Posts Tagged ‘free’

Tor recently launched their brand new website, and it was worth the wait. Not only does it have regular updates on science fiction as an industry, funky science-y things in the news, and posts from writers such as John Scalzi, Steven Gould,  and Emma Bull, they also give away free ebooks every month with no DRM or copy protection  at all. They even provide a variety of formats: HTML, PDF, Mobipocket, and Sony.

This month's offering is "Spaceman Blues" by Brian Francis Slattery. You'll need to register at Tor.com but that's free and quick and doesn't commit you to anything.

If you like reading science fiction, Tor.com is a great place to visit, browse through, or lose entire hours of your life.

M.J. Rose, who first became famous for self-promoting her book "Lip Service" into bestselling success in 1998 (it became the first self-published book to be selected by the Doubleday Book Club), is now offering her new book "The Reincarnationalist" as a free download until October 30. From the synopsis:

A bomb in Rome, a flash of bluish-white and photojournalist Josh Ryder's world exploded.
Nothing would ever be the same.
As Josh recovers, his mind is invaded with thoughts that have the emotion, the intensity, the intimacy of memories.
But these are not his memories. They are ancient… and violent. There's an urgency to them he can't ignore–pulling him to save a woman named Sabina… and the treasures she protects.

But why offer it for free? "It's because trying something for free is the best way of discovering it. And free doesn't mean sampling a quarter of a cookie – it means the whole cookie. It doesn't mean someone spraying my wrist with perfume – it means them putting a small bottle of the fragrance in my shopping bag," she said in an essay at The Huffington Post.

"The Reincarnationlist" is available for Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, or Mobipocket.

Why wait for the plastic and resin versions? Print out and assemble your very own bulk transport ship with Jorge A. García's paper Serenity kit. It's free, and pretty damn awesome.

Warning: the instructions aren't in English, but there are plenty of pictures to follow. Be sure to scroll all the way down the page; there's also instructions for making a movie version.

There's another version, based on this one, by Sean White. You can follow his progress and download the files at his blog, or download the files from summerglau.co.uk).