PHOBOS: MAYAN FEAR, Steve Alten’s third book in his “Mayan Prophecy” series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows Immanuel Gabriel to the end of the world and back again for one last shot at salvation. During Immanuel’s journey with his deceased grandfather, archaeologist Julius Gabriel, Julius reveals everything the Mayans knew and feared — from the secrets of creation that predate the Big Bang to the existence of extraterrestrials that have come to Earth to save our species.

We have five copies to give away, going to:
• Lisa McNulty of Chanhassen, Minn.
• Page Inman of Asheville, N.C.
• Mark Justice of Flatwoods, Ky.
• Sharon Berger of Albuquerque, N.M.
• Sam Cranes of Los Angeles, Calif.

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PHOBOS: MAYAN FEAR, Steve Alten’s third book in his “Mayan Prophecy” series, is a doomsday rollercoaster ride of adventure that follows Immanuel Gabriel to the end of the world and back again for one last shot at salvation. During Immanuel’s journey with his deceased grandfather, archaeologist Julius Gabriel, Julius reveals everything the Mayans knew and feared — from the secrets of creation that predate the Big Bang to the existence of extraterrestrials that have come to Earth to save our species. We have five copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Fear itself” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Dec. 9, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

In the newly updated fourth edition of THE VAMPIRE FILM: FROM NOSFERATU TO TRUE BLOOD, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini track the form’s evolution from such 1970s reinventions as COUNT YORGA and BLACULA to the BLADE series in the Nineties, through 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, I AM LEGEND and the UNDERWORLD series in the first decade of the 21st century. All these films plus celebrated international examples such as THIRST and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, plus hit television series, are covered.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• Thomas Walker of St. Louis Park, Minn.

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In John Hart’s novel IRON HOUSE, the mob boss who gave orphan Michael his blessing to begin anew is dying, but his son is intent on making Michael pay for his betrayal. Determined to protect the ones he loves, Michael returns to North Carolina, to the place he was born and the brother he lost so long ago. There, he will encounter a whole new level of danger, a thicket of deceit and violence that leads inexorably to the one place he’s been running from his whole life.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• Samuel Faris of Fort Collins, Colo.

Buy it at Amazon.

In the newly updated fourth edition of THE VAMPIRE FILM: FROM NOSFERATU TO TRUE BLOOD, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini track the form’s evolution from such 1970s reinventions as COUNT YORGA and BLACULA to the BLADE series in the Nineties, through 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, I AM LEGEND and the UNDERWORLD series in the first decade of the 21st century. All these films plus celebrated international examples such as THIRST and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, plus hit television series, are covered. We have one copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “It sucks to the fourth power” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Thursday, Sept. 22, when we announce the randomly chosen winner.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

In John Hart’s novel IRON HOUSE, the mob boss who gave orphan Michael his blessing to begin anew is dying, but his son is intent on making Michael pay for his betrayal. Determined to protect the ones he loves, Michael returns to North Carolina, to the place he was born and the brother he lost so long ago. There, he will encounter a whole new level of danger, a thicket of deceit and violence that leads inexorably to the one place he’s been running from his whole life. We have one copy to give away. Please note this is the audiobook version.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Tin roof, rusted” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Thursday, Sept. 22, when we announce the randomly chosen winner.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Karin Slaughter’s most exhilarating novel yet, FALLEN, is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Kathy Sales of Alba, Texas
• Rachel Peterman of Teaneck, N.J.

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Karin Slaughter’s most exhilarating novel yet, FALLEN, is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Slaughter me” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Aug. 5, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Reminiscent of the work of David Mitchell, Peter Carey, and Jonathan Safran Foer, Luke Williams’ debut novel, THE ECHO CHAMBER, is narrated by 54-year-old Evie Steppman, who as a child, exhibited extraordinarily acute powers of hearing. Now, alone in an attic in Scotland filled with objects from her past and with her powers of hearing starting to fade, she sets out to record her history before it all disintegrates into a meaningless din.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• Sanford Hausler of Teaneck, N.J.

