This time we've got artwork by Randal Spangler, you can check him out at: http://www.randalspangler.com

Welcome to the December SFF Swap!

This is a 12 hour turn time limit swap, if you will be gone more than 12 hours, please leave a move or two either with someone, or in your signature whited out that we can use. I will use moves sooner if directed to do so by the player. Please send your reveal out to a couple of people. Thanks!

Official time begins 12/15/07 12AM Central time



Book in Possession
Book Revealed
Max steals = (5)
Book out of play

Luckaye: ~(~);~
PepperVL: ~(~);~
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);~
KathyB: ~(~);~
Teachie: ~(~);~
Lexilewords: ~(~);~
Xeyra: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);~
Elsi: ~(~);~
DragonGoddess: ~(~);~

Luckaye! What Planet are you spending Christmas on? Who would you like to reveal first?

no rush to start, I haven't prepared my reveal either, and won't have a chance to before running out the door to the party, so I'll get that sent out later tonight!

Looks like I got onto the computer at just the right time :)

I would like KathyB to reveal please :)

KathyB's Reveal



The Margarets by Sheri Tepper

Synopsis
The Margarets marks the long-awaited return of one of the most respected authors in the sf community; a writer who has earned accolades and the admiration of every true aficionado of bold, brilliant, risk-taking speculative fiction. Sheri S. Tepper dazzles yet again with a powerful tale of ingenious survival and strange destiny.

The only human child living in a human work colony on the Martian satellite Phobos, little Margaret Bain has devised a system for keeping the suffocating demons of boredom and loneliness at bay: She invents six imaginary companions, each an extension of her own personality, to play with. When the unproductive Phobos project is shut down, and after Margaret is forced to return to Earth with her parents, the child's other selves are lost to her. But they are not gone. Left behind, each one flourishes—refining its own persona, acquiring its own history—before ultimately dispersing to far-flung destinations throughout the universe.

On a near-barren homeworld denuded by thoughtless-ness and chemistry, Margaret grows to adulthood and marries, despite the seemingly utter hopelessness of humanity's future. The Earth is so impoverished that its inhabitants must import water and other basic necessities of life—trading the only viable product the planet has left to offer . . . slaves.

The time will come when Margaret must leave this world as well, expelled as part of a desperate survival plan millennia in the making—an astonishing scheme that will require her to gather together the many Margarets who are now scattered throughout the galaxy.

The creator of the Margarets must now bring all her selves home . .. or watch her race perish.

I seriously have to run! No time to update even, I'm sorry!

See ya's later!

This time we've got artwork by Randal Spangler, you can check him out at: http://www.randalspangler.com

Welcome to the December SFF Swap!

This is a 12 hour turn time limit swap, if you will be gone more than 12 hours, please leave a move or two either with someone, or in your signature whited out that we can use. I will use moves sooner if directed to do so by the player. Please send your reveal out to a couple of people. Thanks!

Official time begins 12/15/07 12AM Central time



Book in Possession
Book Revealed
Max steals = (5)
Book out of play

Moves:
Lucie asks KathyB to reveal: The Margarets


Luckaye: The Margarets(~);~
PepperVL: ~(~);~
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);~
KathyB: ~(~);The Margarets
Teachie: ~(~);~
Lexilewords: ~(~);~
Xeyra: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);~
Elsi: ~(~);~
DragonGoddess: ~(~);~

PepperVL! What Planet are you spending Christmas on? Would you like to reveal or steal?

I'd like wss4 to reveal, please.

:lol: I just mailed my reveal out to a bunch of folks and was headed here to post that I would not be around a whole lot tomorrow as I am going to attempt to finish up my Christmas shopping.

Let me go get my reveal. :giggle:




The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
by Mike Ashley (Editor)

Synopsis
The very best in whimsical and hilarious fantasy writing, this collection features specially commissioned stories by such masters of the fanciful imagination as Rabelais and Swift, Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, P.G. Wodehouse, and James Thurber.


