Ann Aguirre has offered 25 ARCs of her new book Wanderlust for the readers of this here blog. Yay!
Want one? Yes? Hook us up with the name of her next book. All the Jax books have compound word titles: Grimspace, Wanderlust, Doubleblind and Killbox. So, what’s the 5th book? Give us an idea, serious or silly.
Drop a comment with your choice of a compound word title, and we’ll pick 25 winners from among the best.
But there is one condition – as Ann is a master of the viral market (in a good way, not in an ineffective antibiotic kind of way) she asks that if you win a copy, you review it, either on your site, or by emailing me your review. So enter as many times as you like, and “goodluck.”
ETA: Ann asked that I post a heads up for anyone in the NYC area: want to meet Ann personally and beg for a review copy of her book? July 22nd is your chance.
Spacetrash
Man, I could go on and on, assuming I didn’t have to make sense all the time but I MUST get some sleep. My brain doesn’t want to shut down though.
Linespace
Spacerage
Starstones (Jax has a big pair… and Starballs was taken by a porn!)
Or maybe…
Hardluck. Jax always seems to be in that rock/hardplace scenario. Either way… YAY FOR FIVE WHOLE BOOKS! I loved the first, preordered the second. And now I want it NOW NOW NOW. Get crackin’! *snaps whip*
Thunderground (inspired by the fact that a storm is coming, and it feels and sounds as though the thunder is rolling up underneath the foundations of my house right now)
Hmmm . . . compound words. Let’s see.
Blackout
Underworld
Nightfall
Daybreak
Backlash
And ones that don’t count, but amuse me anyway:
DoubleDutch
Alamode
Compoundword
Whackoff
Fruitandtwoveg
Verification word, persons95. Sounds like the latest issue of the human soul circa 1996. Persons95—now with reduced morality, because YOU demanded it!
Moonshadow
Sunstrike
Starripper
Blowmonkey (oops…sorry…I just like that word!)
Mindshattered
Windcraze
Earthdazed
Braincrash
Craniumrain
Rainblast
I don’t know…I think I should have stopped at ‘Blowmonkey’ (I LIKE that word!)
Love Ann’s stuff.
Stillstar
Blackstar
Blankmoon
Darksun
HardShip
Rustriser
WhaleBoneCorsetThorns (oops, sorry, gotta retract that one; it’s for my next BDSM historical)
P.S. Thanks, Ann, for saying nice things when I put my first page up at DA. I got ripped enough extra assholes to last me for a few lifetimes!
Oh, I can’t resist:
Schiffsschraube
Gesundheitsschuh
Bücherschrank
Bettwäsche
Geldschein
Büstenhalter
Kratzbaum
Küchengerät
—> note all the Umlauts! (don’t spank me)
XD
There are so many good ones but here is mine:
Darkstar
Switchgun
Marklight
Starsun
Firemark
Flipswitch
Switchback
I like words with switch, apparently lol. Congrats on the awesome series!
Wryhag, I’m going to guess you wrote Unconventional Urban Fantasy. Do I get a cookie?
Firebrawl
Gunshy
(or for an additional guns and magic one, Gunscry:))
(and since no one else has gone so meta, Compoundword:)
(or for a pointier one Compoundsword:))
Deepthrust
Hee!
You stinker! Subliminal instructions are cheating.
Windtalker
Highjinx
Waterlog
Skinwalker
Spacewalk
Tailspin
Riptide- I guess that one doesn’t make sense
Brainstorm
How about:
Landslide
Outbound
Crossroads
Quicksilver
Loved Grimspace!
Hellfreeze
Crotchduster
Nullgrav
Firespawn
Silverstruck
Torrentialflow (should that be hyphenated?)
Catweasel
Sexfiend
Husband says: “Add firebond and flamestruck”
Because I loved Ann’s first book—oh, how I enjoyed it and how sad I was when Grimspace was done—I will post an entry. It’s only that I can’t wait to get my little paws on the next one that I would dare attempt in the face of such killer competition. =)
Hardscrape
Kickface
Hardbody
Loveplay
ThinkAct
Punchbag
LiquidEmission (believe it or not that one actually came about from the idea of fuel venting into space)
JumpPhoenix
You ask for silly – we deliver.