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Reminiscent of the work of David Mitchell, Peter Carey, and Jonathan Safran Foer, Luke Williams’ debut novel, THE ECHO CHAMBER, is narrated by 54-year-old Evie Steppman, who as a child, exhibited extraordinarily acute powers of hearing. Now, alone in an attic in Scotland filled with objects from her past and with her powers of hearing starting to fade, she sets out to record her history before it all disintegrates into a meaningless din. We have one copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Echo echo echo” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, June 29, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

In Michael Marshall’s thriller KILLER MOVE, Bill Moore has it all. Until one morning, he arrives at work to find a card waiting for him, with no indication who it’s from or why it was sent. Its message is just one word: “modified.” When things begin to unwind rapidly, and one after another, people around Bill start to die, it becomes increasingly clear that someone somewhere has a very different plan for his future.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• Grant Cummings of Akron, Ohio

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In Michael Marshall’s thriller KILLER MOVE, Bill Moore has it all. Until one morning, he arrives at work to find a card waiting for him, with no indication who it’s from or why it was sent. Its message is just one word: “modified.” When things begin to unwind rapidly, and one after another, people around Bill start to die, it becomes increasingly clear that someone somewhere has a very different plan for his future. We have one copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Your move, creep” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, July 22, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Thriller author James Rollins is back with THE DEVIL COLONY, another electrifying combination of suspense, history, science, action and ingenious speculation. In the novel, Sigma Force stalwarts Painter Crowe and Cmdr. Grayson Pierce must investigate a gruesome massacre in the Rocky Mountains, and root out a secret cabal that has been manipulating momentous events since the time of the original 13 colonies.

We have two autographed copies to give away, going to:
• Sandy Johnson of Ludington, Mich.
• Keith Prochaska of Holdingford, Minn.

Buy it at Amazon.

Thriller author James Rollins is back with THE DEVIL COLONY, another electrifying combination of suspense, history, science, action and ingenious speculation. In the novel, Sigma Force stalwarts Painter Crowe and Cmdr. Grayson Pierce must investigate a gruesome massacre in the Rocky Mountains, and root out a secret cabal that has been manipulating momentous events since the time of the original 13 colonies. We have two autographed copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Devil may care” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, June 24, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. In the new-to-paperback historical thriller by Sara Poole, THE BORGIA BETRAYAL, Borgia court poisoner Francesca Giordano must battle the demons of her own dark nature to unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias, seize control of Christendom, and plunge the world into eternal darkness. From the hidden crypts of 15th-century Rome to its teeming streets alive with sensuality, obsession and treachery, Francesca conceives a plan that hurls her into a nightmare confrontation with a madman.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Susan McCulloch of Carson City, Nev.
• Jessica Chambers of Providence, R.I.

buy it at Amazon.

Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly. In the new-to-paperback historical thriller by Sara Poole, THE BORGIA BETRAYAL, Borgia court poisoner Francesca Giordano must battle the demons of her own dark nature to unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias, seize control of Christendom, and plunge the world into eternal darkness. From the hidden crypts of 15th-century Rome to its teeming streets alive with sensuality, obsession and treachery, Francesca conceives a plan that hurls her into a nightmare confrontation with a madman. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Not starring Jeremy Irons” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, June 17, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and David Rakoff have all produced winning memoirs of their demented, alternately heartrending and sidesplitting late-20th-century American childhoods. First-time author Eric Poole joins their ranks with his hilarious, heartfelt chronicle of growing up in the Midwest of the 1970s in WHERE’S MY WAND?: ONE BOY’S MAGICAL TRIUMPH OVER ALIENATION AND SHAG CARPETING.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Geoff Schilz of Minneapolis, MN
• Bill Fox of Scottdale, PA

Buy it at Amazon.

Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and David Rakoff have all produced winning memoirs of their demented, alternately heartrending and sidesplitting late-20th-century American childhoods. First-time author Eric Poole joins their ranks with his hilarious, heartfelt chronicle of growing up in the Midwest of the 1970s in WHERE’S MY WAND?: ONE BOY’S MAGICAL TRIUMPH OVER ALIENATION AND SHAG CARPETING. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Wand-er lust” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, June 3, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

In the early 1970′s, as our nation’s youth railed against every conceivable societal norm, a funny-looking teenage Jew started turning up at open mike nights in various New York City comedy clubs. Surprisingly, he didn’t suck. That funny-looking teenage Jew is now the even funnier-looking middle-aged comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who despite his transparent shortcomings, has managed to carve out a hardly respectable career and a reputation for shock and awe unrivaled outside the Bush administration. With RUBBER BALLS AND LIQUOR, his first book of rants and musings, Gottfried sullies an entirely new medium with his dysfunctional worldview.

We have one autographed copy to give away, going to:
• Warren Lovett of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Buy it at Amazon.

In the early 1970′s, as our nation’s youth railed against every conceivable societal norm, a funny-looking teenage Jew started turning up at open mike nights in various New York City comedy clubs. Surprisingly, he didn’t suck. That funny-looking teenage Jew is now the even funnier-looking middle-aged comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who despite his transparent shortcomings, has managed to carve out a hardly respectable career and a reputation for shock and awe unrivaled outside the Bush administration. With RUBBER BALLS AND LIQUOR, his first book of rants and musings, Gottfried sullies an entirely new medium with his dysfunctional worldview. We have one autographed copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Eff you, Aflac” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, May 27, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Dani and Eytan Kollin explore cryogenics in 2009′s THE UNINCORPORATED MAN and its new space-opera sequel, THE UNINCORPORATED WAR, in which 21st-century billionaire Justin Cord thaws out three centuries later to lead a revolution against the corporate-run Alliance.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Jason Korzen of Montclair, Va. 
• Tim D’Allaird of Troy, N.Y.

Buy them at Amazon.

Did you know Charlie Chaplin once came in third in a Chaplin lookalike contest? How about that Elvis was originally blonde? Or perhaps you weren’t aware that penguins are able to jump six and a half feet high? You’ll find out all of this, and more, with LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY by design duo Young. Accompanied by illustrations, this simple book is packed with a fact on every one of its 365 pages.

We have three copies to give away, going to:
• Richard Krauss of Portland, Ore.
• Don Erikson of Portland, Ore.
• Matt Porth of Chicago, Ill.

Buy it at Amazon.

Dani and Eytan Kollin explore cryogenics in 2009′s THE UNINCORPORATED MAN and its new space-opera sequel, THE UNINCORPORATED WAR, in which 21st-century billionaire Justin Cord thaws out three centuries later to lead a revolution against the corporate-run Alliance. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Think Inc.” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, May 13, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy them at Amazon.

Did you know Charlie Chaplin once came in third in a Chaplin lookalike contest? How about that Elvis was originally blonde? Or perhaps you weren’t aware that penguins are able to jump six and a half feet high? You’ll find out all of this, and more, with LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY by design duo Young. Accompanied by illustrations, this simple book is packed with a fact on every one of its 365 pages. We have three copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Suck it, Ripley” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, May 13, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

ALL THE LIVES HE LED is a riveting thriller of natural and political upheaval, from Grand Master of Science Fiction Frederik Pohl! In 2079, Pompeii is a popular theme park eagerly anticipating Il Giubeleo, the Jubilee celebration of the great anniversary. But Vesuvius is still capable of erupting, and even more threatening are terrorists who want to use the occasion to draw attention to their cause by creating a huge disaster. As the fateful day draws near, people from all over the world — workers, tourists, terrorists — caught in the shadow of the volcano will grapple with upheaval both natural and political.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Lars J. King of Southampton, N.Y.
• Eric Kolkmeier of Lewisville, Texas

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The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In THE PUN ALSO RISES, John Pollack explains why such wordplay is significant: It revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. Weaving together stories and evidence from history, brain science, pop culture, literature, anthropology and humor, the book is an authoritative, playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Leah Ferrazzani of Los Angeles, Calif.
• David O’Dell of Fremont, Calif.

