Pat, over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, is running a giveaway of the new Wild Cards book Inside Straight. It’s an advanced reader’s copy, and it’s going to be autographed by all nine of the writers in the book (m’self included).

And if you were wondering whether the book was worth picking up, there’s a review over at fantasybookspot.

Lo, I am BoingBoinged.

For those who are interested, Hunter’s Run (the collaboration that was once called Shadow Twin) has been reviewed.

Your friend and mine Jay over at Fantasybookspot has a few copies of A Shadow in Summer and A Betrayal in Winter that he’s giving out.

He’s made some rumblings that suggest he didn’t like this one s much as the last, though I don’t know what his objections are precisely. But, like they say, teach the controversy.

So until Jay gets a chance to give the down side, I’ll point out what the folks at BookPage said…