The DVD, starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Hurt, and directed by Tomas Alfredson, is in the shops on June 30th – so if you want to be in with a chance to win these lovely books and explore more of George Smiley’s timeless duel with the infamous Soviet spymaster codenamed Karla, you need to answer this question:

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is one of many film adaptations of le Carré’s works – but what was the last film to be released based on a le Carré book?

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A grizzly and cold November morning. Detective Sergeant Kate Linton is called on Glastonbury Tor where a young woman has been strangled. Twelve holes are found at the scene, surrounded by wax, evidence of garden flares – the only connection to two other unsolved cases. When another young woman and a TV celebrity go missing, Linton is in a race against time to find the serial killer before he strikes again. But, when her journalist ex-boyfriend is singled out as a chief suspect, Linton feels that events are heading a bit too close to home. 

If you would like to win a copy of this psychologically driven police procedural, read Mike Stafford’s review and then answer the following question:

Q: A Means of Escape features DS Kate Linton – but what’s the name of her boss?

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1. Closing date for entries: 28th November 2011.
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3. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
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• The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
• Eric, by Terry Pratchett
• Dune, by Frank Herbert
• Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
• The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
• The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
• Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
• The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
• I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson

Wouldn’t they look handsome on your shelves? You can see all the covers over at www.gollancz50.com. Now, to win them, you need to answer the following question:

Q: How many of the top ten books listed above have been adapted in to feature films that have had a cinema release?

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1. Closing date for entries: 20th September 2011.
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3. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
4. The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
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• Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide
• Witchfinder: Gallows at Twilight
• Witchfinder: The Last Nightfall

you need to give us the answer to this question, the answer to which can be found on William Hussey’s website…

Q: What is the name of the young hero of the Witchfinder series?

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1. Closing date for entries: 15th September 2011.
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Things are finally looking good for Captain Frey and his crew. The Ketty Jay has been fixed up good as new. They’ve got their first taste of fortune and fame. And, just for once, nobody is trying to kill them. Even Trinica Dracken, Frey’s ex-fiancee and long-time nemesis, has given up her quest for revenge. In fact, she’s offered them a job – one that will take them deep into the desert heart of Samarla, the land of their ancient enemies. To a place where the secrets of the past lie in wait for the unwary. Secrets that might very well cost Frey everything. Join the crew of the Ketty Jay on their greatest adventure yet: a story of mayhem and mischief, roof-top chases and death-defying races, murderous daemons, psychopathic golems and a particularly cranky cat. The first time was to clear his name. The second time was for money. This time, Frey’s in a race against the clock for the ultimate prize: to save his own life.

To be in with a chance to win, take a look at the review for previous instalment Black Lung Captain and answer this question:

Q: What does Ketty Jay crew member Harkins have a morbid fear of?

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The epic battle between the Autobots and Deceptions has captivated fans of all ages for more than two decades, and the robots in disguise were recently rediscovered by a new generation via the hugely successful live-action film series directed by Michael Bay. Officially licensed by Hasbro, The TRANSFORMERS Vault: The Complete TRANSFORMERS Universe covers, for the first time ever, the complete history of TRANSFORMERS, including toys, the original animated series, comics, collectibles, and merchandise, as well as animated and live-action feature films. This heavily illustrated book features never-before-seen images from the Hasbro archives, seven interactive pieces of memorabilia, and an acetate slipcase with a unique “transforming effect.” Five visually driven chapters feature early animation sketches, interviews with creators, wooden sculptures for the original toys, patents, prototypes, action-figure designs that never made it to production, vintage packaging art, and set-design sketches from the Michael Bay films.

With an RRP of £23, this object of beauty (soon to be reviewed here on Bookgeeks by Erin Britton) is a must for all Transformers fans. To win it, answer the following question:

Q: In the live action films, the Autobot Bumblebee is able to transform in to a yellow sports car – but what make of car was Bumblebee originally?

Terms and conditions

1. Closing date for entries: 25th July 2011.
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Now Corvus are offering three of you lucky people the chance to win four of their newest historical novels…

The Emperor’s Gold, by Robert Wilton

July 1805: The armies of France have only to sail to England to complete Napoleon’s domination over Europe. Britain is militarily weak, politically divided, unsettled by her rioting poor. Into this feverish environment comes a dead man. Pulled half-drowned from a shipwreck, his past erased, Tom Roscarrock is put to work for the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey, a shadowy Government bureau. He is thrown into a bewildering world of political intrigue and violence. In France, a plan is underway to shatter the last of England’s stability. In England, the man who recruited Roscarrock has disappeared, his agents keep turning up dead, and reports of a secret French fleet are panicking the authorities. His life in danger and his motives increasingly suspect, Roscarrock must pursue the complex conspiracy across England and then into the heart of Napoleon’s France, there to confront the greatest mystery of all. The Emperor’s Gold is the first in a series of historical espionage thrillers taken from the newly-uncovered archives of the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey.

