Over the years, we’ve had more and more fans donating books to the fundraiser.
In the first couple of years it was only one or two people, but as things have progressed, we’ve had an increasing number of generous folks kicking stuff in from their personal libraries, or goodies they’ve managed to pick up at a signing or a con. That means many of these books are signed, or limited editions, or otherwise awesome.
Most of these are going into the lottery where anyone who donates can win them, but a few are being auctioned off too. So keep an eye out for those.
Let’s jump right into this with some Neil Gaiman.
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Signed by Neil Gaiman.
I make no bones about the fact that I’m a fan of Gaiman, and this book in particular struck a chord in me. I’m happy to see a signed copy of it heading into the lottery.
If you haven’t read it, you should. I gushed about it on Goodreads a while back, if you’re interested in reading a review that is mostly me embarrassing myself.
- Auction: First Edition copy of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Signed by Neil Gaiman.
We’ve decided to auction off this first edition copy of Ocean at the End of the Lane as well. So if you missed your chance at it, or want a collectible version while you read your unsigned, later edition copy, you can grab it here.
- A set of the Dragon Nimbus Novels by Irene Radford.
These are some great books that were re-donated after last year’s fundraiser, spreading the joy to more of our people from someone who already had them. There are three books, which are compendiums of the entire series, so you’ve got it all here.
“Radford’s considerable gifts as a mesmerizing storyteller shine with undeniable luster.” – RT Book Reviews
- Reviver. Signed by Seth Patrick.
“Supernatural thrillers don’t get much better than British author Patrick’s assured debut, the first in a trilogy…Patrick has carefully thought through the implications of this phenomenon, including religious objections and insurance issues, and maintains the suspense throughout.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
- A set of the White Trash Zombie series, books 1-4, by Diana Rowland.
“Humor and gore are balanced by surprisingly touching moments as Angel tries to turn her (un)life around.” – Publishers Weekly
- Lord of the Light by Roger Zelazny.
This book was sent in by a supporter who knows that the early editions of this book are super hard to come by. It’s by Roger Zelazny, who wrote the Chronicles of Amber (which is included in the giant prize of books I recommend). We’ve put it into the lottery so we can spread the geeky joy.
- A set of Blood Price and Blood Trail by Tanya Huff.
“An entertaining blend of warmly idiosyncratic characters, cinematic pacing and sharp-fanged humour” – Locus
- Set of books 1-4 of The Inheritance Cycle. Signed by Christopher Paolini.
We’ve got signed copies of the first four books in the Inheritance Cycle, and the fourth book is even a super beautiful hardcover copy. We thought someone would love them, so we’re putting them in the lottery.
- Auction: Limited, slipcased edition of Brisingr. Number 929 of 1500, signed by by Christopher Paolini.
For those of you who are already big geeky fans of Christopher Paolini, we’ve got a special edition of the third book in the series, number 929 out of 1500. The slipcase is beautiful, with an embossed dragon and gold foil.
If you get all excited looking at it, head over here for more pictures and to bid.
- Pompeii. Signed by Robert Harris.
“Harris garnishes the action with seductive period detail, and the novel comes alive in the main event, a cataclysmic explosion with a thermal energy equal to a hundred thousand Hiroshimas.” – The New Yorker
- First edition copy of The Road to Mars. Signed by Eric Idle.
Yes. THAT Eric Idle. Of Monty Python fame.
“Filled with intelligent observations about comedy and comedians, and enough one-liners to keep a funnyman in gigs past Pluto.” – The New York Times
- First edition copy of The House of Rumour. Signed by Jake Arnott.
“It’s both sci-fi/fantasy pulp and an ambitiously epic work of cosmic proportions: a welcome paradox of a novel that boldly toys with the boundaries between high and low-brow art.” – Kirkus
- First edition copy of Impossible Monsters edited by Kasey Lansdale.
“Eschewing romantic vampires and shambling zombies, this collection presents monsters that do not merely kill, but suddenly and incomprehensibly consume, destroy, and reduce their victims to mere bones… Readers who stay up late wondering if there really is something out there will find these stories to be perfect nightmare fodder.” – Publishers Weekly
- Irons in the Fire. Signed by Juliet E. McKenna.
