We want to send you an advance copy of John Scalzi’s upcoming novel Head On, the sequel to Lock In!
About Head On:
John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi’s trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.
Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field.
Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth—and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
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Bluecat the brave
Yup
Have Lock In on my TBR pile, it needs this book as a companion!
Really? I wouldn’t be bragging about it or wanting the sequel if I hadn’t read the first book.
Awesome!
Sweet! I really loved Lock In, and I suspect I’m going to love Head On just as much!
Lock In was awesome, would love to get this one early.
Top of the muffin to you!
Enjoyed the first one so I’d love a look at the sequel.
This sounds incredible!
Scalzi remains a delight, and I anticipate his new projects with some pleasure.
Thanks for the chance! Stoked to give this a read.
Lock In, Head On!
Can’t wait for this one. John Scalzi made it to my “buy everything” shelf even before LOCK IN. Serve it forth, and as many sequels as you care to pen, sir!
Sounds great, thanks.
Yes please!
I’m so excited for this book! I can’t even stand it!
So excited for this! Been looking forward to it since the signing tour last year!
I am super excited for this book. I cannot wait!
Looks awesome, I’d love to read this one early!
As a recent Scalzi convert, I am very excited for this!
Whaaaaa
Thanks for the chance!
Really loved the first book and cannot wait to tear into this one.
Very excited for this one…
I would love to win a copy! I have been waiting for the release of this book since I finished the first one right after it came out.
Loved Lock In and am looking forward to this one.
I’ll apply it directly to my forehead.
always fun
This sounds awesome. Count me in. Thanks!
Looking forward to this release. Thanks for the opportunity to maybe grab it early.
Would love to have one – looking forward to the tour.
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Read and enjoyed Lock In, looking forward to enjoying Head On, too!
Sounds like a fun read.
looking forward to this one
Thanks for the chance to get this early!
I loved “Lock In”. Can’t wait for this one!
Give it to me , please!
meeeeeee
Love John Scalzi, and I would love the opportunity for an advance copy!
Excited to read this!
Awesome!
Hilketa offers a new take on spiking in your opponent’s face, in the end zone. Looking forward to it!
Been waiting for this one for a while, glad my wait is almost up!
SWEET! Count me in!
Just finished listening to the audiobook again, would really enjoy carrying on the story sooner than later.
Lock In was very good, so I am looking forward to this one.
Wait, is the creativity of your comment going to figure into your chances to win? Dang.
I loooooved Lock In so much and can’t wait to read this one!
Looking really forward to this book!
I’ve been looking forward to this. Can’t wait! Lock In was the first book of scalzi’s I read, and I have now read most of the rest 🙂
Finally read Unlocked and am super looking forward to reading this!
Is there going to be two Audible editions like Lock In?
Neat! I really enjoyed the first one.
Would love a copy!
Lo quiero!
I have read all of his books, and can’t wait for this one.
Looking forward to this one!
I pre-ordered a copy as soon as I heard about it last fall, but I’m dying to read it ASAP!
I appreciated Lock In because its not dystopian, its entirely plausible, and its well-paced and thought-provoking. I think Asimov would have loved this book.
Loved Lock In, can’t wait to read this. Hope there’s a signing tour for this or the Collapsing Empire sequel
Yes, please! I can’t wait!
WOW. I want this book. First one was excellent. Love ready John’s novels.
I loved Lock In. From the minute I found John Scalzi I have become more obsessed with everybook I’ve read. I wasn’t ready to leave the world of Lock In so I am super excited for this book.
Can’t wait for more Scalzi!
Ohio’s very own!
Love to have one!
I want!
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I’m very much looking forward to this book!
Just re-reading the first. Ready to start #2!
I’m looking forward to this!
Excited to see Scalzi in St. Louis later this month. Would be VERY cool to have a book for him to sign. Otherwise, how does one sign an audiobook. . . .
I really liked the first book in this series. Glad it got a second. Nice to see Scalzi do a different kind of book from the Old Man’s War series of books. Would love to win the free copy.
LOVED Lock In, and made several other people read it, too 😀 Would love to grab Head On so I can start forcing friends to read that one, too.
So looking forward to this!
