Preview and Giveaway: The Half-Made World ~ by Felix Gilman

 

A Giveaway and Preview ~  for a brand new release  from an award winning author,  which is a complex genre-expanding combo …

About: A fantastical reimagining of the American West which draws its influence from steampunk, the American western tradition, and magical realism.

The world is only half made. What exists has been carved out amidst a war between two rival factions: the Line, paving the world with industry and claiming its residents as slaves; and the Gun, a cult of terror and violence that cripples the population with fear. The only hope at stopping them has seemingly disappeared - the Red Republic that once battled the Gun and the Line, and almost won. Now they’re just a myth, a bedtime story parents tell their children, of hope.

To the west lies a vast, uncharted world, inhabited only by the legends of the immortal and powerful Hill People, who live at one with the earth and its elements. Liv Alverhyusen, a doctor of the new science of psychology, travels to the edge of the made world to a spiritually protected mental institution in order to study the minds of those broken by the Gun and the Line. In its rooms lies an old general of the Red Republic, a man whose shattered mind just may hold the secret to stopping the Gun and the Line. And either side will do anything to understand how.

Bio:  Felix Gilman has been nominated for the John W. Campbell Award and the Crawford Award for best new writer and the Locus Award for best first novel. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Thunderer and Gears of the City. He lives with his wife in New York City. Link to his blog, website, the book’s facebook fan page, his Goodread’s author page, and one of his main character’s twitter accounts.

 

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 12, 2010)

In case you cannot wait to win here are purchasing links for US/UK/Canada.

And for more information on the book - a post from Tor’s blog around The Half-Made World.  

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Now for The Giveaway:

Since the book will be sent by the publisher - you do not need to be a “reader” for this giveaway. Anyone can enter and it is international!

Contest Info:

To enter you must:

• comment
• include in the post your email so that I can contact you

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3. Tweet it – provide links please
4. Friend on Twitter
5. Friend on Goodreads
6. Friend on Book Blogs
7. Friend on Glue  - new to glue? have questions? let me know.

As stated above, this giveaway is international.

Contest ends Sunday November 14, 2010 at 12 pm US Pacific time. Winner will be posted and notified on Monday November 22, 2010.

Please note that unlike for other posts we do not respond to comments for giveaways. If you have a question or concern (like a typo or bad link) please email me via my profile – Shellie.

Thanks for entering and good luck! 

*****An additional give away for The Half-Made World please link over to Bill’s blog – The Azure Dwarf. He writes great reviews and would love a few more readers. *****