This week’s Free Book Friday prize is a 2 book bundle of Curious Hardcover Fantasy
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
Edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer
The death of Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead in 2003 at his house in Wimpering-on-the-Brook, England, revealed an astonishing discovery: the remains of a remarkable cabinet of curiosities.
A carefully selected group of popular artists and acclaimed, bestselling fantasy authors has been assembled to bring Dr. Lambshead’s cabinet of curiosities to life. Including contributions from Alan Moore, Lev Grossman, Mike Mignola, China Miéville, Cherie Priest, Carrie Vaughn, Greg Broadmore, Naomi Novik, Garth Nix, Michael Moorcock , Holly Black, Jeffrey Ford, Ted Chiang, and many more.
ISBN 9780062004758, Hardover
There are currently 12 Members wishing for this book.
The Resurrectionist by E.B. Hudspeth
Philadelphia. The late 1870s. A city of cobblestone sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages. Home to the famous anatomist and surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a “resurrectionist” (aka grave robber), Dr. Black studied at Philadelphia’s esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world’s most celebrated mythological beasts – mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs –
were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind?
The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his humble beginnings to the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black’s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray’s Anatomy for mythological beasts -dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus – all rendered in meticulously detailed black-and-white anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. The Resurrectionist tells his story.
ISBN 978159474616, Hardcover
There are currently 46 Members wishing for this book.
To enter to win this 2 book bundle of Curious Hardcover Fantasy simply leave a comment on this Blog post. You must be a PaperBackSwap member to win.
We will choose 1 winner at random from comments we receive here on the Blog from PBS members.
You have until Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 12 noon EDT, to leave a comment.
Good Luck to everyone!
Note: Both of these brand-new hardcover books show a bit of shelf wear, as if an overzealous book warehouse worker did not handle with care. Books sent out as prizes on Free Book Friday are “As Is”.
Note: All the books given away on Free Book Friday are available in the PBS Market. We have thousands of new and new overstock titles available right now, with more added hourly. Some of the prices are amazing – and you can use a PBS credit to make the deal even better!
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Here is comment as an entry.
The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child is also excellent. Long live Aloysious X. Pendergast! But I’d love to read this one too.
Interesting
I agree so much with Amy O. Willing to give this a shot, however!
These sound very interesting. Happy reading!
Count me in!
I am always curious about new authors to add to my bookshelf — Haven’t read either of these authors!
These are on my wishlist! What a great prize!!
Oooh, I want.
sound like interesting reads. I am always up for trying something different.
Wow. I haven’t heard of these. Look like fun reads.
Sounds very different from what I have been reading lately.
I always love to enter contests and to win, Good luck everyone!
Right up my alley! Happy reading to all.
Would love to win. Thanks for the oppurtunity!
The date 1870 chosen by the author is probably no coincidence… as it would have been shortly after Darwin’s publication of his Origin of the Species. No doubt people will read this work of fiction and imagine this is viable way to revive Darwinian thought from the blow it has taken from the discovery of unbelievably complex coded information and machinery found in the human cell. Bill Gates says “DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.” It turns out you really do need a world of mythological beasts to “resurrect” the theory…since the fossil record of transitional forms Darwin anticipated we would eventually find has been curiously non-existent. After you read this book… I recommend reading Signature in the Cell by Myers… not an easy read but fascinating stuff.
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work and Writings of Dr. Spencer Black sounds very interesting! My students are all about mermaids, vampires, and other supernatural creatures. That section in nonfiction is always picked over and checked out. I think they’d like reading this!
sounds very interesting. would be great to win!
Love Gothic stories!
I’d love to win!!!
Sounds very interesting. 🙂
I love the covers of these and am intrigued with them. Count me in!
I love oddities…just ask my friends and family. I’m in!
I haven’t read/seen either of these books,but I would really like to read them !! The excerpts sound very interesting ! Good luck to all contestants !!
What fantastic books to try & win..
Count me in, please!
Hit me widd’em!
These look interesting – I’m in!
Trying for it!
Love new books!
Pick Me! Pick me! 🙂
Ooh, neat, these look weird and different. Thanks for chance to win!
looks like a fun an interesting read.. would love to get it. Thanks
Interesting books, would love to have both!
Sounds Awesome, count me in!
Books resurrects my motive to see and explore the world in a way that’s only fictionally possible, and writing resurrects my thoughts and brings my feelings to light. There is no greater joy than sculpting a castle from words. I would love and cherish a new interesting read.
I always like free books.
Always willing to read something out side the normal box. 🙂
I’d love to read these books!
Looks like a good opportunity to try something new!
sounds interesting! would love to win!
Sounds like these are right up my alley. Hope I win.
Love these contests!! I’m in…. thank you PBS.
These both look ver interesting! Thanks, PBS for the chance to own them!
These sound wicked awesome. I’m in!
Takes me out of my comfort zone…common pbs quality!
Great books!
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me, PLEASE!
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This is a most interesting duet of books. I think I would like to read both.