“Shows McKenna at her best, combining politics, violent action, and a concern for the domestic… it’s fundamentally about clever people, trying to do their best, in swift-changing circumstances.” – Paul Cornell
- Blood Song. Signed by Anthony Ryan.
“Anthony Ryan’s Blood Song is a tremendous debut; it has a fast paced, action packed and character driven story. Qualities to admire in any genre story and most of all in an epic fantasy.” – Fantasy Book Critic
- The Apocalypse Codex. Signed by Charles Stross.
“A weirdly alluring blend of superspy thriller, deadpan comic fantasy and Lovecraftian horror.” – Kirkus
- A limited edition, traycased edition of Clowns at Midnight. Number 6 of 500, signed by Terry Dowling.
“The author of Wormwood and Blackwater Days delivers another tale of psychological terror that should appeal to his fans as well as to general audiences of horror literature.” – Library Journal
- The centenary edition of Complete Chronicles of Conan. By author Robert E. Howard and doodled by illustrator Les Edwards.
“Howard was the Thomas Wolfe of fantasy, and most of his Conan tales seem to almost fall over themselves in their need to get out.” – Stephen King
- 5 limited edition copies of I Live Here. Signed by John Connolly.
This is an extremely limited chapbook from John Connolly. He only had 1,000 printed, and we have signed bookplates to go with each one, making them extra cool.
- First edition copy of Gospel of Loki. Signed by Joanne M. Harris.
Amanda covets this book in a way that is not all together proper. She just donated again just to up her chances of maybe winning this book, so if you want it, you might want to get in there and out-donate her.
“Inventive and absorbing…I look forward to Harris’ next foray in to fantasy, especially if she applies her love of Norse mythology again.” – Fantasy Book Review
- Limited edition copy of The Mallet of Loving Correction. Numbered 924 out of 1000, signed by John Scalzi.
If you’ve never read Scalzi’s blog, Whatever, you should. This is a collection of those blogs, and I wrote up a possibly-tmi-review on Goodreads for it.
- Auction: A Publisher’s Copy, slipcased edition of Best Served Cold. Signed by Joe Abercrombie.
“Abercrombie is both fiendishly inventive and solidly convincing, especially when sprinkling his appallingly vivid combat scenes with humor so dark that it’s almost ultraviolet.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
This is a gorgeous edition of Best Served Cold with a hardcore slipcase. Subterranean Press doesn’t do anything halfway.
If you want to grab this gorgeous thing all for yourself, bid on it over here.
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If anything caught your eye, be sure to go donate on the donation page, where you have the chance to win many of these items, not to mention the thousands of other books and games available in the fundraiser. You can even fly your particular geek flag fly by contributing to one of the teams that’s helping Worldbuilders fundraise this year, like Team Nerdfighteria, or Team NaNoWriMo.
Keep in mind that a bunch of our current auctions are ending tonight and Sunday. So if you haven’t headed over there to take a look at what’s available, you might want to, before it’s too late.
Have a good weekend, space cowboys….
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I am crazy about Worldbuilders and it just keeps getting better. But you might want to check the number on the Paolini novel again. Number 929 out of 500 sounds a bit suspicious to me.
Nice catch.
Its likely meant to say out of 1500
Thanks guys! I fixed it.
“Brisingr” is number 3 of 4 in the series, not the final. :)
I’ve been trying to donate a rare book to worldbuilders, but my email(s) to the donations address, and my appeal to Pat on G+ have gone unanswered. Should I assume my book isn’t wanted?
Definitely not! During the fundraiser things are sort of a whirlwind, but try emailing us at questions [at] worldbuilders.org and we’ll work something out with you, even if it can’t be featured this year.
I sent an email to [email protected], should I resend it to questions@?
The email should be to worldbuilders.ORG, so if you sent it to .com it never came to us! Sorry for the confusion!
Doh! Re-sent. You probably want to fix that here, then: https://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2014/11/worldbuilders-2014/
Doh! Re-sent. You probably want to fix that here, then: https://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2014/11/worldbuilders-2014/