Buy it at Amazon.

ALL THE LIVES HE LED is a riveting thriller of natural and political upheaval, from Grand Master of Science Fiction Frederik Pohl! In 2079, Pompeii is a popular theme park eagerly anticipating Il Giubeleo, the Jubilee celebration of the great anniversary. But Vesuvius is still capable of erupting, and even more threatening are terrorists who want to use the occasion to draw attention to their cause by creating a huge disaster. As the fateful day draws near, people from all over the world — workers, tourists, terrorists — caught in the shadow of the volcano will grapple with upheaval both natural and political. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Pohl dancing” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, April 15, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In THE PUN ALSO RISES, John Pollack explains why such wordplay is significant: It revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. Weaving together stories and evidence from history, brain science, pop culture, literature, anthropology and humor, the book is an authoritative, playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Ain’t we got pun?” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, April 15, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Michael Connelly’s THE LINCOLN LAWYER, about criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, has been turned into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and William H. Macy. It hits theaters March 18.

Winning the grand prize pack that includes a movie poster, a pen and copies of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE FIFTH WITNESS:
• Sandy Johnson of Ludington, Mich.

Winning THE LINCOLN LAWYER and a movie poster:
• Johnny Wise of Lynnwood, Wash.
• Geoff Schilz of Minneapolis, Minn.
• Jennifer Druce of Atco, N.J.

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Michael Connelly’s THE LINCOLN LAWYER, about criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, has been turned into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and William H. Macy. It hits theaters March 18, but why not celebrate now? One lucky reader will win a grand prize pack that includes a movie poster, a pen and copies of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE FIFTH WITNESS. Three other readers will win THE LINCOLN LAWYER and a movie poster.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Good thinkin’, Lincoln!” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Feb. 11, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

In Noah Boyd’s AGENT X, a Russian embassy officer known as Calculus approaches the FBI claiming that he has a list of Americans who are selling confidential information to the Russian SVR. In exchange for the list, he is asking for a quarter of a million dollars for each traitor the FBI apprehends. The FBI realizes that it has to keep the operation quiet, so it brings in agent-turned-bricklayer Steve Vail.

We have five copies to give away, going to:
• Doc Fenner of Corpus Christi, Texas
• Heidi Monroe of Pittsburgh, Penn.
• Robert Sankner of Hamilton, Ohio
• Scott Urban of Wilmington, N.C.
• Tammy Williams of Spartanburg, S.C.

Buy it at Amazon.

In Noah Boyd’s AGENT X, a Russian embassy officer known as Calculus approaches the FBI claiming that he has a list of Americans who are selling confidential information to the Russian SVR. In exchange for the list, he is asking for a quarter of a million dollars for each traitor the FBI apprehends. The FBI realizes that it has to keep the operation quiet, so it brings in agent-turned-bricklayer Steve Vail. We have five copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “X marks the spot” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Feb. 4, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Available only as an e-book, Dave Zeltserman’s BLOOD CRIMES is a genre-bending collision of dark urban fantasy and crime that rides shotgun with Jim and Carol as they carve a homicidal path cross-country. Jim is infected with the vampire virus. Carol isn’t. Yet. But they’re united in their hunt for society’s most dangerous predators for Jim’s dinner, so he can feed without harming the innocent. What they don’t know is that they’re not alone.

We have five files to give away, going to:
• Garry Overbey
• Matt Barr
• Joanne Viehman
• Dawnann Haas
• Mark Devery

buy it at Amazon.

Available only as an e-book, Dave Zeltserman’s BLOOD CRIMES is a genre-bending collision of dark urban fantasy and crime that rides shotgun with Jim and Carol as they carve a homicidal path cross-country. Jim is infected with the vampire virus. Carol isn’t. Yet. But they’re united in their hunt for society’s most dangerous predators for Jim’s dinner, so he can feed without harming the innocent. What they don’t know is that they’re not alone. We have five files to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name, e-mail address and required/preferred e-book format with “Guilty!” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Jan. 28, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

THREE SECONDS is the latest novel from Swedish duo Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström, heirs apparent to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell as the masters of Scandinavian crime. Winner of the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ 2009 award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and a #1 best-seller there, the book captures a nefarious world of betrayal and violence, where a wise man trusts no one and even the most valuable agent can be “burned.”