A compendium of comic fantasy writing. Most of the stories are modern, with many especially written for this collection. The book also includes classic reprints and rare gems from comic fantasy's roots in past years.
Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy



Brand-new stories and comic classics fill the 500-plus pages of the sequel to the popular Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy.
Bungee-jumping demons, mad Magi, seafaring aliens, and a tricky wizard who leaks to the press populate this new collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy's funniest, wackiest writers, among them Harlan Ellison, Ambrose Bierce, Neil Gaiman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Harry Harrison, Tom Holt, Terry Jonesm, and many more. Here are the madcap fantasies of "The Case of the Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds," "A Slow Day in Hell," "The Case of Jack the Clipper," "The Shoemaker and the Elvis," and other tales to delight, amuse, and, confuse fantasy fans.
David Langford will appear with "The Case of Jack the Clipper"

This time we've got artwork by Randal Spangler, you can check him out at: http://www.randalspangler.com

Welcome to the December SFF Swap!

This is a 12 hour turn time limit swap, if you will be gone more than 12 hours, please leave a move or two either with someone, or in your signature whited out that we can use. I will use moves sooner if directed to do so by the player. Please send your reveal out to a couple of people. Thanks!

Official time begins 12/15/07 12AM Central time



Book in Possession
Book Revealed
Max steals = (5)
Book out of play

Moves:
Lucie asks KathyB to reveal: The Margarets
Pepper asks wss4 to reveal: The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy


Luckaye: The Margarets(~);~
PepperVL: Comic Fantasy(~);~
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);~
KathyB: ~(~);The Margarets
Teachie: ~(~);~
Lexilewords: ~(~);~
Xeyra: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);Comic Fantasy
Elsi: ~(~);~
DragonGoddess: ~(~);~

Rebecca! What Planet are you spending Christmas on? Would you like to reveal or steal?

:bounce: We've started!!!

I'm home from the party, so I'll work up my reveal and send it out in a bit.

I need to decide what I'm revealing and send it out to people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morning all :wave: Great to see this has started, I will be in and out all day. :peek:

I seem to be the only one awake here. I will be back later tonight. :whistle:

Hey, it's Saturday. We all slept in :lol:

Morning everyone!

Good morning. I'm going to Target in a few minutes. I won't be reachable until 6 PM EST. :(

I don't have time to put my reveal together, but I'll PM the title & author to Shaunie in case that is needed... and I'll be able to be reached for that on my breaks if you call/text/email/IM my phone.

not sure if rebecca was PM'd so I'll do so now. :)

Yep I did it when I updated. :wink:

ETA-- I won't be around for the rest of the day. I am heading out to Gainesville to attempt to finish up my Christmas shopping. I don't think my turn will come up anyways and I will definitely be back before my 12 hours is up. :lol:

Have fun and play nice.

i'm here, more or less. I'm going out for a while, but i'll send my reveal to a couple of people. um...yeah so my computer still isn't fixed, but i'm at my boyfriend's so i have a computer at least. for a time.

lexie

Okay, Shaunie's going to make an executive decision... Rebecca last checked in yesterday afternoon long before the list was posted. I'm going to guess that she's busy with her friend's graduation activities during the day, and I'm getting ready to be out for most of the day, so... I'm going to bump her down a couple to give her more time to check in from Kentucky, I'm going to reveal Lexilewords since she just sent me her reveal as my turn, and then we'll see where that puts us and start the clock again. How's that?

Lexilewords reveal:

title: the hidden worlds
author: kristin landon



description:

Linnea, the book's heroine, has run into more than her share of bad luck in recent years: her planet has been nearly abandoned by the Pilots on whom the "hidden worlds" depend for supplies and protection, and her impoverished village loses its boat, its men, and its livelihood in a terrible accident. What's a scrappy, stubborn, technically competent girl to do, with an extended family depending on her to save them? Linnea's quest to rescue her family and find her own way in the world takes her very far from home. On the rich, powerful, and rather sinister planet Nexus, where the Pilots live and train, Linnea will find out just how tough (and tender) a person she can be. And all the while, the nanobots of the Cold Minds are relentlessly approaching the hidden worlds . . . .

This time we've got artwork by Randal Spangler, you can check him out at: http://www.randalspangler.com

Welcome to the December SFF Swap!

This is a 12 hour turn time limit swap, if you will be gone more than 12 hours, please leave a move or two either with someone, or in your signature whited out that we can use. I will use moves sooner if directed to do so by the player. Please send your reveal out to a couple of people. Thanks!

