Martha Wells is going to discuss her new Murderbot novel with Ann Leckie via Facebook Live. I'll probably be attending (there is a danger I will forget), although I'm a little worried about the possibility of spoilers for some of the other Murderbot stories, since I've still only read and listened to the first one.

I'm really liking the flexibility of virtual events - all you have to keep in mind is whatever streaming platform they're using and the time difference, if there is any. Just crossing my fingers that there are no technical difficulties.

So I got hooked on these when TOR had first book free -- bitching the whole way at the cost of the other novellas in the series but still hooked enough to preorder the things.

Now during this pandemic and before the May release of the 5th novella, TOR is making all four free, one each day (I wasn't online to post before now).  They are very serious about cutoff times (they don't spam the email you give them).

I am so ready to be back in Murderbot's head when the new book arrives.

Download here.   Publisher site for more info on the series is here.  

For The Pixel Project.

I'm pretty sure I own this already, so I won't be downloading it. I haven't read it yet, but I've heard good things about it. Those who'd like to download it (and who live in the US or Canada) must do so before 11:59 PM ET April 9, 2018.

With TOR putting their monthly ebook freebie program on hold, our booklikes bookclub is going rogue, off the grid, off schedule, free range ... nominate and vote for any books that might be remotely suited for TOR (speculative fiction, fantasy, science fiction ...).

Above, I displayed some of the currently nominated ones; visit the link and scroll down to nominate, vote and edit your voting. (Or click the "Next Books" tab in the bookclub if you lose this post/link.)

Books with most votes will be our September book, the next most likley the October book  (will look at current voting in case that changes during September) ..

Vote for as many as you like. Nominating a book automatically votes for it. If you click "Remove" that will remove your vote, not the book.