This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:



Elsi: ~(~);~
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);~
Lemonitsa: ~(~);~
Luckaye: ~(~);~
Wss4: ~(~);~


Elsi, start us off! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, Your stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal would you like to have? :alien:

I'm first? Cool. Lemme see what Luckaye has to offer & I need to go scare up my own reveal.

alrighty, we are set up and ready to go! Everyone, but EVERYONE in the swap has my reveal! :lol: Conversely, at this moment, I have no one else's reveal but my own! (I'm sure that will change in a few minutes as I know Elsi is hard at work on hers! ;) )

I'm heading to bed, and will check in tomorrow morning, when we start official time keeping!

And no, you may not get excited and finish the entire swap overnight, before official start time! Even if there are only 6 of us! :nono: :lol:

See ya'll tomorrow! :sleep:

Lucie's reveal



The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann

The Man Who Melted is a warning for the future. It is the Brave New World and 1984 for our time, for it gives us a glimpse into our own future—a future ruled by corporations that control deadly and powerful forms of mass manipulation. It is a prediction of what could happen...tomorrow.

The Man Who Melted examines how technology affects us and changes our morality, and it questions how we might remain human in an inhuman world. Will the future disenfranchise or empower the individual? Here you’ll find new forms of sexuality, new perversions, new epiphanies, and an entirely new form of consciousness.

Would you pay to "go down" with the Titanic?

In this dystopia the Titanic is brought back from the bottom of the sea and refurbished, only to be sunk again for those who want the ultimate decadent experience. Some passengers pay to commit suicide by "going under" with the ship.

The Man Who Melted has been called "one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time" by Science Fiction Age and is considered a genre classic. It is the stunning odyssey of a man searching through the glittering, apocalyptic landscape of the next century for a woman lost to him in a worldwide outbreak of telepathic fear. Here is a terrifying future where people can gamble away their hearts (and other organs) and telepathically taste the last flickering thoughts

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);~
Rebecca: ~(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);~
Lemonitsa: ~(~);~
Luckaye: ~(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Rebecca! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, Your stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

Actually I'm going to change my reveal so please use the new one I send elsi, shaunesay, wss4.

*yawn* I am off to bed - cya in the morning :wave:

I would like for Shaunesay to reveal please.

The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1: The Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson

Hidden Empire begins a dazzling space opera fit to stand with the classics of the genre, combining the politics of Frank Herbert's Dune, the scope of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy, and the pageantry and romance of Star Wars; In the far future, humanity began to search the stars, sending out vast spaceships that would take generations to reach their goals. In the depths of space they encountered the Ildiran empire - apparently the galaxy's only other intelligent civilisation. The Ildirans came to Earth and passed on the knowledge of their stardrive, allowing humanity to expand to the stars. Almost two hundred years after that first contact, there are human colonies proliferating through the galaxy. As Mankind seized the future, danger comes from the past, for two human archaeologists glean forbidden knowledge from the ruins of a dead world. Once, the insect-like Klikiss ruled the stars. Now, only their robot servants remain, guardians of a terrible technology - the Klikiss Torch, which has the power to create suns. Now, Humanity prepares to flex its new found muscle and activate the Torch for the first time in millennia, but there are reasons the Klikiss empire fell, and a train of events is about to be set in motion, which will change the universe...

I never can get the pictures to come up. Sorry!

I'm going to bed. I'll be back around noon.

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);~
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: ~(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: ~(~);~
Luckaye: ~(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Shaunesay! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, Your stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

Here's mine with the cover picture :)



The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1: The Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson

Hidden Empire begins a dazzling space opera fit to stand with the classics of the genre, combining the politics of Frank Herbert's Dune, the scope of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy, and the pageantry and romance of Star Wars; In the far future, humanity began to search the stars, sending out vast spaceships that would take generations to reach their goals. In the depths of space they encountered the Ildiran empire - apparently the galaxy's only other intelligent civilisation. The Ildirans came to Earth and passed on the knowledge of their stardrive, allowing humanity to expand to the stars. Almost two hundred years after that first contact, there are human colonies proliferating through the galaxy. As Mankind seized the future, danger comes from the past, for two human archaeologists glean forbidden knowledge from the ruins of a dead world. Once, the insect-like Klikiss ruled the stars. Now, only their robot servants remain, guardians of a terrible technology - the Klikiss Torch, which has the power to create suns. Now, Humanity prepares to flex its new found muscle and activate the Torch for the first time in millennia, but there are reasons the Klikiss empire fell, and a train of events is about to be set in motion, which will change the universe...