We have five copies to give away, going to:
• Jon Grimm of Round Rock, Texas
• Will Kennedy of West St. Paul, Minn.
• Peter Wrobel of La Crescenta, Calif.
• Doc Fenner of Corpus Christi, Texas
• Kathy Sales of Alba, Texas

buy it at Amazon.

Why we call the rich “blue bloods”? Who was the original Goody Two-Shoes? When people first started “painting the town red”? What originally was “having your work cut out for you”? Why being “footloose” doesn’t have anything to do with dancing? Harry Oliver reveals the answers to these and dozens more, in FLYING BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS: SURPRISING ORIGINS OF EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Tim Burlowski of Lino Lakes, Minn.
• Ed Lynn of Occoquan, Va.

Buy it at Amazon.

THREE SECONDS is the latest novel from Swedish duo Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström, heirs apparent to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell as the masters of Scandinavian crime. Winner of the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ 2009 award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and a #1 best-seller there, the book captures a nefarious world of betrayal and violence, where a wise man trusts no one and even the most valuable agent can be “burned.” We have five copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “On the count of three” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Jan. 7, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Why we call the rich “blue bloods”? Who was the original Goody Two-Shoes? When people first started “painting the town red”? What originally was “having your work cut out for you”? Why being “footloose” doesn’t have anything to do with dancing? Harry Oliver reveals the answers to these and dozens more, in FLYING BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS: SURPRISING ORIGINS OF EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Even if they’re skidmarked?” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Jan. 7, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Threadless, the coolest T-shirt provider on Earth, is having its annual holiday sale. Themed “T-Thousand-$10: A Space Holiday,” it features tons of tees at $5, $10 and $15, and we’d like to give you a gift card worth $50 so you can make your wardrobe that much hipper.

And by “you,” we mean:
• David Zuzelo

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Threadless, the coolest T-shirt provider on Earth, is having its annual holiday sale. Themed “T-Thousand-$10: A Space Holiday,” it features tons of tees at $5, $10 and $15, and we’d like to give you a gift card worth $50 so you can make your wardrobe that much hipper.

To enter:
1. Use the comments to answer these two questions: What’s your favorite book about and/or set in space? And what’s the one book you’d take with you if you were stuck on a spaceship?
2. Await Friday, Dec. 10, when we announce the randomly chosen winner.
3. Visit Threadless and start picking out what you’ll grab if you’re the winner!

One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary turns his irreverent eye and scathing humor on everything you love and cherish — and now he does it with SUCK ON THIS YEAR: LYFAO @ 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS, a hilarious, illustrated collection of tweets! Like a quiver full of arrows, the barbs will hit you where it hurts — and you’ll love it.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• Pete Tass of Forest Lake, Minn.

Buy it at Amazon.

One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary turns his irreverent eye and scathing humor on everything you love and cherish — and now he does it with SUCK ON THIS YEAR: LYFAO @ 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS, a hilarious, illustrated collection of tweets! Like a quiver full of arrows, the barbs will hit you where it hurts — and you’ll love it. We have one copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Eff you, that’s my name” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Nov. 26, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Before you see Danny Boyle’s latest slice of Oscar-bait, starring James Franco, read the book from which it spawned! Aron Ralston’s 127 HOURS: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE chronicles the 27-year-old outdoorsman’s true-life tale of hiking in Utah when his right hand was crushed underneath an 800-pound boulder. With no other option but death, he used his cheap pocketknife to … well, you’ll see. We’ll also throw in a super-sweet T-shirt (L size only) like the one Franco wears in the film!

