Free Book From Tor

      Tor is one of the best publishers in Sci - Fi and Fantasy, and today they are giving away their yearly anthology Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition: A Tor.Com Original. This has some of the more original stories this year, written by some of the future stars of the genre, and is an amazing way to introduce yourself to some great new writers. Download now for free and enjoy.



Brian

Free Audiobook - METAtropolis

Audible is once again giving away a free download of METAtropolis ($11.99 Kindle), by Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi and Karl Schroeder. They did this in April 2009, but this is a different ASIN and perhaps a different edition, although I can't really check, as the old listing is now missing; I suspect it is the same, as all the details other than release date are the same as the non-free listing for this one at Audible. If you haven't read either John Scalzi or Elizabeth Bear, I highly recommend both of them and i am very excited by this free book.

Book Description
Welcome to a world where big cities are dying, dead - or transformed into technological megastructures. Where once-thriving suburbs are now treacherous Wilds. Where those who live for technology battle those who would die rather than embrace it. It is a world of zero-footprint cities, virtual nations, and armed camps of eco-survivalists.

Welcome to the dawn of uncivilization.

METAtropolis is an intelligent and stunning creation of five of today's cutting-edge science-fiction writers: 2008 Hugo Award winners John Scalzi and Elizabeth Bear; Campbell Award winner Jay Lake; plus fan favorites Tobias Buckell and Karl Schroeder. Together they set the ground rules and developed the parameters of this "shared universe", then wrote five original novellas - all linked, but each a separate tale.

Bringing this audiobook to life is a dream team of performers: Battlestar Galactica's Michael Hogan ("Saul Tigh"); Alessandro Juliani ("Felix Gaeta"); and Kandyse McClure ("Anastasia 'Dee' Dualla"); plus legendary audiobook narrators Scott Brick (Dune) and Stefan Rudnicki (Ender's Game).

John Scalzi, who served as Project Editor, introduces each story, offering insight into how the METAtropolis team created this unique project exclusively for digital audio.

Get the free audiobook from Audible, narrated by Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani, Stefan Rudnicki and John Scalzi. You'll need an Audible account (it's free) and the free offer may be geographically limited to those with a US address.

Free Audiobook - Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye

You can get a free audiobook version of Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye ($7.99 Kindle), the first in Victoria Laurie's Psychic Eye Mystery series, over on Audible (likely geo restricted to those in the US and using a linked Amazon account).

Book Description
In Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit, Abby Cooper lives a life that's kind of like vanilla ice cream - good enough, but a little bland. Her work as a P.I. - Psychic Intuitive - can be rewarding, but she feels like she's missing out on something. Now she's getting what she wished for - when a client winds up dead and the clues start pointing in Abby's direction. Turns out she knows too much about the murder for her own good ... and the lead investigator for the case is the gorgeous blind date she just met.

Get the free audiobook from Audible.

Free Audiobook - Stories I Only Tell My Friends

I've been listening to the audiobook version of Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography ($12.99 Kindle), by Rob Lowe, and today everyone can get a free copy of it from Audible. This showed up today as a Kindle Special Offer, but there isn't a promo code and no claim is necessary, so all you need is an Audible account (use your Amazon login for this one); I suspect the offer is geographically limited to those in the US and possibly Canada.


While you are at Audible, you may also be able to take advantage of their Holiday Relief Sale (some of their sales are limited to those with a subscription plan), which features over 100 audiobooks at $9.95 each, which is less than most of their plan credits. If you don't have a subscription and were thinking of getting one (or were planning on getting a new Kindle Fire or other qualifying device, anyway), you can't go wrong with their $100 Promotion deal; you sign up via the link and within a couple of hours, usually, you get an email with a promotion code that you use during checkout (no one-clicking) on any device listed (which includes Kindles, MP3 players, GPS's, headphones/speakers and even laptops and tablets).

Book Description
A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio who was uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-70s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics, both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the 80s, leading to his quest for family and sobriety.

Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last 25 years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.

Get the free audiobook from Audible.

Free Audiobook - Dead or Alive

It is supposed to be a Kindle Special Offer, but everyone can get a free download of the unabridged Dead or Alive ($9.99 Kindle; $23.95 Audible), by Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood, narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips.

Book Description
Dead or Alive brings together - for the first time - an all-star cast of Clancy's greatest characters in a joint showdown with global terrorists.