I'm going to ask Elsi to reveal! (i do have it, I just thought I'd give Elsi and opportunity to post it if she's around, I'll check back in a bit when I'm ready to leave for lunch and see if she's been back)

I reserve the right to change my mind, too!

Venus by Ben Bova



From the back cover:

The surface of Venus is the most hellish place in the solar system. The ground is hot enough to melt aluminum. The air pressure crushes spacecraft like tin cans. The sky is perpetually covered with clouds of sulfuric acid. The atmosphere is a choking mixture of poisonous gases.

This is where Van Humphries must go. Or die trying.

His older brother perished in the first attempt to land a man on Venus, years before, and his father has always hated him for surviving when his brother died. Now his father has offered ten billion dollars to the first person to land on Venus and return his oldest son's remains.

To everyone's surprise, Van takes the offer. But what Van Humphries will find on Venus will change everything—our understanding of Venus and of Earth,and Van's own knowledge of who he is.

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: Venus(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: ~(~);~
Luckaye: ~(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Lemonitsa! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

I'm going to lunch with hubby's parents. Will try to be back in 2 hours, but it might be a bit longer.

I'm heading out as well, see you all in a little while! :)

Just peeking in.

I'm back -- will be checking periodically to see what Lemonitsa's move is.

I'm back! Where's Lemmy?

I'm going to lay down. I'll be back later.

I'm finally here!!

Sorry for making you all wait. It was very busy at work and when I came home, I dropped into bed. Didn't think about the computer until about 10 minutes ago.

Let me see what's been revealed and I'll be back in a sec with my move (and then get my reveal done! :blush: )

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: ???(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: Venus(1);~
Luckaye: ~(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Shaunie! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

well then Lemmy, let's just have your reveal!

Lemonitsa's Sci-Fi Reveal



Odyssey by Jack McDevitt

To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about "moonriders," the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But the team soon discovers that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are not a harmless phenomenon. They are very, very dangerous-in a way that no one could possibly have imagined.

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: Odyssey(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: Venus(1);Odyssey
Luckaye: ~(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Luckaye! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

Thanks for revealing me Shaunie. I was asleep at the wheel :lol:

no problem, I looked for you first, I know peeps like to reveal for themselves, but I didn't see you around!

I'm going back to bed... I feel all drowsy and yucky.
Should be back tomorrow, about 3:00pm EST.

I'll make some moves for you to use if you need them :)

goodnight!

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!
Lucie steals Odyessey from Shaunie


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: ???(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: Venus(1);Odyssey
Luckaye: Odyssey(1);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);~


Shaunesay! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

I'm going to bed. I should be back sometime around noon.

everyone keeps stealin' my books! yer supposed to steal the book I revealed, not the one I'm holding! :P

Alrighty, I think I'll reveal Wss4, and then I expect a free for all of stealing for a bit!

Wss4's reveal:



The Stonehenge Gate
by Jack Williamson

'A burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will Stone and his three friends to excavate a site where radar has evidently detected huge, assembled stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artefact that will change their lives and the world forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds, where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining.'


Although Hugo-prize winner Jack Williamson's latest novel may sound like the outline to a 'Stargate' series, it's actually quite different. The story of four scientists' trip through a Stonehenge-like artefact situated in the Sahara desert is narrated by Will Stone, not your usual hero-type. His friend Ram tells a tale of his great-grandmother, known as 'Little Mama', who escaped a hell filled with 'metal devils' and reached Africa. Her legacy has left Ram with an unusual crown-shaped birthmark and a pendant with matching markings. While excavating the site of the stones, Ram stumbles through a gateway, discovering the pendant acts as a key to the stone gates. His friends have no choice but to follow him. Thrown into a cold, dead world, Will is confused, disorientated and just wants to return to Earth. The only trouble is that they soon find that the gateway only works one-way. So they go onward.

