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It’s official; there are some very talented people that are Demon Cycle fans. For the audio contest, we had funny entries, sad entries, ones that sounded beautiful and ones that made you jump out of your seat, and readings in three different languages. To everyone that entered, thanks. Peat and I (and other readers as well) really enjoyed listening to them all. You can see the original contest post here.

Of course, now you want the fun part: the announcement of the winners. But before I do that I want to remind everyone that the grand prize is a signed copy of the deluxe version of Brayan’s Gold, which you can see below. It’s a beautiful, white leather bound and embossed limited edition book.

Grand Prize – Personalized Deluxe Brayan’s Gold

The winner is Kaz. You can listen to her entry here. It’s wonderful to listen to; she has a great speaking voice, does a great reading and has some good voices for the different characters. I must once again say that she should consider this as a career. Now everyone, heap praise upon her.

First Prize – Personalized Brayan’s Gold

Congratulations to Snellopy! This is a really entertaining reading; there are great voices (including some demons, so don’t listen to it on the highest volume). It sounds really epic (like an action movie trailer) which fits the scene perfectly. However, do not listen to this clip if you have a heart problem, since it almost gave me a heart attack, and I’m sure Snellopy doesn’t want that on his conscience.

Arlen V’s the Sand Demon by Snellopy

Second Prize – Personalized copy of books in the language they read from

Kissifrott was one of our second prize winners, and will receive a personalized copy of La Lance Du Desert. I really like the cover of the French edition.

As you may have surmised, he did a great reading in French. It sounds really mysterious and he does some wonderful voices. It’ll keep you interested even if you don’t speak French (like myself). I just made stuff up along in my head about what I think was happening.

Audio Recording on Tuesday night – La Lance du Désert by Kissifrott

Our other second prize winner is Eve, who will receive a personalized copy of Der große Basar, the German version of The Great Bazaar. This edition is great because it has maps on the inside covers and extra art. Also, I have to say that it just feels nice; the paper is just the right weight and texture, and the cover is just as perfect. </end book nerd fawning>

Eve went above and beyond and actually did two readings: one in English and one in German. In both readings she does great voices for the different characters, but the tone matches the different readings perfectly. Here is the German reading:

The painted Man by Eve_

And here is the English one:

I’m really not sure which one I like best; I can understand the English one but the German one has a certain je ne sais quoi (or whatever the German equivalent is).

Posted by Rebecca

Posted on March 27, 2011 at 1:46 am by Hannah
Filed under Brayan's Gold, Contests, Desert Spear, Fans, France, Germany, Great Bazaar, Rebecca, Warded Man
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It’s really happening. Red Sonja. June 2011. Be there.

I’ve been a comic book nerd for almost thirty years, starting back in 1982 with X-Men #162. I’ve blogged about this before.

Since that fateful day, I have read thousands of comics. Tens of thousands, I’d wager. This was waaay before I started reading fantasy novels, and not only was I reading, but I was drawing and writing scripts for my own comics. Before I wanted to write fantasy, I wanted to write comics. I’ve blogged about this, too. Having my own comic come out is a dream come true, and it’s really happening.

I read pretty much every Marvel comic and most of the DC ones in the 80’s, and one of my favorites was Red Sonja, which was done at the time by writer Louise Simonson and artist Mary Wilshire. I even have a copy of issue #12 that I got Mary to sign at a comic convention. I was that hardcore. So when the folks at Dynamite Entertainment asked me to write some of the continuing adventures of the red-headed she-devil with a sword, I leapt at the chance, and started writing a story that was part part hardcore action, part comedy, part drama, and all homage to 80’s Sonja, even going so far as to put her back in her 80’s costume (left). Have I blogged about all this? Of course.

You may recall that this story was scheduled to be issues #51-54 last year, but it was later decided that for various reasons, the book would be done as a one-shot instead. I turned in the script a couple of months ago, and knowing in advance that it was assigned to the great Sonja artist Walter Geovanni, I wrote it with his pinuppy style in mind. I haven’t seen the pencils yet, but I know he is going to do an incredible job.

I wasn’t sure when the book was set to come out, but then Dynamite released their June 2011 solicits, and there it was, complete with cover art:

RED SONJA: BLUE ONE-SHOT

40 pages FC  •  $4.99 •  Teen +
Written by PETER BRETT
Art by WALTER GEOVANNI
Covers by MEL RUBI (50%), WALTER GEOVANI (50%)

Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of the Demon Cycle, takes the reins for this special issue, teaming up with fan favorite artist Walter Geovani to take Red Sonja back to her barbarian roots-and the She-Devil isn’t going without a fight! When an unfortunate encounter with a demon deprives her of her trademark chainmail bikini, Sonja is forced to don a familiar blue fur tunic for the remainder of this adventure. Brett brings a mix of deft characterization, wry humor, and hard action to this one-shot homage to the Sonja legacy, honoring longtime fans while offering the perfect self-contained story for new readers.

There is even an alternate cover that is an homage to 1970’s Frank Thorne Red Sonja by the great Mel Rubi:

I did an interview about the book some months ago for Suvudu. You can read it here.

Psyched!

Posted on March 24, 2011 at 6:46 pm by PeatB
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During the audio contest, some people were asking about pronunciations of words in the Demon Cycle series; to help with that, here is a small pronunciation guide. I’ve written out how you would pronounce it but also included an audio file so that you can hear it (that usually works best for me). Personally it will come in handy because there isn’t anything much more embarrassing than mispronouncing a character’s name…when talking to the author.
If there are any words that aren’t on this list that you aren’t sure about the pronunciation of, post a comment here, on the forum or email me at PA@www.petervbrett.com .