In memory of the very fun extemporaneous thing Ann did elsewhere, I’m going to resurrect:
Halfgiraffe
And, because ‘Wanderlust’ gave me as a German speaker such a kick, I’ll add:
Herzensschmerz (i.e. Heart’s Sorrow),the kind of thing that a really grim space might engender.
lightningquick would be my guess.
I wanted to put triple word score, but that doesn’t work 🙂
How’s ‘bout:
Whorehound
Raunchrider
Trunkjunk
(those are for the nasty in you! LOL)
or on the serious side:
Deathswitch
Deathclawwed
Spacetrippin
Psychtime
I kinda like Deepthrust. In a space-travelly sort of way, of course.
Hopefully I’m not repeating any suggestions already made…
Stormrage
Sunspire
Starstrider
Starstorm
hmm, apparently I like S’s
Zerohour
Firestorm
Lightfall
Dangermatch
or there’s always SmartBitch
not sure if someone else already posted these, but i suggest:
deathwish
jumpforce
jumpswitch
longjump (hm, kind of too much like track)
genejumper
jumpforfun! (i kid, i kid)
geneswitch
iceflare
mindtrap
undertow
psychtrap
matchpoint
matchrace
i’ll keep thinking…
Spaceballs
Astroturf
Have a lovely day! 🙂
stillrace
spacefall
Ann, sweetie, you get a cookie with BIG ol’ chocolate chips guaranteed to challenge your fillings!
Congrats on the well-deserved success of a thoroughly engaging series.
Deadfire or
Deadspace
Or, all the German in the comments makes me want to go with Wumpscut’s “ChristFuck”. Okay, I’d totally buy that book, but good luck getting it published.
HavocZone?
Bioburn?
I dunno. Just did a seven hour drive with a cranky baby. Maybe burnout? lol
Hm. Hope these haven’t been thought up yet.
Starglass
Standingwave
Greenbelt
Phasestrand
Darkstrike
Bitterpale
Drysleep
Windfreeze
Tumblebelt
I’m quite fond of LightsBane, except there’s an annoying missing apostrophe. I suppose ToasterOven doesn’t count? Or Douchebag? That’s my current favorite compound word.
Checkmate
Lifeblood
Chilblain (I always loved that word, though not it’s definition. It’s just fun to say)
Lacewing
Just a couple more…
Witchlight
Knightmare
Deadscape/Endscape/Starscape (Can’t decide which is best)
Warhawk
Starquest (or is that a videogame?)
Gateway
I suck majorly at these competitions, but I loooved Grimspace so here are my entries;
Timetwist
Deathblow
Sideswipe
Darkjoy
Apextwin
Speedtrap
Darkvoid
Nevermore
Darkflare
Jumpship
Genejump
JumpLow
Freereign
Warcrime
Bloodbond
Just for Laughs—>Techsupport
Bloodbound
Bloodlift
Genetwist
Fusionspace
Techfusion
Genefusion
Deadstop
Deadslow
Deadtime
KnifeEdge
WireEdge
DarkSpark
Heatsink
LifeLost
LiveWire
Lifesong
LifeSpark
Soulspark
My apologies if I have repeated any other entries.
*Crossing fingers*
Thinktank 🙂
HannysVoorwerp
PlantersWarp
SiliconDreams
DippityDo
MacaroniDreams
MacaroniSeams
I’m sure some of these are repeats- I skimmed the list and I’m asleep so I apologize for askidently stepping on toes
afterburn
airtight
backfire
blueballs
chainmail/chainmale—it really depends on how dominate your female is on how you spell it
checkmate
earworm
flashback
headquarters
headspace
headache
horsehockey
showdown
starlight
upset
windsurf
wiretap
I loved Grimspace! Loved it with a love that kept me reading until I finished it in one night. Awesome.
Hope I’m not repeating too many:
Nightblind
Darkflight
Starburst
Freefall
Lightyear
Stormswitch
Icerain
—-
I keep wanting to put something with “torrent” in there, but all I have is a
Blankmind
travelworn
Planetside
travelweary
jumpdrive
woebegone
Sorry for duplicates Oo
D: I need to get another copy of Grimspace because I loaned mine to someone 1k miles away! Oh noes! But I did love it 🙂