Merrick here...
...with a cool opportunity for AICN readers. We have five (5) copies of Abrams' MAKING OF AVATAR book by Jody Duncan and Lisa Fitzpatrick. A 271 (ish) page hardcover chronicling the making of the film, the book is ripe with many interesting and informative images, but know they're largely of a production nature (mocap suits, green screen sets, some shots from the movie, etc). There is some design work featured here, but if you're looking for a larger collection of concept art, designs, etc. check out Abrams' ART OF AVATAR (HERE) for a larger selection. THE MAKING OF AVATAR offers a strong, visually supported sense of the physical effort required to realize the film and handsomely presents its content on high quality paper. To compliment this fine publication, Abrams is also including a 2011 AVATAR calendar with every prize allotment. I.e. recipients will receive a MAKING OF AVATAR book and an AVATAR 2011 calendar. How do you get Pandorically awesome prizes? It's pretty simple... Please follow the rules below precisely. In the past we've had folks unnecessarily disqualified for deviating from the simple parameters laid out herein, and we hate to see that happen! ** Sometime between the time you read this and 11:59:59 PM CST USA (i.e. one second before midnight CST USA) on Monday November 22, 2010, send an e-mail to me *****via the e-mail link below*****. ** You can enter four (4) times a day for the contest's duration. ** Include your name and mailing address in this e-mail. The address is to expedite prize shipment only and will be summarily discarded once book recipients are chosen and announced. No spam, no mailing lists, etc. ** Be sure to send from an ACTIVE (and frequently checked) E-MAIL ACCOUNT. If I try to reach you & my message bounces back? I'll trash your win and move on to the next closest winning contestant I can reach. Really not trying to be a jerk here, but I've no time to chase folks down. ** I've already pre-selected five (5) times of day between today (Thursday November 18, 2010) and 11:59:59 PM CST USA on Monday November 22, 2010. The person who e-mails me at (or closest to) one of these times will receive 1 (one) copy of the THE MAKING OF AVATAR book and 1 (one) AVATAR 2011 calendar. NOTE: I've been asked this before, so...for clarity...I'm using whatever time is stamped on the Yahoo mailing address established for this contest as the determiner. I'm in Central Time USA, so I guess that's a CST time stamp (?) ** The five (5) recipients will be announced on this site 'round Monday November 22, 2010. ** You can only win one (1) copy of the book and one (1) copy of the calendar. ** Contest open to U.S. and Canadian readers only. **Abrams will will be generously handling fulfillment in this contest. ** As a general FYI, you should know that...due to the number and frequency of entries...recipients in past contests were sometimes determined by matters of seconds. Literally. And that's it!

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Best of luck to you. And, enjoy! We'd like to thank the awesome folks at Abrams for making this contest possible and, as I mentioned, above handling its fulfillment. You can find their official website HERE. THE MAKING OF AVATAR is now in stores, or can be found for a nice price HERE. The 2011 AVATAR calendar is also in stores, or it's available HERE. Best of luck to you! Thanks for participating, and enjoy!
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