Slaughterhouse-Five Giveaway Winner!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest, subscribed to the blog, followed me on Twitter and joined the Facebook group!  We’re up to 24 members, which is awesome!

Now to announce the winner!!!

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The winner is…..

Margaret S.!!

Congratulations, Margaret, I’ll get the book out to you ASAP.

Now, I was hoping to post an article about Slaughterhouse-Five, but two migraines this weekend derailed that idea.  Instead, you can head over to the Facebook group and discuss the book following this prompt:

The use of metafiction in anti-war fiction is fairly common (Slaughterhouse-Five, The Things They Carried).  Does the inclusion of the author as a character in Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (and the knowledge that the “author” fought in World War II) lend credibility to the anti-war message, or does it weaken the message by taking away from the story and characters by using an overbearing delivery?

Feel free to discuss in the comments as well, of course!

Book giveaway! Plus, new Facebook group!

Note: I’m extending the contest past its original deadline.  You now have until Sept. 24 to enter.

The Narrative in the Blog is proud to present The Metafiction Club, a Facebook discussion group!  Join to meet other metafiction lovers, discuss your favorite books, and if you’re a writer, what you’re working on!

To show my appreciation for all my readers, I’m giving away a copy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.  You can enter multiple times for multiple chances to win.  The contest runs from today until next Friday, September 24.

To enter, do one or more of the following and email narrativeintheblog [at] gmail [dot] com with a list of everything you did:

• Subscribe to this blog via RSS or email.
• Join the Facebook group via the link above.
• Tweet about this book giveaway with the hashtag #nitbgiveaway, or post a link on Facebook (please send me a screen cap or link to confirm).
• Comment on this entry with either your metafiction reading list or who you’d like to see me interview.
• Follow @kellylynnthomas on Twitter. Don’t forget to tell me who you are!
• Blog about this giveaway (this gives you 5 entries).
• Get a friend to subscribe to this blog’s RSS or email (this also gives your friend an entry to the contest).

You MUST e-mail the above address (don’t forget to change [at] to @ and [dot] to .), post on the Facebook event wall, or comment here with a list of everything you did in order to win!  Feel free to email me multiple times.  I will announce the winner on Monday, September 27.  If you already subscribe to this blog or follow me on Twitter, just let me know, because that still counts! You also have to be willing to give me your real life address so I can ship you the book IF you win.  I am only asking for the address of the winner.

Good luck!  On Sept. 27, I’ll post my thoughts on the book and its metafictional deliciousness as well.