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Name your favorite genre book and get a chance to win a Smart Pop Book. Unfamiliar with Smart Pop books?
Smart Pop covers subjects varying from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to 24‘s Jack Bauer and Spider-Man.

Contributors include psychologists, scientists, authors, screenwriters, comics scribes, and passionate fans! These smart and funny anthologies about your favorite television, books, and films will make you reconsider some of your favorite characters.

We have one book of your choosing from Smart Pop’s catalog to give away.

Just tell us: What is the title of your favorite genre book and why? We’re talking any genre book you’ve ever read. You’ll be entered in a random drawing. The winner can select one book from the Smart Pop catalog. Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message with your answer. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by Friday April 30, 2010 at 11:59 PST.

The TIST crew has read a few of their titles already, including:
- Finding Serenity (on Firefly)
- In the Hunt (on Supernatural)
- Seven Seasons of Buffy
- Farscape Forever!
- Five Seasons of Angel

One entry per person. TIST listeners anywhere in the world may enter the contest. Read on for the fine print and contest details…
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Here’s your chance to win a copy of Fringe season 1 on DVD. Now you can check out all of the cool happenings from season 1 as well as hear all of Walter’s great lines all over again.

If you’re already a fan of this show tell us what you like most about it or if you’ve never seen it tell us why you think you’d enjoy it in order to qualify for a random drawing to win your own copy of Fringe season 1 on DVD. We have one Region 1 DVD set to give away. Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message with your answer to the above question and be sure to also include your name, email address and home location in order to qualify for the random drawing.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by March 12, 2010 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person.

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Did you miss Battlestar Galactica: The Plan on SyFy?  Did you want to check out the deleted scenes and other bonus features? Well, now’s your chance.

Tell us who is your favorite Human and why to qualify for a random drawing to win your own copy of Battlestar Galactica:The Plan on DVD. We have two Region 1 DVDs to give away to two different people. Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message naming your favorite human character in BSG. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by February 12, 2010 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person.

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In the end, can there can be only one? Well, there were two Macleod’s after all.

We have two Region 1 DVD sets to give away. Just tell us:  What did you like most about Highlander or why  are you interested in seeing the show if you haven’t seen it before?

If you’re not familiar with the Highlander TV series New Video Digital offers folks several different ways to learn more about it -


New Video Digital YouTube channel
Purchase Highlander episodes via iTunes
Purchase Highlander episodes via Amazon Video on Demand

Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message with your answer. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by January 22, 2010 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person. Only US listeners may enter the contest.

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Does The Guild have your back? If not, now’s your chance to catch up on seasons 1 and 2 on DVD. Just tell us:What is your favorite video game and why to qualify for a random drawing to win a copy of The Guild: Seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. We have one Region 1 DVD to give away. This is a “Reviewer’s copy” (previously viewed once and in pristine condition). Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message with your answer. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by December 18, 2009 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person.

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The Stargate SG1 series may be over and Stargate Universe is taking the franchise into a new direction, but there’s more to discover about the Gate in Stargate SG1 Dialing Up from Titan Books that covers the first five seasons of Stargate SG1.

Tell us what you love about the Stargate ‘verse (any or all aspects – the original movie, SG-1, Stargate Atlantis or Stargate Universe) and why to qualify for a random drawing to win one of three copies of Stargate SG-1: Dialing Up (Titan Books). We have three copies of the book to give away to three different people. Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message naming your favorite part of the Stargate franchise and why. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by November 27, 2009 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person.

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Have you been missing the Old Man, the Galactica, and the rest of the crew on that fracking bucket of bolts? They are returning when Battlestar Galactica:The Plan comes out on DVD on October 27 in the US and Canada. This film is directed by Edward James Olmos, who said the story will make us rethink Ron Moore’s series (and likely lead to much rewatching).

Tell us who is your favorite Cylon and why to qualify for a random drawing to win your own copy of Battlestar Galactica:The Plan on DVD. We have two Region 1 DVDs to give away to two different people. Submit an email, voicemail or Skype message naming your favorite Cylon. Include your name, email address and home location.

The contest begins today. Submissions must be received by November 1, 2009 at 11:59 PST. One entry per person.

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