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October 10, 2013May 10, 2024torforge529 Comments

Tor Books is heading to New York Comic-Con!

We hope to see many of you there. Stop by Booth #2223 to say hi or to participate in one of our many events and signings.

But for those of you who couldn’t make it out to New York, we wanted to offer you the chance to grab some of the same amazing swag and books that we’re promoting at #NYCC. To enter for the chance to win one of these three prize bundles, leave a comment on this post telling us one fabulous thing that you’ll be doing this week while you are #NotAtComicCon.

Here’s a look at the prize:

And here’s a list of what’s included in each prize bundle:

Wheel of Time iPhone cover
The Way of Kings quote magnets
After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
Among Others by Jo Walton
Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Attack of the Vampire Weenies by David Lubar
The Clockwork Sky by Madeleine Rosca
Cold City by F. Paul Wilson
Dragon Age Asunder by David Gaider
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel: Vol One
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Girl Genius Omnibus Volume One by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio
Halo: The Thursday War by Nancy Traviss
Ironskin by Tina Connolly
Johnny Hiro: The Skills to Pay the Bills by Fred Chao
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
The Waking Engine by David Edison
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Wide Open by Deborah Coates
Wild Cards I edited by George R. R. Martin

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase does not improve your chances of winning. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of 50 United States, D.C., and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 as of the date of entry. To enter, leave a comment below beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) Wednesday, October 10, 2013. Sweepstakes ends at 12:00 PM ET Monday, October 14, 2013. Void outside the United States and Canada and where prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010.

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November 1, 2012January 25, 2024torforge

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Not at New York Comic-Con Sweepstakes

October 11, 2012May 30, 2024torforge

Tor Books is heading to New York Comic-Con!

Poster Placeholder of - 37 We hope to see many of you there. Stop by Booth #920 to say hi or to participate in one of our many events and signings.

But for those of you who couldn’t make it out to New York, we wanted to offer you the chance to grab some of the same amazing swag and books that we’re promoting at #NYCC. To enter for the chance to win one of these five prize bundles, leave a comment on this post telling us one fabulous thing that you’ll be doing this week while you are #NotAtComicCon.

Here’s a look at the prize:

And here’s a list of what’s included in each prize bundle:

Wheel of Time backpack
Halo patch
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
The Battle of Blood and Ink written by Jared Axelrod and illustrated by Steve Walker
The Clockwork Sky Volume One by Madeleine Rosca
Dead Space: Martyr by Brian Evenson
Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World: Graphic Novel: Volume 2 Based on the novel by Robert Jordan, written by Chuck Dixon, illustrated by Andie Tong
For the Win by Cory Doctorow
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Gift of Fire/On the Head of a Pin by Walter Mosley
Green by Jay Lake
Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear
Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss
Hellhole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Inside Straight edited by George R.R. Martin
Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero written and illustrated by Fred Chao
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins October 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. and ends October 15, 2012, 12:00 p.m. ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules go here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

Author Features / Excerpts

The Clockwork Sky Sneak Peek

September 10, 2012January 25, 2024torforge

By Madeleine Rosca

The Clockwork Sky—a gear-filled nightmare of steampunk London!

Madeleine Rosca is perhaps best known as the creator of Hollow Fields, a manga trilogy that won Japan’s first International Manga Award. For The Clockwork Sky, this talented Australian writer-artist created a steampunk version of Victorian London that is undergoing class warfare. A mysterious factory produces amazing clockwork mechanicals that have replaced humans in manufacturing, service, and most other kinds of labor. This is the brainchild of Erasmus Croach, who grows ever wealthier and more important . . . but who has no control over the infuriating and outrageous activities of his irrepressible niece, Sally Peppers.

Sally chafes at the limitations placed on young women in Victorian society and would like nothing more than to invent her own wonders. But her uncle keeps her literally chained to her desk in the schoolroom, instructed—and guarded—by one of his robots. One day Sally slips those chains and flees on a stolen velocipede, only to discover that London is on the brink of full-blown riots. The unemployed have taken to the streets, demanding not only jobs but an investigation into the disappearances of hundreds of children from the crowded slums of London and other British cities.

Image Place holder of - 11 — Click through to read an excerpt of The Clockwork Sky!

Erasmus Croach demands that his missing niece be found. The Metropolitan Police deploy Croach’s latest and most complex mechanical, the police-bot called Sky, to find her.

And that’s when things begin to get really interesting . . . .

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New Releases: 9/4/2012

September 4, 2012February 26, 2024torforge1 Comment

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Gunslinger Girl Omnibus 5 story and art by Yu Aida

See upcoming releases.

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Trailer: The Clockwork Sky by Madeleine Rosca

August 15, 2012May 17, 2024torforge

The Clockwork Sky Volume One by Madeleine Rosca

From the award-winning creator of Hollow Fields comes the start of an all new, steampunk adventure trilogy!

London, 1895: Riots in the streets!

Erasmus Croach’s miraculous factory, Ember, has flooded London with steampowered automatons. The already suffering working class take to the streets to protest the jobs lost to these machines, and to quell the riot, Captain Thorn of Scotland Yard calls in Ember’s latest and greatest creation, the automatic police boy, Sky!

Meanwhile, Sally Peppers, Croach’s headstrong and brilliant niece, dreams of a life beyond manners and marriageability. When she escapes her overbearing governess on a motorized velocipede and joins a no-rules road rally through the slums, Croach sends Sky to bring her back, preferably alive.

Together, the impulsive Sally and the naive Sky crash headlong into a mystery involving rogue automatons prowling the sewers, children disappearing without a trace, and a dark secret so big it could overturn all of London. But the biggest mystery of all is why Sky is the first robot who can dream….