, games, movies, music, family and friends.
Posted by: Alden Ash | February 05, 2013 at 05:26 PM
My favorite place is currently my mom's second couch. Not the one in the living room but the one in the little alcove kind of area. Whenever I visit her, I like to curl up there with a good book and a caffienated beverage. It's just firm enough not to require a pillow but supportive enough that the cushions don't slide out while I'm laying there. I'd snag it for my place if it weren't so damn heavy. :)
Posted by: Eldritch Monkey | February 05, 2013 at 11:13 PM
My favorite place is the ocean!
Posted by: Jude | February 05, 2013 at 11:46 PM
Ah, there's no place like home, isn't there? But in this case I'll go with Paris. I love that city.
Posted by: Soundofthunder | February 07, 2013 at 08:22 AM
London of course, the bestist city in the world...
Posted by: REALJimBob | February 08, 2013 at 03:10 PM
The steam launch “Matilda” huffed effortlessly upriver under a magenta sky. Princess Grace’s Falls were still hidden by the river’s serpentine bends, but we could already hear the roar and see rainbow spray rising to meet the clouds. Mrs. Dancer had packed a wicker basket with supper for all. Another basket filled with wines of local vintage bobbed in the cool water at the end of a rope lashed to the “Matilda’s” stern. Soon, well fed and satisfied, Lady Jane and I would stroll arm-in-arm along banks of the falls to marvel at a candy-apple sunset under two emerald moons.
Posted by: Page Turner | February 10, 2013 at 10:25 AM