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It’s Mark Hammill’s Birthday! Celebrate with his Star Wars audition tape, Kurt Russell and Cocknocker!

In watching these two videos, I find myself wondering what it would be like to be Mark Hammill and Kurt Russell at the time these were recorded.  That's a world where no one had ever heard of Star Wars and Lucas was this guy that made a passable film about cruising around in the 50s.

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Just a reminder: Tor giving away free ebooks and wallpapers

You’ve got until July 27th to head on over to Tor.com and grab a bunch of free stuff they’re offering.  Free ebooks in a variety of formats and free wallpapers in many sizes. Don’t miss out on these excellent titles and authors. Technorati Tags: scifi, free, deals, fantasy, science fiction, tor books, books

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Tor.com launches, with a great new short story

The new Tor website launched today - they are the publishers of one of my favorite new authors, John Scalzi. Mr. Scalzi penned the great novel, Old Man's War and several sequels, all of which are a fun read. John has a way with dialog, and weaves a wonderful story. I highly recommend his work.

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