Loved ‘Lock In’ and its prequel. Can’t wait for ‘Head On’!!!
I’ve loved all John’s book. I would love a free one most.
Already preordered on Auduble but would love to get this early!
I would love a chance to read it early!
Loved the first one. Can’t wait for the second!
Can’t wait for this book, loved the first one!
Sounds good. I love John’s work, so sign me up for the giveaway.
YES!!
Count me in!
Cool! I loved Lock In and cannot wait for Head On to come out. Sign me up!
I liked Lock In quite a bit, both for the story telling and the greater existential questions/horror. Sign me up.
Big fan! I’ll be reading this regardless but I’d love to get it early.
Should be a good one.
Pick me!
Can not. Wait
Looking forward to it!
I’m still trying to figure out Chris’s gender!
Nice
Book contests make April snow a little less hideous.
I love all things Scalzi! Looking forward to this one!
So excited to read this!
Really excited for this book
Can’t wait to read this!
Can’t wait for this book! I loved lock in so I’ll definitely have to get a copy of this
I’ve been looking forward to this one. It would be awesome to win!
Hoping I have it in time to take on vacation!
Been waiting for the next Scalzi novel, great!
My comment here
Just finished Lock In for the 3rd time last night. Very excited for Head On!
Please make this my lucky day.
Just finishing up gift novella attached to Audible of Lock In. Can’t wait for Head On. Thanks for the chance for an advance copy.
As someone with a body that doesn’t work properly I’d love to have a Threep!
Looking forward to reading this – would love to win a copy!
I preordered an e-reader copy, but it needs a print copy to keep it company.
Fingers crossed!
I’m hoping to win.. we’ll see!
I enjoyed hearing Mr. Scalzi read an excerpt for Head On, while touring for The Collapsing Empire. I have been waiting for this book with such anticipation! An ARC would be a cliche, cherry on top! I will be fighting my daughter for it, and eating burritos while I eat it. A fan!
I have never read Scalzi’s work. Maybe I should check this out.
This burrito is delicious. M&Ms and buffalo chicken strips drizzled in cheez whiz abd rolled in crushed chocolate covered pretzels. Lock In was great!
It’s exciting to see the sequel! I llook forward to reading it!
Loved the first, looking forward to the sequel.
Looking forward to this
On my list to read!
I’ve been waiting, Mr. Scalzi…
Love the idea of unknown gender character.
I have a copy of Lock In, would love to have Head On!
I absolutely LOVED “Lock In”
I reviewed it on my blog way back in 2014. That blog post was written when I first began posting my book reviews online and can be found here:
https://amiesbookreviews.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/lock-in-by-john-scalzi/
I would love to win a copy of HEAD ON and to review it on my blog now that I have much more experience with writing and posting book reviews.
Thank you very much for the chance to win a copy of John Scalzi’s newest book release.
Do want! Lock In was great. Can’t wait to read this.
cool, planning to read this
Please!
Love scalzi, I want to read all the things!
yes please!
It is my birthday this week
Really enjoyed the first book, can’t wait for the second.
Yes please! Big fan of everything Scalzi!
I loved Link In. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
I’m in! I’ve been looking forward to this book.
Saw a an advanced copy at the Tor booth Texas Library Association Annual conference in Dallas, Tx this week and now I really want to read it.
Love Scalzi’s writing. Hope I win this ARC. Can’t wait to read it!!
I need to read more!
Please, may I?
Looking forward to receiving my copy
Also look forward to the new book as he completes them.
I really enjoyed Lock In. Cannot wait to read Head On. I hope Scalzi continues visiting this universe like he did with Old Man’s War.
Awesome! Can’t wait to read it and add it to the rest of my Scalzi collection!
Lock In was wonderful. I am very much looking forward to this sequel.
Hoping to win this and get introduced to Scalzi
I LOVE Scalzi, I am so excited to read this one too!
Hoping to win so Scalzi can sign it at comicon next month
Hope I win
I’ve been waiting for the sequel since I read lock in in 2015! Im excited that it’s finally here!
Count me in! Lock In may be my favorite Scalzi. (I have trouble choosing)
Me please. 😃
Haven’t read the prequel, but now feel like I’ve been missing out! Need this!
