Going Down Swinging survival drive
A$14,466
of $10,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 25th Oct 2014 at 10:09PM.
190 people are supporting Geoff Lemon
including 11 anonymous supporters
Instant Gratification
One digital extra One current GDS (32, 33, 35) Start reading, save money. Choose a discount GDS 32 (the Neil Gaiman Issue), 33 (the Jesus Issue), or 35 (the Newsprint Issue), plus one of our digital editions (GDS 31 or 34), or the One Night Wonders live album of your choice. Email us your preferences - [email protected]
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Est. delivery is Oct 14
The Now and Future King
Two digital extras One current GDS (32, 33, 35) One 2015 GDS Keep an eye on the future: support the new GDS before it's born. Pre-order your copy of the 2015 long-read collection discussed in the other column and help us stay steady, while scoring $90 value. Or go one better with...
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Lifeblood Transfusion
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription This is the one. The champagne fountain. The Big Kahuna Burger. The one you want and we need. A subscription starting with any issue you choose is already worth a C-note, then we throw in the full set of digital extras, worth another 60 bucks. Sign your friends and family up for one too, and help us make a stable GDS part of Australia's writing future. Unless you want more treats?
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Sleeping With the Fishes
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Double pass to Melbourne Aquarium Take your book down to read to the sharks. Make sure Mantra plays to the mantra rays. Meet Sean Whelan underwater. Write us a poem about fish. Just not fish that are named after birds. Or...
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Fight the Bouncers
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Quadruple pass to Bounce Inc Trampoline Park (Vic / WA / Qld) Take a break from literary goodness when you take three of your friends to cut loose in a massive freestyle trampoline arena. B-ball hoops, wall tramps, foam pits - because reading, that's why. Or you might prefer...
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Bird's Eye View
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Double pass to Melbourne Eye Get everything from the $100 pack, help us out a little more, and impress a foreign visitor / relative / time traveller with a long trip on the biggest damn Ferris wheel in town. It totally works now.
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Better Get That Checked
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription In-depth editing assessment Want real feedback? Have the GDS editor of your choice assess one of your stories, essays, or short suite of poems. We'll give you a written report on the work's strengths and weaknesses, along with its most likely avenues to publication.
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Asterix the Gallery
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription National Gallery of Victoria annual household pass An ever-changing parade of art in your face and the faces of those who sleep near you, for a full earth orbit. Get cultural.
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Godzilla Down Swinging
The most monstrous monster pack you're ever likely to see. * Full set of digital extras * 4-year subscription * One Night Wonders 4-disc CD box set * Every available issue from this millennium, back to GDS 18 * Limited edition hardcover GDS 26 with original poster-sized prints from street artists Miso, Ghostpatrol, Tom Civil and Vexta (worth $200, only three copies in existence) * Rare, not-for-sale copies of four early GDS editions * A personal note of thanks printed in the new edition
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Levi's 501
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal sponsorship of one GDS writer You know how jeans offer the best support? You can be jeans. The new GDS is a multiformat collection made of several separate publications by different writers. You can support one of those writers individually, with your name alone on the title page of their book as the person who made it possible. Live forever, people.
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Manuscript Assessment
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Full-length manuscript assessment Know how hard it is to get a manuscript appraised? We can't promise riches, but we know good writing. We'll tackle fiction, non-fiction or poetry up to book length, with the GDS editor of your choice providing full written feedback, plus an extensive one-on-one editorial meeting in person (or by magic wires), and a follow-up look at your revisions.
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Star Writers Just For You
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Custom piece by the writer of your choice Get a story, song or poem written just for you. You can nominate your subject or dedication; tell your own story and get them to re-weave it; or let them write what they want and pledge it to you. Choose from volunteers Sean M. Whelan, Emile Zoey Baker, Nathan Curnow, Oliver Mol and Eleanor Jackson, or nominate any previous GDS writer and we'll ask them.
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Pro Recording Session
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Professional vocal recording session Spend four hours in a recording studio with a specialist spoken word sound engineer, following pre-session coaching from us. We'll stick around to help you lay down the best takes, and we'll polish your tracks in post. We make a lot of spoken word recordings - go with the people who know their stuff. Studio is in Melbourne.
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Live Show In Your Face
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Live GDS show at your place Yep, one of our patented shows in the venue of your choice, featuring a line-up picked in consultation with you. We can manage anywhere near enough to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth. Invite all your friends, spice up your house party, do it in public, form a syndicate, charge for tickets if you want. It's your party, we'll just decorate.
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Angie Hart Backyard Show
Full set of digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Angie Hart plays live at your place From the voice of Frente! to a loved Aus musician in her own right, Angie Hart could stop by your place (Melbourne area) for a one-off personalised show. Unplugged or amplified, for your house party or a quiet gathering of friends. Get them to chip in, or make it a present. You won't get another chance like it.
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2001 A Name Odyssey
Become a GDS patron. A don. A godfather. Put out your cigars on our backs. We won't say nothin'. The place is yours. Not only do you get the full Godzilla Down Swinging pack as detailed earlier, you get your name printed in prominent position as the principal supporter of the new issue. Plus your name or business on our website front page for the next year, listed as our sole key supporter.
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Hip-Hop Martini Express
All digital extras 4-year subscription Personal thanks in the next GDS Joelistics and Mantra play live at your place Get two of the biggest talents and most charismatic gents in Aus hip-hop to your place to start a party. We'll plug in Joelistics and Mantra to make all the noise you need, or run an acapella lounge-room show to remember. Melbourne area (email us to discuss interstate). If Sinatra and Martin could rap... may involve martinis.
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Est. delivery is Jan 15