Ye olde contest is now closed! To see a list of the winners at the Galaxy Express, sally forth by clicking here.
Here at The Galaxy Express, we’re ablaze over science fiction romance, and we want to share the incendiary joy. What better way to escape this holiday than on a journey to a far-flung galaxy where romance knows no bounds?
In short, science fiction romance offers adventurous stories for adventurous readers. Occasionally, to discover that adventure, we need look no further than our own backyard.
To make it easy for readers to claim a science fiction romance of their very own—or three, or four, 12 bloggers have teamed up with 17 authors for your chance to win over 30 science fiction romance books. Whether you’re new to the genre, or a fan looking to add to her collection, this event is for you. We’ve assembled stories involving a variety of settings loaded with action, adventure, and of course, romance. So many intriguing characters are waiting to make your acquaintance, from space pirates to starship captains, and from aliens to angels.
Best of all, it’s dead simple to enter: There are no quizzes to answer, no hoops to jump.
Here are the book prizes available right where you are now, onboard the Galaxy Express:
One winner will receive GRIMSPACE, WANDERLUST, & DOUBLEBLIND by Ann Aguirre.
One winner will receive an autographed copy of Jess Granger’s BEYOND THE RAIN; a copy of Michelle Maddox’s COUNTDOWN; and one copy of Patti O’Shea’s ETERNAL NIGHTS.
To enter this free contest, all you have to do is leave a comment for this post. Print book prizes are limited to U.S. residents. The deadline to enter is midnight on Friday, December 11, 2009. I will announce the winners’ names on Saturday, December 12, 2009.
But don’t stop now! Increase your chances of winning even more books by visiting all of the participating blogs.
It’s easy: Just click on one of the links to the participating bloggers below. Make sure to leave a comment on the post with the phrase “SFR Holiday Blitz” in the title. From there, you can then jump to the next blog. There’s a wide variety of books to win so why miss out?
Alien Romances
Dirty Sexy Books
Ella Drake
Enduring Romance
Flying Whale Productions
Lisa Paitz Spindler
Love Romance Passion
SciFiGuy
Spacefreighters Lounge
Take It To The Stars
Queen of the Frozen North
Happy hunting!
Joyfully yours,
Heather
(SFR Holiday Blitz logo by Kanaxa)
Updated to add:
Because of the tremendous response to the SFR Holiday Blitz, we have several more book prizes available!
Pauline Baird Jones is offering a chance at two copies of her book THE KEY: one digital copy (for our international audience, please specify if this includes you) & one print copy (for those in the U.S. only).
In addition, author Jennifer Leeland (MARKED FOR PLEASURE) will purchase a digital copy of Ann Aguirre’s GRIMSPACE as a chance for you international entrants to win (again, please note this in your comment).
Finally, I’m also providing one print copy of Catherine Asaro’s ALPHA in the pot (limited to U.S. residents).
180 comments:
SFR Holiday Blitz -- May the new year bring good health and good books to all!
I'm a newcomer to the genre and on a budget so I'm very excited about this. Thank you for a chance to win!
SFR holiday blitz-
wow, this is like a treasure trove!
*crossing fingers*. I'd love the second pack since I've read (and loved) the Ann Aguirre books.
I'm fairly new to this genre too, so this is a great idea to promote it to folks who love it or maybe need a little more exposure.
Thanks for the opportunity!
SFR Holiday Blitz--Happy Holidays!
This is so exciting... if only I had Add This for Firefox on this computer, I'd share your beautiful page to Twitter, and Facebook.
I'm one of the participating authors/bloggers and would like visitors to know that Alien Romances is giving away eight books donated by Susan Kearney, Linnea Sinclair, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Susan Sizemore, Margaret L Carter, and yours truly, Rowena Cherry (two of us are giving away 2 books).
What a great opportunity to read new-to-me authors! Thanks for the opportunity and Happy Holidays!
These are new authors to me as well...I just recently discovered SFR. I'm excited about this contest!