Arlen Bales – Arr-len Bayles
Arlen by rebeccacbast

Leesha – Lee-sha
Leesha by rebeccacbast

Rojer – Ro-jur
Rojer by rebeccacbast

Abban- Ah-bin
Abban by rebeccacbast

Jardir- Jar-deer
Jardir by rebeccacbast

Par-chin – Par chin
Par-chin by rebeccacbast

Inevera – In-ev-er-a
Inevera by rebeccacbast

Krasia/Krasian – Kray-shia, Kray-shian
Krasia by rebeccacbast

Damaji- De-maj-ee
Damaji by rebeccacbast

Dama- da-ma
Dama by rebeccacbast

Everam- Ever-aam
Everam by rebeccacbast

Alagai-sharak – Al-a-guy Sherock
Alagai sharak by rebeccacbast

Khaffit – Ka- feet
Khaffit by rebeccacbast

Ragen – Ray-gen
Ragen2 by rebeccacbast

Elissa – El- lissa
Elissa by rebeccacbast

Mery – Mary
Mery by rebeccacbast

Dal’Sharum – Dal- sha-rum
Dal’Shrum by rebeccacbast

Thesan- Thee-zan
Thesan by rebeccacbast

Kaji – Kah-shee
Kaji by rebeccacbast

Sharik Hora – Shar-ick hore-a
Sharik Hora by rebeccacbast

Posted by Rebecca the assistant.

Posted on March 23, 2011 at 12:42 am by Hannah
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“Rebecca,” you say, “where can I get up-to-date news and information  about all things in the Peter Brett world? It’s not like we actually have a Messenger like Arlen to bring us news.” *

Well, it’s a good thing you asked, Hypothetical Person, because on the message board a new forum has just been created, called The Messenger.

Whenever there is some big news, it will be posted on the forum (though you should still keep reading the blog for the most information, and amusing entries). These posts will include such things as news about various contests that are going on, or if there is a blog post that will be of interest to everyone because of how great it is.

I’ll also be putting helpful information there, like how to get your signed bookplates from Peter totally for free.

Of course, if you have any information that might be helpful for everyone to know, let me know at PA@www.petervbrett.com.

*Disclaimer: Nobody actually said this to me. I just wish they had because it would’ve been convenient for this post.

Posted on March 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm by Hannah
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Now there are different levels of fans. There is the fan that read a book once or twice and would recommend it to a friend if they are asked. There are those who know all the trivia and the instant you mention a book they jump on it and don’t let go like a rather angry pit bull. Then there is Mia. Mia is one of those fans that authors only pray that they get. Not only is she a fan, but an extremely talented fan.

You may know Mia for winning the Homemade Heroes Contest where she made the Sharik Hora temple. It’s one of those things that when you see it, you suddenly become very jealous of her talent. (And yes, this feeling will continue the longer you read this post.) If you look closely, you can see that the pillars have tons of little skulls on them. In fact, bones are almost everywhere on this piece.

She even brought it to Peat and it still sits in his office.

Now, this would usually be enough to get a shout out, but then she did this; she made a fantastic bag for Dani.

Now, some people are inspired by others to create a piece or two by a muse. Now, apparently, Peat is an amazing muse, because those aren’t the only Demon Cycle crafts she made. Look at this snow demon ward e-reader cover that she did in needlepoint. I need to say two things; One it is awesome. And, two, can I please have some of Mia’s talent?

And just to finish off, like a well made dessert, she made this fantastic box with a sand demon it it.

It is a wooden and glass box, with a sculpture of a sand demon holding up a sign. In the back, there is a mirror, on which she has painted a ward sign. A little cute and a little scary, and a lot of awesome.

Now, Mia also competes in some of the other contests. And apparently she likes limericks. A lot. Luckily for us, she’s really good at them. Here are a few of my favorites.

There once was a boy who could fiddle
Whose talent and time he did piddle
Couldn’t pick up this chick
He wasn’t her pick
So now he just plays with his diddle.

Flip the pages for women to fancy
Eat your heart out Jolie, Fox or Halle
They got nothing on Leesha
Renna or Inevera
How would Bruna look in a bikini?

There once was a demon of rock
Who strutted around like a peacock
But the Warded Man came
Hacked his limb off for fame
And left him a creature to mock.

Jardir was the strongest of fellows
The warrior code he always follows
But he then got a wife
And that changed his life
Now ‘Aye dear!’ he says when she bellows.

The mind demon is so very scary
On top of it all it’s quite hairy
But Jardir would much rather
Have a demon encounter
Than go home and be nagged by his honey.

In Krasia life must be quite hard
If you’re strong you must fight not just ward
And if not you’re khaffit
No respect, not a bit
And the diet is strict so no lard.

I just loved reading all of her limericks. You can read the rest of them here, which I strongly suggest you do.

Well, I think that the evidence here is clear; Mia is an amazing fan and someone is going to have to do a lot to topple her from being Peat’s number one fan.

Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:34 pm by Hannah
Filed under Contests, Craft, Daylight War, Desert Spear, Fan Art, Fans, Homemade Heroes, Rebecca, The Daylight War, Warded Art, Warded Man
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