We have three sets to give away, going to:
• Eric Jenkins of Jackson, Miss.
• Craig Eldridge of Buffalo, N.Y.
• Randi Morrison of Romeoville, Ill.

Buy it at Amazon.

Pegged as a cross between Mary Shelley and Stephen King, Rick Yancey’s MONSTRUMOLOGIST series is now two books strong, featuring Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST, they discover a baby Anthropophagus, a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest. In the new sequel, THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO, they hunt down the ultimate predator, the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh.

We have three sets to give away, going to:
• Troy Knutson of Collierville, Tenn.
• Bill Crider of Alvin, Texas
• Doug Gibson of Overland Park, Kan.

Buy them at Amazon.

Gail Z. Martin’s THE SWORN — book one of “The Fallen Kings Cycle” — doesn’t come out from Orbit until Jan. 25, 2011, but you could win an advance reading copy signed by the author herself! In the fantasy, Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet a great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war. He seeks new allies from among the living — and the dead — as an untested generation of rulers face their first battle.

We have one copy to give away, going to:
• David Smith of Conway, Ark.

Buy it at Amazon.

Before you see Danny Boyle’s latest slice of Oscar-bait, starring James Franco, read the book from which it spawned! Aron Ralston’s 127 HOURS: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE chronicles the 27-year-old outdoorsman’s true-life tale of hiking in Utah when his right hand was crushed underneath an 800-pound boulder. With no other option but death, he used his cheap pocketknife to … well, you’ll see. We’ll also throw in a super-sweet T-shirt (L size only) like the one Franco wears in the film! We have three sets to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “I hate hard rock” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Nov. 19, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Pegged as a cross between Mary Shelley and Stephen King, Rick Yancey’s MONSTRUMOLOGIST series is now two books strong, featuring Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST, they discover a baby Anthropophagus, a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest. In the new sequel, THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO, they hunt down the ultimate predator, the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh. We have three sets to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Suck it, Stephenie” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Nov. 19, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

Gail Z. Martin’s THE SWORN — book one of “The Fallen Kings Cycle” — doesn’t come out from Orbit until Jan. 25, 2011, but you could win an advance reading copy signed by the author herself! In the fantasy, Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet a great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war. He seeks new allies from among the living — and the dead — as an untested generation of rulers face their first battle. We have one copy to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Pinky swear?” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Nov. 19, when we announce the randomly chosen winner.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.

The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS team uncovers the definitive and faux-tastic story of Bat Boy, from his hardscrabble origins in the caves of West Virginia to his global influence in the 21st century. GOING MUTANT: THE BAT BOY EXPOSED! reveals how Bat Boy has heeded a call to service that has embarrassed less forthcoming mutants: During the Gulf War, he deployed with the Special Forces. He later earned a special commendation from George W. Bush for his use of sonar, which led troops to the spider hole housing Saddam Hussein. And now Bat Boy joins forces with an unlikely crew of soldiers, scientists and swamp mamas to battle a global pandemic that threatens to destroy our planet.

We have two copies to give away, going to:
• Mike Sullivan of Mountaintop, Pa.
• Steven Gomez of Copperopolis, Calif.

Buy it at Amazon.

The WEEKLY WORLD NEWS team uncovers the definitive and faux-tastic story of Bat Boy, from his hardscrabble origins in the caves of West Virginia to his global influence in the 21st century. GOING MUTANT: THE BAT BOY EXPOSED! reveals how Bat Boy has heeded a call to service that has embarrassed less forthcoming mutants: During the Gulf War, he deployed with the Special Forces. He later earned a special commendation from George W. Bush for his use of sonar, which led troops to the spider hole housing Saddam Hussein. And now Bat Boy joins forces with an unlikely crew of soldiers, scientists and swamp mamas to battle a global pandemic that threatens to destroy our planet. We have two copies to give away.

To enter:
1. E-mail us your name and mailing address (U.S. only; no P.O. boxes) with “Same bat time” as the subject line, to editor at bookgasm dot com.
2. Await Friday, Oct. 29, when we announce the randomly chosen winners.
3. Or, just buy it at Amazon.