This looks like a great bunch of books and a great way to celebrate-SFR Holiday Blitz!
SFR Holiday Blitz
This is awesome!
Count me in!
So, Heather, are the participating bloggers allowed to enter too? : )
I would love to read any of these books!
Thanks for the contest - put my name in as well..
E.H>
Christmas is coming and this lovely giveaway is just the thing to get me in the mood. Please visit www.takeittothestars.blogspot.com
to win even more books!!
barbara elsborg
Helllls yeah.
What a great bunch of books! It's so reassuring to see SFR sneaking more and more into the mainstream.
Please add me! Happy Holiday! :-D
Don't add me into the drawing, but I wanted to show my support and thanks for all the bloggers involved, and especially Heather for organizing this event.
We haven't been sneaking. This has been a take-no-prisoners, full on, frontal assualt.
LOL.
Thanks for hosting this blitz, Heather. Getting a kick from all the great comments and it's fantastic to see the support SFR is getting.
Make Take it to the Stars your next landing zone and get a chance to win more.
This contest is really a wonderful way to get familiar with all these blogs. Thanks!
nbmars AT yahoo DOT com
I am traditionally a historical romance genre fan, but I would love the opportunity to get acquainted with this area of romance! Sign me up for SFR Holiday Blitz!
Thanks for the contest Heather, I would love to have any of these books, but I have to tell you I just started "Grimspace" and I already know I want those other two books.
Elorie
SFR Holiday Blitz!
As a new author to this genre, I'm very excited about this giveaway. :D
Sweet love these kinds of books
I have heard great things about Ann Aguirre and I would really like to win these books.
Fistly I want to say Thank You Heather for creating a great contest.
I love SFR so please add my name to the hat, ta.
I am traditionally a historical romance genre fan, but I would love the opportunity to get acquainted with this area of romance! Sign me up for SFR Holiday Blitz!
Just stopping by to share some virtual hot chocolate and biscochitos with all the Blitzers. :) Heather, thanks so much for organizing this fabulous event. (Don't enter me. I already own or have ordered all these wonderful books.)
Be sure to stop by Spacefreighters Lounge for our two offerings...and we're on the verge of adding the third bonus book. It looks like we'll reach the goal today! BTW, if you're outside the US and not eligible for the print books, we do have Barbara Elsborg's ebook LUCY IN THE SKY available.
Fun! I've read the Jax series, but not the other three books. I'd love to try them out.
Waaaaaah! I'm in Australia. Not eligible. Good luck to the rest of you. Wonderful prizes. I just discovered Ann Aguirre a couple of months ago. Want more. ;-)
Great books. Thank you for doing this. These books would fit in nicely with my sci fi challenge. I'm in.
scifimindvoyages(at)gmail.com
Been lurking for a while, and definitely want to try for this! I haven't read any of them. :D
@Cathy Oh, sure! Knock yourself out :)
Thanks for making your voices heard, everyone!
Mary B., for what it's worth, you'd be eligible for the digital books available. Hopefully next year we can open it up to our friends across the globe....
I love books! Free, not free, borrowed, whatever. I love them all.
Heather,
You have cyber chocolate? Oh, wow. Do we have the wrong blog for Lisa Paitz Spindler? I can't find a place to comment.
I'd love the latest Jax book by Aguirre.
GrowlyCub
Excellent contest! I have all of the second set - Beyond the Rain is incredibly good - but I've never read Miss Aguirre. Good Luck to all!
Yay for SFR Holiday Blitz! Happy Holidays. :)
Very cool. Count me in.
Thanks for a good giveaway and the blog links - am checking some out asp!
This is a seriously cool promotion. :-) Happy Holidays to everyone!
Mary,
There are at least 4 ebooks being offered. Moreover, if you win Forced Mate (one of mine) anywhere, I should be delighted to substitute an ebook. I think Jacqueline Lichtenberg is also offering a choice... come on over to Alien Romances and enter there.
Looks interesting. I will have to come back and explore a bit when it is not so late at night.