While Will just wants to go home, Ram is curious as to which of the seven eerie and abandoned planets the gate system takes them to is 'Hell'. Each one appears stranger than the next, full of robots, moving pavement-walkways, huge mountains and two or three suns each. The mysteries mount up. Their two companions, Lupe and Derek, want to unravel the mysteries and search for scientific and archaeological remains until Lupe is taken by what appears to be a half-living, half-robotic giant insect. Then the search is on not just for answers and a way back to Earth but also to find their missing friend.

The travels continue, until they finally come to an inhabited planet. The people there are human, civilised, but caught in an on-going civil war between white and black. Ram's birthmark soon catches the attention of black rebel leaders who believe it proclaims him as the son of an ancient god.

'The Stonehenge Gate' is a readable enough book, with some detailed descriptions of alien worlds and landscape. The characters are perhaps not as fully-formed as one would hope and the pace is a little slow to begin with. It does pick up, though, and becomes entertaining as the tension increased. The matter-of-fact, blunt acceptance of the characters to interplanetary travel and alien worlds and people put me off a little, but overall the idea is solid if somewhat predictable in places. The mysteries stay until the final chapters and you can decide for yourself whether all the questions are answered fully.

Laura Kayne

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!
Lucie steals Odyessey from Shaunie
Shaunie has Wss4 reveal The Stonehenge Gate


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: The Stonehenge Gate(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: Venus(1);Odyssey
Luckaye: Odyssey(1);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: ~(~);The Stonehenge Gate


Wss4! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, whose reveal or steal would you like to have? :alien:

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!
Lucie steals Odyessey from Shaunie
Shaunie has Wss4 reveal The Stonehenge Gate
wss4 steals Odyssey from luckaye


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: The Stonehenge Gate(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: Venus(1);Odyssey
Luckaye: ???(~);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: Odyssey(2);The Stonehenge Gate


Luckaye! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, what extraterrestrial book would you like to steal, or are you going to reveal Rebecca and end the journey? :alien:

Well it is 1 AM in Australia, so unless Lucie is up late we may be waiting a bit.

Will be around off and on all day!

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!
Lucie steals Odyessey from Shaunie
Shaunie has Wss4 reveal The Stonehenge Gate
wss4 steals Odyssey from luckaye
Lucie steals Venus from Lemmy

Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: The Hidden Empire(~);~
Shaunesay: The Stonehenge Gate(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: ???(~);Odyssey
Luckaye: Venus(2);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: Odyssey(2);The Stonehenge Gate


Lemonitsa! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, what extraterrestrial book would you like to steal, or are you going to reveal Rebecca and end the journey? :alien:

This swappy's featured artist is Michael Whelan, who has done many many book covers! Check out his site Here!

Welcome to the January Science Fiction Only Swap!

Swappers, please provide a BC link to your book by the end of the swappy! As we've discussed in other threads, we'd like to move towards being able to track swap books as well as VBB books, and this will help us in that direction.

Because we are so small, you may join in and be added at the end, up until the 4th player has revealed, thanks!

Note: steals will be 3 for this swap (unless by popular demand/majority says we want to keep it at 5, just to prolong the piracy!)

12 hour turn time, official time keeping to begin at 9 am Central time.

Book revealed
Book in possession
Max steals = (3)
Book out of play

The Reveal Thread is Here!

Moves:
Elsi asks Lucie to reveal: The Man Who Melted
Rebecca asks Shaunesay to reveal The Hidden Empire
Shaunesay then asks Elsi to reveal Venus
Lemmy swoops in and steals Venus from Shaunie!
Shaunie yanks Lemmy back by the collar and gets her reveal of Odyssey!
Lucie steals Odyssey from Shaunie
Shaunie has Wss4 reveal The Stonehenge Gate
wss4 steals Odyssey from luckaye
Lucie steals Venus from Lemmy
Lemmy steals The Hidden Empire from Rebecca :ph34r:


Elsi: The Man Who Melted(~);Venus
Rebecca: ???(~);~
Shaunesay: The Stonehenge Gate(~);The Hidden Empire
Lemonitsa: The Hidden Empire(1);Odyssey
Luckaye: Venus(2);The Man Who Melted
Wss4: Odyssey(2);The Stonehenge Gate


Rebecca! Black holes to the left, Robots to the Right, You're stuck in the middle with Yoda, what extraterrestrial book would you like to steal, or are you going to reveal Yourself :ph34r: and end the journey? :alien:

:pm: to Rebecca :)