The third book in Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series, in advance.
Tor has announced that there may or may not be ARCs of this. If there are, you will get one. If there aren't, you will get the text in advance from the author (print or electronic) and "something else awesome" selected by the author to go with it, like an annotated draft, or an ARC of book 1 if you don't have one already, or something else exciting and worth-it. You should expect the advanced text at several months before the book's release.
The Terra Ignota series is four volumes, so this is the penultimate volume, following after "Seven Surrenders." It is due out in December 2017, so the ARC should exist by October.
Everyone who wants to support the community is welcome to bid on items online here, and to attend the live auction. You do not need to be a member of HRSFA. HRSFA and the organizers reserve the right to decline bids or exclude troublesome individuals from the live auction if necessary.
To bid online, you will need to make an account on BiddingOwl, then return to this page to look at the item again.
Items that hit 5x their market value will go to live auction.
If you win an item in the online auction, the organizers will contact you for mailing or collection information. In the case of declined cards, the next highest bidder will be considered to have won and be contacted.
The items that go to live auction can be won even by those who will not be in Boston on the 12th. You can participate in the live event remotely by calling in to the auction by phone. If you want to do this, email hrsfaevents at gmail dot com before 17.00 EST (5pm in Harvard) February 11th to ask for the numbers.
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