*streaks naked through the Galaxy Express*
The things I'll do for a good book!
Happy Holidays! Thanks for the chance to win and I'm off to do some blog hopping before doing a bit of shopping.
*waves*
Great books. I have read some but not all. Would love to win either group
SFR Holiday Blitz - Good luck to all.
Yea - great group of books!! Sci-Fi Romance rocks and I would so love to read Ann Aguirre- great contest!!!
How awesome!
Great contest. Count me in.
Awesome contest! I'd love some of these books!
@Agent Z ROFLMAO while tea shoots out my nose. I should know never to drink anything while reading your comments!
What a fabulous contest..and I'm glad to find anew blog with reviews. A good day overall.
Sigh. Unfortunately, not a US resident. But still, good concept!
Please include me. Thanks!!
Great bunch of books. count me in please.
I am so new to SFR that if I win, these will be my first reads in the genre!
I've been reading sci fi all my life and would love the chance to find some new and exciting authors. I can't afford to buy many books so this would be a great thing for me. Thanks for the opportunity!
Omigosh! Take a look at these amazing books...those covers are gorgeous! I would love to win a few...I'm sad that it's limited to US only... Folks, I'm right next door...Canada..hellooo LOL
Happy Holidays
Anna Shah Hoque
s7anna@yahoo.ca
I've enjoyed what SFR I've read so far and would like to read more.
What a great idea! ...Off to blog-around...
SFR Holiday Blitz: What a wonderful way to discover websites/blogs that will review books you like.
SFR Holiday Blitz:
wow!great contest :)
I'd love to win and read all these books; count me in!
Thanks to Smart Bitches Blog, I found your web site. Yipee!!! I love finding new authors to read and would love the chance to win one of your books!!!
mitzihinkey at sbcglobal dot net
"SFR Holiday Blitz"
love this great contest! please count me in; I’d love to win any (or all, lol!)of these books :D
SFR Holiday Blitz - This is such a cool contest! Over here from SciFiGuy's blog.
The only book featured I don't own is Patti O'Shea's, so maybe I'm on my way towards not being such a SFRom newbie. (YAY!) Thanks so much for conceiving and hosting this event Heather. I'm one of the more recent arrivals to this genre, but so happy to see it grow thanks to passionate advocates like you. :)
catherinejames77(at)gmail(d0t)c0m
I read Grimspace, and would love to read the others. Of course, I won't turn down any other free books, either! :)
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for the chance to win and happy holidays! :)
I'm not a US resident but have a US mailing address, can you count me in? I am fairly new to SFR and would love to read any of these books ;)
I'd love to get any of those books! Thank you!
Awesome line up of titles and I'd be thrilled to win any of them.
My oh my, look at the number of posts! Please add my entry to the pile, and thanks for offering such a great prize!
SFR Holiday Blitz
EEEEEEEEEEEEe!! How Fun! Thank You and Happy Holidays! :)
Fabulous holiday gift! Thanks so much for offering.
Wow this is an awesome giveaway and just in time for the holidays! Thank you - Miranda
This makes me feel full of holiday cheer! Thanks for such a great giveaway!
Just look at all these folks! This is TERRIFIC! More fun than snow on Christmas Eve! Thanks, Heather, Laurie, Rowena and all!
Cool that you also have prizes for non-US residents!
Wow! What a neat contest! And what a neat way to discover new authors.
Run for your lives indeed. I'm a sucker for a good cover :)
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for being a participating blog & sharing the fun!
Kewl contest! SFR holiday blitz
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thank you for a chance to win
read Ann Aguirre books fantastic writer. She is one of the many authors I recommend to my patrons to read. I am always on the look out for new author to try.
Happy holidays
I haven't really known about the SFR subgenre before, but these look like good reads.
Thanks,
jake.lsewhere[at]gmail.com
I'm just tickled this site comes up fast. Please add me to the contest!
SFR Holiday Blitz
Whoohoo! What a great idea for the holidays!