LOCK IN was great! I’m looking forward to HEAD ONE and crossing my fingers for this. 🙂
Just reread Lock In. Super excited for more!!
Sounds like another great Scalzi read!
cant wait!
I’d like this
This is a book that, if I had this book, I would read this book.
Sign me up!
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Looking forward to this
Lock In was the first Scalzi book I read. I’m now an addict and can’t wait to dive into this one.
Lock In felt different from much of Scalzi’s other work (I’m a fan of it all) – different mood, definitely darker – look forward to this follow-up.
Looks like fun!
Can’t wait to read this
I’d love to win a copy!
Scalzi has yet to disappoint!
Really enjoyed Locked In, can’t wait for this one!
Your books on Audible are my go to Travel by Car background. Keep me engaged and amused. Thank you.
Sure, why not? I’ll enter.
Just finished LockIn (on a trans-Pacific flight) and would love to get the follow-on
I’d love a copy, thanks!
My bookshelf already has quite a bit of Scalzi representation, but I’d love to pick this one up as well. Recently switched jobs, and books are pretty much last on my priority list for surviving the financial tumult. :/
I’ve been looking forward to the sequel since it was announced.
Do I have to apply it directly to the forehead?
Just finished Redshirts for the first time (being out of uni means my desire to read has returned) and loved it. Excited to read this one.
I only just finished reading Lock-in. Can’t wait for this one. Scalzi is also fun if you run into him on a cruise with a bunch of other nerds.
Been looking forward to this for a while!
Pumped af for thisss
Excited for the next book!
Oh man, I loved Lock In and I can’t wait to read and review this.
I need it!
Yes please!
Thanks for the chance! Can’t wait to give this a read.
I loved Lock In and can’t wait to read Head On! Thanks for having the giveaway.
I’ll take one..
Can’t wait! Love all your books!
Can’t wait to read it!
Looking forward to it.
Sounds good
I volunteer as tribute.
Yes, please, bring it on!
Count me in.
Yes please!
Love lock in.
As a bonus, coming to Iowa City to promote it!
Just re-read Lock in in prep for the new one. Can’t wait to start Head on!
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Looking forward to this book, whether I win it or buy it!
Enjoyed Locked In, so would be happy to win a copy of the new one.
Thanks TOR!
I recently saw this in a book haul on booktube (and for the life of me I can’t remember whose channel) but it sounded so interesting I immediately added this and Locked In to my TBR!
Here’s hoping
Cool! I liked Lock In, and the excerpt read during Scalzi’s book tour was intriguing…
Already pre-ordered it on Amazon, but would love a hard copy…
The first one was intriguing, hopefully the second is just as interesting.
Scalzi is the best Need this one
This long time Scalzi fan truly admired how he is taking the fresh and fascinating concept at the core of Lock In and turning it in a completely different direction. The world portrayed in Lock In offers so many possibilities for examination that I would bet Scalzi is still finding new ones five more books in. I am waiting much-less-than-patiently for Head On.
Please count me in to this sweepstakes.
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Ooooh yes please!
I would love one!
Have every Scalzi novel – already ordered this but would love an ARC!
Just finished Redshirts. Can’t wait for another Scalzi novel. The only things better are pictures of his cats!!
Oh I’d love to win! Heard a lot of good things about this book!
Gimme
Looking forward to it, and seeing Scalzi again when he tours.
I won’t even call it a burrito if I win.
I like early books
Fingers crossed. Looking forward to another great book from Scalzi!
I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while
Yay, Sweepstakes!!
absolutely
“Oh dear!” said the Threep!
#Hilketa “We’ll take this case… #HeadOn” said the investigator, as he put on his sunglasses and walked away…
I just realized that you allowed Canadians to participate! thank you thank you thank you and thank you!
I don’t typically leave things to the last moment – honest!
Loved Lock In; stoked for Head On!
Lock In was great, and I look forward to Head On!
Excited to read the sequel of one of my favorite books!
Can’t wait
Love me some more Scalzi! One of the best authors to read when you need a laugh and a fresh new take. Hopefully I’ll be able to read this one sooner than I thought.
On my list
I would love to read this.