Back in May we got wind of a new social fanzine site especially for science-fiction and fantasy readers, Tor.com was due for launch we were told imminently, but as with these things the launch actually didn’t happen for a couple of month – over the weekend Tor.com was launched.
If you read the earlier post you know that had you signed up for the newsletter, Tor was giving away a free e-book every week in their weekly newsletter. Now that the site has launched, Tor will make available all 24 titles that were given away in the newsletter–only till the 27th of July, so head on over to the site and download them–in their Freebies Bonanza, there is a selection of artwork for download as-well, some would make an excellent desktop wallpaper.
Here is the list of all the available e-books;
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson PDF || HTMLnew! || HTML zipnew! || Mobinew! Old Man’s War by John Scalzi PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Spin by Robert Charles Wilson PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Farthing by Jo Walton PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedies Lackey & James Mallory PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Lord of the Isles by David Drake PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Reiffen’s Choice by S.C. Butler PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Spirit Gate by Kate Elliot PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Starfish by Peter Watts PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Orphans of Chaos by John Wright PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi In the Midnight Hour by Patti O’Shea PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Flash by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Soul by Tobsha Learner PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Darkness of the Light by Peter David PDF || HTML || HTML zip || Mobi Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosanew! PDF || ePub
If your a fan of science-fiction and fantasy books then you might want to bookmark Tor.com, and sign up for access to more advanced community features, whilst the site is still in officially in beta there is a lot there for you to look at and read. There are already some lively discussions going on in the community forum with Tor and Macmillan employees and the blog on the front page is filled with interesting news and stories.
About half of these titles are available at no cost through Amazon.com Kindle books. The advantage to getting them through Amazon is they are then in your library should you ever wish to download them to your Kindle again.
The titles that are not available from the Kindle bookstore as of this morning are the following:
Farthing
Lord of the Isles
Lord of the Isles
Sun of Suns
Spirit Gate
Starfish
Touch of Evil
A Shadow in Summer
In the Garden of Iden
In the Midnight Hour
Battlestar Galactica – Available, but strangely priced at $6.29
Darkness of the Light
Three Shadows