Jackie
fademarkblue[AT]hotmail.com
Sounds like fun. I look forward to discovering some new SFR authors.
Hope I win so I can become addicted to the SFR genre! Yay for the SFR Holiday Blitz!!
Yay for free books!
SFR Holiday Blitz
SFR Holiday Blitz!
An awesome idea! Spread the love and holiday spirits all in one!
I'd love to find some new authors.
Thanks all!
SFR Holiday Blitz
Awesome news, Heather!
I've already left comments on a couple of the blogs.
SFR Holiday Blitz! FUN! I would love to win...count me in please!
dksugarpaws@yahoo.com
SFR Holiday Blitz!!!
Glad to be a reader! Thanks so much for all you do and your generosity!
SFR Holiday Blitz
This would be a wonderful christmas present.
:-)
mischab1@gmail.com
Count me in! I love finding out about new authors and genres in SF.
Happy Holidays!
Well, this is a nice treat!
shann palmer
I'd love to try something new!
SFR Holiday Blitz!
Hi,
I'm new to SF Romance though OLD to science fiction. I'm a fan of space opera and hard science fiction, so who knows. In any case maybe the SFR Holiday Blitz, will get me going.
Happy reading,
Pete
Ann Aguirre is a great author! Merry Christmas!
Cool - just getting a list of authors and books to check out is enough, free books would be a major bonus.
SFR Holiday Blitz
YAY! I've lurked here for ages, but am delurking for this. What a fun "first day of Christmas" giveaway.
SFR Holiday Blitz
SFR Holiday Blitz
Cool idea, thanks for doing this.
Also, I like your masthead. Very pretty.
Sounds awesome! Sign me up.
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for the chance to win such fun books!
SFR Holiday Blitz? These may make good gifts for a few of my friends. After I peruse them. Can't say I've dabbled in this sub genre before. I love hard SF and space operas though. Here's to hoping for my chance to check it out!
sfr holiday blitz
thank you for the great books
What a great thing to do during the holidays for all the bibliophiles on a budget with a million people to shop for! You guys are great, bless you all this festive season and may all your Christmas (and/or Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc...) dreams come true. Stay warm!
ryan dot flinn at yahoo dot com
This is wonderful. Thanks for the chance.
SamG
SFR Holiday BLitz -- thanks for cross-posting on Tor.com/
SFR is new to me having only heard of the subgenre today, but now that I know it exists I'll look for some of these books in my local bookstore to see if they appeal to an old-fashioned reader of old fashioned science fiction. I notice that the books mentioned on this site *look* like regular SF novels. Now I want to know more about them.
Curt Phillips
Virginia
Happy Holidays.
Thanks you for this contest! =)
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for the contest!
It was fun reading through the author timeline and noting 'read it', 'got it'...
Kender...
I can't say that I ever read SFR. This SFR Holiday Blitz could be interesting.
SFR Holiday Blitz” -- Have wonderful holidays ^^
jedisakora@msn.com
great contest. great books i'd love to win.
SFR Holiday Blitz!
*crossing fingers* I'm very interested to give this genre a try!
SFR Holiday Blitz.
Thanks!
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for the opportunity to expand my horizons!
I have all the Ann Aguirre books--she is one of my favorite authors. I'd love to win the second set of books, though.
Thanks for running this contest -- I hope I get a chance at some books.
very cool
What a great idea! I would so love to win!
Thanks for the chance to win!
ruthann (dot) francis (at) gmail (dot) com
Hi there,
I'm excited to be part of the “SFR Holiday Blitz” esp since I've wanted to read the Ann McQuire books for a while now.
Wow, this is great. Thanks for the chance.
I would love to win!
~Nicole Zoltack
SFR Holiday Blitz, what a fabulous idea, now I'm off to follow the SFR blog road!
SFR Holiday Blitz sounds like a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to making a list of the great books offered for my reading:>.
