Today is the day to buy MACHINE OF DEATH

David 'Wondermark' Malki writes, "It's come a long way, as you know! Our Creative-Commons-licensed fiction anthology Machine of Death is finally done, and we want to make it an Amazon.com bestseller for JUST ONE DAY. We are urging everybody to buy the book on Amazon on October 26! In our blog post we explain the reasons why. We want to send a message that a grassroots effort can add up to something of real substance. Featuring stories by Randall 'xkcd' Munroe, Yahtzee 'Zero Punctuation' Croshaw, Erin 'Wordnik' McKean, David 'Wondermark' Malki !, Ryan 'Dinosaur Comics' North and many others, MACHINE OF DEATH explores the concept of a world in which a machine can tell everybody knows how they will die." (Thanks, David!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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Anonymous

Do I buy it when it’s the 26th in the USA, or here in Australia? I’m busy during the overlap so I can only pick one!
wondermark

When it’s the 26th in the US! So for Australians, early morning to afternoon on the 27th.

Thanks for the post, Cory — we’ve also got a fat PDF preview of the book on our site: http://machineofdeath.net/a/book-previews-tomorrows-the-day
Anonymous

Looks like they made it. :)
Promethean Sky

I was sold when I saw Randal Monroe was involved. If you don’t know his work, check it out. I think it would resonate with a lot of BB readers.