Category Archives: Tor
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Steampunk adventure-mystery anyone? I came across this link to a free short story “The Shattered Teacup” (PDF) by George Mann via Tor.com (follow the link for a bit more background about the detective team of Newbury & Hobbes in steampunk … Continue reading
Ebooks, etc
Tor’s giveaway of the week was Jo Walton‘s “Farthing”. Am pleased with this one as it’s a book that I’ve been meaning to check out. Next week’s book is Tobias Bucknell‘s “Crystal Rain” – again, he’s an author I’ve been … Continue reading
This and that
Minor panic attack last night as my ebook reader just restarted randomly while I was reading. I sat there barely daring to breathe until it had restarted properly and displayed all my books. All 63 books/novellas appeared so I’m completely … Continue reading
Filed under Ebooks, Nora Roberts, Tor
Tor Listens
I mentioned the Tor ebook giveaway last week, and had a bit of a grumble that they were using PDF format (non-DRM’d admittedly, but still…). Well, I wasn’t the only one – and this week’s free book (John Scalzi‘s “Old … Continue reading
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Tor is offering free ebooks if you sign up for a mysterious online project (via SF Signal). First up is “Mistborn” by Brandon Sanderson (a B+ for me), while next week’s will be ”Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi (I gave this a … Continue reading