Monday, June 14, 2010

AUDIO GIVEAWAY!!!!! BLACK HILLS BY DAN SIMMONS

Anyone who reads fantasy/sci-fi/horror knows Dan Simmon's name.  He is the author of some of the scariest books around, and a real rival to Stephen King and Clive Barker.  You can see my review of his last book, Drood, on this site, and I rarely miss one of Simmon's books.  They are riveting although not always for the faint-hearted.  Thanks to Hachette, I'm able to do a giveaway for an audio copy of his latest, Black Hills.

A blurb from Amazon's site:

Simmons's previous novels The Terror (2007) and Drood (2009) meld historical figures and events to occult phenomena, and Black Hills follows a similar pattern. Here, Simmons fuses the triumph of American Western expansion and the marvels of early 20th-century science and engineering with Native American spirituality and mysticism. Simmons is a gifted storyteller whose meticulous research and evocative prose deftly transport readers to another time and place. However, the Christian Science Monitor found the frequent barrage of historical minutiae tedious and criticized the novel's interpretation of Manifest Destiny and the harsh treatment of native populations, which it considered obnoxious and disrespectful. However, most critics praised Black Hills as a highly imaginative, interesting novel and a worthy addition to Simmons's oeuvre.

GIVEAWAY RULES

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1. The giveaway starts Monday, June 14th and ends on Friday, June 25th at midnight.
2. There will be three winners, chosen by random number generation.

3. Winners must have street addresses (no P.O. Boxes) in either the United States or Canada.

4. For one entry, leave a comment (with your email!). You will get an extra entry for any/all of the following; being or becoming a follower, blogging to this giveaway or tweeting about it. If you blog or tweet, please include the link.

5. Winners will be emailed and must respond within three days in order to claim their prize. After three days, another winner will be chosen and notified.
Good luck!

7 comments:

StephTheBookworm said...

Oooh, I love scary books! Please enter me in! I'm a follower.

stephaniet117 at yahoo dot com

Kat C said...

Love Stephen King so I would love to read a book by Dan Simmons
Thanks for the chance to win
binthenow@gmail.com

Kat C said...

Did a tweet
http://twitter.com/oHIoKit/status/16181669966

binthenow@gmail.com

traveler said...

This one sounds riveting. Thanks for the giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

Benita said...

I love audio books and I'd love to listen to this one.

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

Benita said...

New Follower via GFC.

bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

Carol W. said...

I'd love to have this audiobook for summer travel.

wolfcarol451(at)gmail(dot)com