Silk Road, by Colin Falconer

1260 AD: Josseran Sarrazini is a man divided in his soul. A Christian Knight Templar haunted by a shameful past, he hopes to find redemption in a dangerous crusade: a journey from Palestine to Xanadu, to form a crucial allegiance against the Saracens at the legendary court of Kubilai Khan – the seat of the Mongol Empire. Instead he finds the solace he seeks in a warrior-princess from a heathen tribe. Beautiful and ferocious, Khutelun is a Tartar, a nomadic rider of the Mongolian steppe. Although their union is utterly impossible, she will find in Josseran what she cannot find in one of her own. Parched by desert winds, pursued by Saracen hordes, and now tormented by a passion he cannot control, Josseran must abandon Khutelun if he is to complete his journey and save his soul. Worse, he must travel with William, a Dominican friar of fearsome zeal who longs for matyrdom, but whose life Josseran is sworn to protect. And worse yet, he will arrive in Xanadu just as the greatest empire in human history plunges into civil war. Winding through the plains of Palestine and over the high mountains of the Hindu Kush, from the empty wastes of the Taklimakan desert to the golden palaces of China, Silk Road weaves a spellbinding story of sin, desire, conflict and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of the medieval orient.

Tribune of Rome (Vespasian), by Robert Fabbri

ONE MAN: ONE DESTINY 26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard. Sejanus is ruler of the Empire in all but name, but many fear that isn’t enough for him. Sejanus’ spies are everywhere – careless words at a dinner party can be as dangerous as a barbarian arrow. Vespasian is totally out of his depth, making dangerous enemies (and even more dangerous friends – like the young Caligula) and soon finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against Tiberius. With the situation in Rome deteriorating, Vespasian flees the city to take up his position as tribune in an unfashionable legion on the Balkan frontier. Unblooded and inexperienced, he must lead his men in savage battle with hostile mountain tribes – dangerous enough without renegade Praetorians and Imperial agents trying to kill him too. Somehow, he must survive long enough to uncover the identity of the traitors behind the growing revolt

Mozart’s Last Aria, by Matt Rees

It is 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is enlightenment Vienna’s brightest star. Master of the city’s music halls and devoted member of the Austrian Freemason’s guild, he stands at the heart of an electric mix of art and music, philosophy and science, politics and intrigue. Six weeks ago, the great composer told his wife he had been poisoned. Yesterday, he died. The city is buzzing with rumours of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder. But Wolfgang’s sister Nannerl, returned from the provinces to investigate, will not believe base gossip. Who but a madman would poison such a genius? Yet as she looks closely at what her brother left behind – a handwritten score, a scrap of paper from his journal – Nannerl finds traces of something sinister: the threads of a masonic conspiracy that reach from the gilded ballrooms of Viennese society to the faceless offices of the Prussian secret service. Only when watching Wolfgang’s bewitching opera, The Magic Flute, does Nannerl truly understand her beloved brother once again. For, encoded in his final arias, is a subtly crafted blueprint for a radical new tomorrow. Mozart hoped to change his future. Instead he sealed his fate.

To win one of these lovely bundles, answer the question below.

Q: In which war is Karl Marlante’s novel Matterhorn set?

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1. Closing date for entries: 28th May 2011.
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3. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
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In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town of Sorbinowo, Sergeant Merwin Kluuge’s tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone-call from an anonymous woman. She tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious The Pure Life, a religious sect buried deep in the woods. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is recruited to help solve the mystery.

But Van Veeteren’s investigations at The Pure Life go nowhere fast. The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect -Oscar Yellineck- refuses even to admit anyone is missing. Things soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl’s body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and Yellineck himself disappears. Yet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with Van Veeteren, remaining largely silent.

As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team. Finally Van Veeteren realises that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on. . .

To be in with a chance to win, answer the following question:

Q: What country is author Hakan Nesser from?

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1. Closing date for entries: 28th April 2011.
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• A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkess (read an interview with the author and read a review) (Headline)
• The Bride That Time Forgot, by Paul Magrs (Headline Review)
• Ominous, by Kate Brian (Simon & Schuster)
• Darkest Mercy, by Melissa Marr (HarperCollins)
• Evercrossed, by Elizabeth Chandler (Simon Pulse)
• Fever, by Amy Meredith (Red Fox)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Anthology 3, which brings together three Buffy novels (Simon Pulse)

More vampires that you can drive a stake through in that little lot, we reckon!

To be in with a chance to win, answer the following question:

Q: When she’s not writing novels, what’s the other occupation of Discovery of Witches author Deborah Harkess?

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1. Closing date for entries: 2nd April 2011.
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4. The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
5. Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookgeeks. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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