Jack Ryan, the former president of the United States, is out of office, but not out of the loop about his brainchild, the "Campus" - a highly effective, counter-terrorism organization that operates outside the Washington hierarchy. But what Ryan doesn't know is that his son, Jack Ryan, Jr., has joined his cousins, Brian and Dominic Caruso, at the shadowy Campus. While a highly effective analyst, young Ryan hungers for the action of a field agent.

The Campus has now turned their sights on the Emir, the number-one terrorist threat to Western civilization. A reclusive figure and mastermind of vicious terrorist acts, the Emir has eluded capture by the world's law-enforcement agencies. But now - with the help of ex-CIA agent John Clark and protégé Marine Colonel Ding Chavez - the Campus is in on the hunt.

In a fast-paced, intense performance, film and television star Lou Diamond Phillips narrates the story of their mission - to bring in the Emir, dead or alive.

Get the free audiobook from Audible.

New Additon to Worth Reading List

     Found another Dana Stabenow  book free, This time in my favorite genre Sci-Fi. Second Star  is the 1st book in the Star Svensdotter trilogy with the other two books being just 4.99. Hooray for authors re-releasing their own books on the cheap. At her website you can also download this in any other format including for your iPad or IPhone.
Brian

Second Star
When the Betelgeuse message was detected, it changed a lot of things on Earth. We began to look seriously outward, not with the heady optimism of the early days, but with deliberate calculation. We knew that Someone was out there, and that eventually, they’d be coming. If Earth didn’t occupy the High Frontier, it could be ours to lose.

Esther “Star” Svensdotter’s job is overseeing the completion of the American Alliance’s first O’Neill cylinder — a massive space hab capable of supporting thousands of colonists. It’s just weeks away from commissioning, and she’ll be damned if Luddite terrorists, squabbling bureaucrats, military takeovers or rogue AIs will stand in the way. Frontier justice on Ellfive sometimes involves an airlock — you don’t want to be on the wrong side of justice. Or the wrong side of Star Svensdotter.

The first in Dana Stabenow’s Star Svensdotter trilogy, Second Star is a tale of first contact, declarations of independence, and new frontiers.

Free Sci-Fi from Phoenix

     Phoenix comes through again, a free book plus a very good deal on a series.

    

Our free ebook for November is Paul Cook’s The Engines of Dawn. The code for November is 9991522 and will be good from now through November 30^th. But wait, we have another incredible Paul Cook deal. The retail price on all his ebooks that we publish (eight) is $51.92. You can have the whole collection (Eight Novels) for just $9.99 – that’s a saving of $41.93. Just click on the bundle link (bundle price $19.99) and use coupon DIRCOOKE (EPub) or DIRCOOKM (MOBI) to get a further $10.00 off. All links, as usual, at our catalogue page, http://www.PPickings.com

And of course, your satisfaction, as always, is fully guaranteed. You don’t think the eight books are worth the $9.99, just email us and get your money back.   

So get over to Phoenix and enjoy quality sci-fi today

 

New Additon to Worth Reading List

     I am back from my trip so it is time to update and add a fifth book worth reading. This one is by a local author for me Deborah Grace Staley as she lives on the other side of the county. This is a romance/suspense book called I'll Be There which is the fourth book in the Angel Ridge series. Also at her website are some very cool pictures of the local fauna which is in fire before winter mode and very pretty right now. The fauna as I crossed the state line on Interstate 24 was especially pretty yesterday even at 70 miles an hour as we covered over 600 miles yesterday.

Brian

New Additon to Worth Reading List

     A thriller with excellent reviews, The Manicurist is now free at the Kindle store. This is the type of thriller that makes you want to stay up late to find out what happened. Who needs sleep anyway, right?  Rainy days are coming so make sure you have this one on your Kindle and loaded to go.

Brian

Good Mystery Now Free Again

     I have just added the first book in the Kendall O'Dell mystery series, Deadly Sanctuary by Sylvia Nobel to my free books worth reading list. This is a pretty popular series set in small town Arizona with consistently good reviews. So go ahead and grab while it is free.

Brian

Free Ebook With a Cool Title

     I haven't had a chance to read this book yet, but I couldn't resist the title. It is called Goddamn Redneck Surfer Zombies and is by Michael Jasper. With that title it should be a fun read. At this price it is irresistible, so download it today

Brian

Free Sci-Fi from Phoenix

     Every first of the month the nice guys from Phoenix are kind enough to send out a coupon for a free Science Fiction book. This month the book is Radix by A. A. Attanasio, which was nominated for a Nebula award in 2009. To get your free book simply link here and enter the coupon code 9991421 and enjoy a book worthy of consideration for an award.

Happy reading

  

     Brian