• Giveaway: Tor is giving away 10 copies of David Brin‘s new sci-fi Existence on Goodreads. Deadline is May 4, 2012.
• How about a little Star Trek cosplay? Someone put a lot of effort into creating this Star Trek Borg Cube costume.
• These have to be the coolest school lockers anywhere. What do you take when you paint two neighboring lockers blue? Why a Tardis, of course.
• Freebie: Anne Elisabeth Stengl has written a charming fairytale series called Tales of Goldstone Wood. And now the ebook of Heartless, Book 1, is free for a limited time. Here’s a Barnes & Noble/Nook link and here’s one for Amazon/Kindle. (If you want more info, I reviewed Heartless here. Also, here’s an interview with the author.)
• Are you a Lego fan and an Avengers fan. It just so happens that Lego has just released little Marvel Superheroes. (Come on, you know you want at least a peek.)
• Maybe Halo is more your style. Microsoft and 343 Industries has just announced that Halo 4 is coming and will be available for Xbox 360 on November 6, 2012. The Master Chief returns for the beginning of a new saga!
• Looking for something new to read? The fine folks over at FantasyGazette.net have posted a list of new books hitting the shelves this week.
• Freebie for Nook: Here’s a book I loved: Havah by Tosca Lee. This elegantly written Biblical fiction is free for Nook for a limited time. (Sorry, Kindle owners–no freebie this time.)
• Scalzi Collection Sweepstakes! Tor is giving away a prize pack of 10 novels by John Scalzi — the retail value of these is $551. Deadline is May 5, 2012. They are also giving away 10 copies of Scalzi’s sci-fi novel Redshirts. Deadline is May 4.
• Giveaway: This one’s a biggie too. Tor is having a Memory of Light backpack sweepstakes. Fifteen winners will get a Memory of Light backpack, filled with the first books in four series: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, Lamentation by Ken Scholes, Imager by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., and Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. Here’s the link. The deadline is April 23, 2012.
• Giveaway: Author Victoria Strauss is giving away trade paperback copies of her fantasy novels The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone to two lucky winners. You can find details on the bottom portion of the post at this link. Hurry — the deadline is April 22, 2012.

I think that should do it for today. Have a great weekend everybody!

Disclosure of Material Connection: At times, some of the links in my posts are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

I was thinking about this and looking through my bookshelf at the books I haven’t read yet and decided I really need to make some space on my shelf. In fact, my husband heartily agrees. He he.

And so…to celebrate the beginning of summer, I am giving away two books from my personal collection, the first two books in the Psalms of Isaak series by Ken Scholes: Lamentation (Book 1) and Canticle (Book 2). Here are the official blurbs from the publisher (Tor):

Lamentation: An ancient weapon has completely destroyed the city of Windwir. From many miles away, Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest Houses, sees the horrifying column of smoke rising.  He knows that war is coming to the Named Lands.

Nearer to the Devastation, a young apprentice is the only survivor of the city – he sat waiting for his father outside the walls, and was transformed as he watched everyone he knew die in an instant.

Soon all the Kingdoms of the Named Lands will be at each others’ throats, as alliances are challenged and hidden plots are uncovered.

This first novel from an award-winning short fiction writer will take readers away to a new world – an Earth so far in the distant future that our time is not even a memory; a world where magick is commonplace and great areas of the planet are impassable wastes. But human nature hasn’t changed through the ages: War and faith and love still move princes and nations.

Canticle: Come back to the Named Lands in this sequel to Ken Scholes novel Lamentation.

It is nine months after the end of the previous book.  Many noble allies have come to the Ninefold Forest for a Feast in honor of General Rudolfo’s  first-born child.  Jin Li Tam, his wife and mother of his heir, lies in childbed.

As the feast begins, the doors of the hall fly open and invisible assassins begin attacking.   All of Rudolfo’s noble guests are slain, including Hanric, the Marsh Queen’s Shadow.  And on the Keeper’s Gate, which guards the Named Lands from the Churning Waste, a strange figure appears, with a message for Petronus, the Hidden Pope.

To enter the drawing, send a email to: contests@(no-spam)fantasyandfaith.com. Make sure to remove “(no-spam)” before you send the email. Please include your physical address so I know where to send the books if you win. (U.S. addresses only, please.)

One more thing. If you want more than one chance to win, tell a friend. If they enter the contest, have them include your name in their email and you will be entered again–another entry for every friend who signs up. You must enter by midnight, Sunday, June 27. Good luck!

Disclosure of Material Connection: At times, some of the links in my posts are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”