What a terrific idea and what generous authors!Enter me please. :)
SFR Holiday Blitz - This is a great idea! I would love the Sirantha Jax series. I've always wanted to read it but my library doesn't carry it and since being laid off, books just aren't in the budget. I appreciate the chance to win free books. Thanks!
SFR Holiday Blitz
Thanks for the chance to win such fun books!
SFR Holiday Blitz!
I didn't see my comment post so here it is again! LOL. This is so much fun and I can't wait to hear of new books!
doxisrcool@aol.com
SFR Holiday Blitz
I would love some books! yay
Thanks to all the authors and to you for hosting this fantastic contest. What a wonderful early Christmas gift.
I would love to win any of the books listed and appreciate the opportunity to try and win them.
Happy Holidays :)
Wow, a SFR Holiday Blitz...much better than a holiday blizzard...thank you for the opportunity to enter!
E.L. Felder
Lovely idea. Whether we win or not, happy holidays and happy reading to all.
AMAZING turnout, Heather and Laurie. Hats off to you! (No need to add me to the drawing, just wanted to join the party!)
The SFR Holiday Blitz sounds great! Thanks for the giveaway!
@Rowena Seriously, I need to break out some bubbly to go with the chocolate!
@Weiching. I don't see a problem with that.
@Tanita Thanks for coming aboard!
Thanks, Sharon!
SFR Holiday Blitz!!! Great idea for the holidays. Looks like a great assortment of books too. Thanks!
I hope that I win, it'd be so awesome!
I heart giveaways.
Thank you for a great giveaway!!!
Great contest, fantastic genre Very exciting
Happy Holidays!!!
twolilstarz@gmail.com
Not trying to win, because I already own a lot of the books, but wanted to post my support of the genre and The Galaxy Express for hosting it and supporting a genre I love to read and write! Rock on SFR!
Pauline Baird Jones
THE KEY, avail now
GIRL GONE NOVA, 4, 2010
SFR Holiday Blitz
Love the genre and these titles look great!
Great contest for an awesome genre, count me in.
Breia B
Wow, really nice gifts there! Thank for for joining in on this wonderful contest!
Happy Holidays!
SFR Holiday Blitz
I'd love to get my hands on these titles! I'm writing my first novel now and suspect it would be marketed as a science fiction romance. But I definitely need to research this genre and find some great, comparable novels.
Thanks for this contest!
Mary S.
I'm new to SFR, but i'm looking forward to broadening my reading horizons.
Count me in on the giveaway
justpeachy36@yahoo.com
Would love to try out SFR.
What a great opportunity and so many terrific authors. Thank you!
*waves to Pauline* Thank you!
I enjoy Lois McMaster Bujold's Science Fiction Romance novels. I'd like to try books by Ann Aguirre, Jess Granger, Michelle Maddox, or Patti O’Shea.
What a great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity.
Pauline waves back to Heather! (I'm posting in IE and its working!)
What fabulous contest--thanks for such a fun way to celebrate the holidays!
*MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL*
This is a good opportunity to try new authors.
Marie*
Linnea Sinclair was the first author in this genre I encounterted - her "An Accidental Goddess" was an excellent read.
Oh! I'd like to be entered, please!
I'll enter. Cheers!
scifi rocks
thanks for the blitz,
vvb32 at yahoo.com
Oo! Please count me in, this is like being in book heaven. ;)
Thi is really great. I love sci-fi and I love romance so SFR is just like their awesome baby. Count me in!
SFR Holiday Blitz!
This is a great contest!
Add me in, pretty please! :-)
Hope I'm caonting as "international", residing in Germany.
SFR Holiday Blitz! What a terrific opportunity! "The Key" is my favorite SFR - have ebook and audio; just need to get it n print!!
SFR Holiday Blitz! Wow -- what a great contest! I love reading, and all of these books look wonderful!!
I already have Alpha, but if it's a signed copy it will be welcomed. The rest of them look very interesting. There are just so many books to buy and so little money to spread around I haven't been able to keep up with all my wishes.
Very new to this genre, thanks so much for this contest.
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