Yay Books!

Although I suck at winning stuff in the real world, I'm quite good at it in the blog world! I'm getting a free copy of Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin, through his blog.

I love that he's writing SF with a much-needed dose of diversity. Ragamuffin actually has a female protagonist of color. I'm not sure I've even seen one of those in space opera. And personally, any books that have things like zeppelins, parrots, and a guy with a hook on the front covers are all right with me (Crystal Rain, the first book in the series, on right). Not that authors usually have much say in their cover art, but I really like those parrots.