Fri 29 Feb 2008
I've Read It Already
Posted at 18:31 +1100
Tor Books are having a promotion at the moment. You sign up for a newsletter and they send you a link each week to download one of their catalog books in electronic format. Free. Normally, I'm not a "sign up for my newsletter" type of guy. But Tor publish some pretty nice science fiction, so I don't mind supporting at all.
The first three e-books, however, have been a bit anti-climactic here at Casa Malcolm: Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, John Scalzi's Old Man's War and, this week, Robert Wilson's Spin. Good books all. Only problem is: I've read them already! In fact, I own them all, having paid out some of my hard earned coconuts for them. Fortunately, I haven't read next week's offering ,so that's something to look forwards to.
It's a nice idea, though, if you're looking for some suggested reading. The three selections so far are all slightly different types of books. All good stories with a nice mixture of science and humans. As a bonus, there's a link to various pieces of cover art for use as desktop backgrounds. I like good cover art: it often sells the book to me and I'm a bit disappointed when the story's nothing like the cover. So I'm right alongside the concept of providing high-resolution versions for personal use.
Topics: books