All LSF members – and visitors, guests, attendees, etc. – are invited to participate in this blind exchange.”
In case you’ve never participated in one of these before (or in case you’ve forgotten), here’s how it works:
(1) Acquire or select a copy of your “favorite” science-fiction, fantasy, or horror book.
(NOTE: Over the years, LSF has expanded the concept of “book” to include comics, graphic novels, DVDs, audiobooks, etc.)
If you want – or if you’re feeling particularly wealthy – you can even make it several favorite “books” or whatever.) New or used, it makes no difference, as long as it’s one of your favorites!
(2) Insert a piece of paper (or bookmark) with your name – and if you like, a short description of why the item is a favorite of yours – on it into the book/item. That’s so whoever eventually ends up with the item will know who it’s from and will get to know a little about you – at least to know what one of your “favorites” is.
(3) Wrap up the exchange item, but don’t put any identifying marks or anything on the wrapped package to say who it’s from. That’s to make sure it’s a “blind” exchange – i.e., no one is supposed to know who it’s from at first. (And, by the way, all of that leftover Holiday wrapping paper should come in handy here!)
(4) At the Exchange, when you’re randomly chosen, select a wrapped package from the collection of packages and open it so we all see what you got and who it’s from!