If you are a regular follower of Novel Novice, you’ve probably heard me make mention of the fact that I work a really heinous shift, in which I go to work at 2am every weekday. It’s really quite exhausting (and is just a glimpse at the not-so-glamorous side of working in television). Because I keep such strange hours (on the west coast), I’m awake and on Twitter about the same time as normal human beings are in Europe. So I love following the Tweets of folks from overseas, and I’ve even made a few Twitter friends in the UK.
So I got a little thrill the other day when I heard from the lovely folks at Hodder & Stoughton, the publisher of Delirium by Lauren Oliver in the UK. The paperback version of Delirium is now available in stores in the UK — and Hodder & Stoughton have put together some very cool promotional materials for you!
First of all, you can enter their contest to win an advance copy of the sequel, Pandemonium! (Of course, this is for folks in the UK only … sorry everyone else. I’m bummed, too!)
But you can also check out this beautiful, interactive trailer for Delirium … at the end, it asks if you plan to take the cure. What you see next depends on your answer!
Lena Haloway looks forward to the day when she will lose the ability to love. It has been discovered that love is a contagious disease, and scientists have found the cure. The government demands that all citizens are protected from love at the age of eighteen, and as Lena’s procedure date looms, nothing can take her eyes off the attraction of a safe, predictable, and disinfected life.
But when her neatly-drawn path crosses that of an uncured, free- spirited young man, it takes a diversion into the unthinkable. Lena faces a terrifying choice, and the chance of a freedom she never knew existed.
Having astonished readers of all ages with her debut bestseller Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver returns in with this heartbreaking story of forbidden love. Delirium is a powerful and stunningly imagined novel set to establish her as a writer of immense talent and versatility.
Meanwhile, for those of us here in the U.S. — a new, special edition hardback version of Delirium is also now available, featuring a new cover, plus a Q&A with Lauren and an excerpt from Pandemonium:
By the way, Lauren will also be at Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon on October 8-9th, along with an amazing line-up of YA & MG authors! Be sure to check it out!
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I have to say that the cover of the UK version kinda make her look like Pipi Longstalking for me. LOL