Official time begins 12/15/07 12AM Central time



Book in Possession
Book Revealed
Max steals = (5)
Book out of play

Check the reveals HERE

Moves:
Lucie asks KathyB to reveal: The Margarets
Pepper asks wss4 to reveal: The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
Shaunie asks Lexilewords to reveal: The Hidden Worlds

Luckaye: The Margarets(~);~
PepperVL: Comic Fantasy(~);~
Shaunesay: The Hidden Worlds(~);~
KathyB: ~(~);The Margarets
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Teachie: ~(~);~
Lexilewords: ~(~);The Hidden Worlds
Xeyra: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);Comic Fantasy
Elsi: ~(~);~
DragonGoddess: ~(~);~

KathyB! What Planet are you spending Christmas on? Would you like to reveal or steal?

now pm'ing KathyB and Rebecca!

and I am out of here! see ya'll this evening!

I've been rather sick today so this is the first time I check online. I'll get my reveal ready and sent to some people. I'll try to check in later again.

Hope you are feeling better soon Xeyra.
I am off out in an hour, we are going to a neighbour's for dinner. I will call back in before I go to bed.

A new Sherri Tepper? If I don't win this one in the swap, it will go on the top of my "Most Wanted" books for family Christmas shopping suggestions.

Me too. Seems like the 15th got here awfully quickly.

I'd like to see Luckaye's reveal please!!

Lucie's reveal



The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

It all began with a lecture that introduced five university students to a man who would change their lives, a wizard who could take them from Earth to the heart of the first of all worlds--Fionavar. And take them Loren Silvercloak did, for his need--the need of Fionavar and all the worlds--was great indeed.
And in a marvelous land of men and dwarves, of wizards and gods--and of the Unraveller and his minions of Darkness--Kimberly, Dave, Jennifer, Kevin, and Paul discovered who they were truly meant to be. For the five were a long-awaited part of the pattern known as the Fionavar Tapestry, and only if they accepted their destiny would the armies of the Light stand any chance of surviving when the Unraveller unleashed his wrath upon the world.

This time we've got artwork by Randal Spangler, you can check him out at: http://www.randalspangler.com

Welcome to the December SFF Swap!

This is a 12 hour turn time limit swap, if you will be gone more than 12 hours, please leave a move or two either with someone, or in your signature whited out that we can use. I will use moves sooner if directed to do so by the player. Please send your reveal out to a couple of people. Thanks!

Official time begins 12/15/07 12AM Central time



Book in Possession
Book Revealed
Max steals = (5)
Book out of play

Check the reveals HERE

Moves:
Lucie asks KathyB to reveal: The Margarets
Pepper asks wss4 to reveal: The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy
Shaunie asks Lexilewords to reveal: The Hidden Worlds
KathyB asks Luckaye to reveal Fionavar Tapestry #1: The Summer Tree

Luckaye: The Margarets(~);Fionavar Tapestry #1: The Summer Tree
PepperVL: Comic Fantasy(~);~
Shaunesay: The Hidden Worlds(~);~
KathyB: Fionavar Tapestry #1: The Summer Tree(~);The Margarets
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Teachie: ~(~);~
Lexilewords: ~(~);The Hidden Worlds
Xeyra: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);Comic Fantasy
Elsi: ~(~);~
DragonGoddess: ~(~);~

Rebecca! What Planet are you spending Christmas on? Would you like to reveal or steal?


:pm: to Rebecca

Yeppers - copyright 2007 and was a very good read!

C'mon now guys!!! I can only win ONE book in this swap. If you keep revealing really good books that I have not read, my Christmas wish list is going to get MUCH too long!

Made a decision -- sent my reveal to Shaunesay and Teachie

Now I need to focus on work for a little while. Will be checking in periodically through the afternoon.

if it helps elsi my book has a sequel that isn't due out until next year (sometime in March or June I forget which)...

it was REALLY good though. Considering I rarely ever read anything that is labeled 'science fiction' (unless its an author I already like) I think that's a telling sign right there :)

Lexie

ps: i'll be on and off all evening now

Checking in before heading out. Be back around 11ish CST and will check in again. Sent my reveal to Shaunesay and PepperVL. Don't have too much fun without me! :wave:

Headed for a Christmas party. Will be back in about 5 or 6 hours (family thing - dinner, gift exchange yada yada yada) . Left a couple of moves, please use if needed.

Checking in.

Am off to nap now.

So Rebecca has about 4 more hours to check in. Anyone know any other way to get in touch with her other than via PM?

Should I call her?