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BSG Novel—Free at Tor.com! (Pushing a Snake Up a Hill)

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffrey A. Carver) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:24:00 GMT

The e-book version, that is. This week only, you can download my novelization of Battlestar Galactica (the miniseries that began the new BSG) for free from Tor Books . And by the way, if you like e-books, Tor offers a weekly free book. If you sign up for their email newsletter, you'll get a reminder notice each week when a new title becomes available. You have to act fast,...

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Terry Goodkind leaves Tor Books (FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:35:26 GMT

In the US, fantasy author Terry Goodkind is moving from Tor Books to Putnam. Ivan Held, the president of Putnam acquired the US hardcover and paperback rights in a joint venture with Berkley Books - Berkley will publish the paperbacks, Putnam the hardcover. Goodkind had been with Tor Books for almost 15 years, a period [...]

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Wright Off (Mile Zero)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:27:01 GMT

Proving that sometimes free distribution can yield benefits, Tor Books has been giving away one of their titles each week on Kindle. Last week it was John C. Wright's Orphans of Chaos , the first part of a trilogy. Having just finished Nixonland , I was in need of some lighter fare, and I gave it a shot. Then, because I'm a sucker for pulp trilogies, I bought and read the other two Chaos books....

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Tor Confirms New Halo Novel and Author (Evil Avatar Forums - News Items)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:58:16 GMT

From Sci Fi Publisher Tor comes word of a new Halo novel, Tobias Buckell's Halo: The Cole Protocol. ---Quote--- Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLCthe largest publisher of science fiction in the worldand Microsoft are pleased to announce the latest novel and its author in the...

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In the Midnight Hour: Free Paranormal Romance Novel for your Kindle (The Kindle Reader)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:53:00 GMT

To publicize their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. This week's offering is In the Midnight Hour, by Patti O'Shea. The first volume in the author's Light Warriors series, it is available for free by registering at Tor.com. Once you register, you will receive by return e-mail a link to download the...

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In the Garden of Iden: Free Science Fiction for your Kindle (The Kindle Reader)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:00 GMT

To publicize their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. This week's offering, In the Garden of Iden, the first volume in Kage Baker's series historical time-travel adventures, is available for free by registering at Tor.com. Once you register, you will receive by return e-mail a link to download the...

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SF Tidbits for 6/11/08 (SF Signal)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:21:13 GMT

At SciFi Wire, John Joseph Adams profiles Eric Brown , author of Kéthani . Cinematical interviews M. Night Shyamalan , director of The Happening . SFX interviews Paul Cornell . Tor Books Blog has a podcast interview with Cory Doctorow ( Little Brother ). Free Fiction: At Feedbooks: " Disturbing Sun " by Richard Shirley Richardson (1959). " Droozle " by Frank Banta (1962). " Egocentric Orbit...

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Orphans of Chaos: Free Fantasy Novel for your Kindle (The Kindle Reader)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Today's Amazon Kindle status: IN STOCK for free two-day delivery! To celebrate their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. Orphans of Chaos is this week's offering and it's available either at the Amazon Kindle bookstore or by registering at Tor.com and downloading it to your computer. Wright...

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Win a copy of Daniel Abraham's AN AUTUMN WAR (Pat's Fantasy Hotlist)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Thanks to the generosity of the author and Tor Books, I have five copies of Daniel Abraham's An Autumn War for you to win! For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "AUTUMN." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy. Second, your email must contain your full mailing address...

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Tor Books Giveaways! (Pat's Fantasy Hotlist)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Finally got confirmation for three new contests from Tor Books. I would have liked to make the announcement earlier, what with my leaving the country in a little over a week, but there was no helping it. The important thing is that I now have three additional giveaways for you guys to win!;-) The first one is for Jay Lake's Escapement , the sequel to Mainspring . I have two copies of Lake's...

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A Shadow in Summer: Free Fantasy Novel for Your Kindle (The Kindle Reader)

Sat, 31 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT

To publicize their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. This week's offering, A Shadow in Summer, by Daniel Abraham is available for free by registering at Tor.com. Once you register, you will receive by return e-mail a link to download the book. A Shadow in Summer is also available in a paperback...

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Little Brother art: UK cover, limited edition poster (Boing Boing)

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:52:38 GMT

Yesterday, I got two really awesome new graphics related to my young adult novel Little Brother (now in its third week on the bestseller lists!). The first, seen above, was a side-project by Tor Books's Pablo Defendini, a poster design that started out as concept art for the paperback of Little Brother. Pablo actually gave me one of the very small number of prints he made of this and now I can't...

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Philip K. Dick's Early Novels: The Sixties, Before They Happened (Vulture)

Fri, 16 May 2008 21:30:05 GMT

Courtesy of the Philip K. Dick Trust, Tor Books What was one of the quintessential sixties writers like before the sixties happened? The mind-blowing novels of Philip K. Dick ( A Scanner Darkly , Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , and scores more) are often thought of as still-relevant artifacts of the sixties counterculture. But reading Dick's early novels from the fifties — in handsome...

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Slain Cop's Novel Published [Books] (Gawker)

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:22:20 GMT

"Though The Wolfman will have a first print run of 9,000 copies, Tor Books has already had a number of inquiries from film and television producers about adapting the novel. Among those praising the...

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Spirit Gate:: A Free Kindle Fantasy Novel From Tor (The Kindle Reader)

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:14:00 GMT

Today's Amazon Kindle status: IN STOCK for free two-day delivery! To publicize their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. This week's offering, Spirit Gate, is available for free by registering at Tor.com. Once you register, you will receive by return e-mail a link to download the book. It is...

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Free Download of “Spirit Gate” (DeepGenre)

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:07:44 GMT

Tor Books is in the final development process of a new mega-site that is, in their own words (a) science fiction and fantasy site not quite like any you've seen before, mixing news, commentary, original stories and art, your own comments and conversations, and more. They've also been offering free downloads of titles from their backlist to [...]

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New From Tor: A Free Kindle Book and a New Cory Doctorow Thriller (The Kindle Reader)

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Today's Amazon Kindle status: IN STOCK for free two-day delivery! To publicize their soon-to-be launched new social website for fans of science fiction and fantasy, Tor Books is giving away one e-book a week. Four and Twenty Blackbirds is this week's offering and it's available either for easy Whispernet delivery to your Kindle using the link below or by registering at Tor.com, downloading...

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Scalzi and I talk about our latest books -- video (Boing Boing)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:20:14 GMT

Tor Books and Expanded Books produced a funny interview/trailer thing for John Scalzi and me in honor of our latest books -- he's bringing out a young adult novel in the Old Man's Warverse in August called Zoe's Tale that I've read a little from and it's dynamite! Link...

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Book review: Ben Bova - The Sam Gunn Omnibus (Velcro City Tourist Board)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:12:14 GMT

The Sam Gunn Omnibus by Ben Bova Tor Books, 704 pp; $29.95 HBK (US RRP); ISBN 978-0765316172; pub. Feb 2007 As the title suggests, the The Sam Gunn Omnibus is a fix-up novel that collects all of Ben Bova’s stories about the eponymous hero, written for and published in the US science fiction magazines of the late [...]

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The Destroyer! (Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Tor Books has a good interview with Destroyer authors Warren Murphy and Jim Mullaney up at The Destroyer Club .

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