Award-winning author David Erik Nelson, & Amazon, are bringing you the chance to get a free e-book of Tucker Teaches the Clockies to Copulate. To get your own copy of this irreverent, imaginative alterative America steampunk story about how robots learn the language of love, once the Civil War has been fought,  & the Clockies have been cast adrift, simply go to Amazon this Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

“This Nebula-nominated novella was first published in Paradox magazine in 2008 and answers the pressing historical question: What would have happened if a crippled, alcoholic, Confederate veteran living in Utah Territory taught clockwork robots to have sex?”

In addition to the bawdy humor & poignant sadness both found within this tale, you’ll also find clever, evocative illustrations by artist Chad Sell.

Proving he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to experimenting with robots & other odd things, you may also want to check out his DiY manual, Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids. This volume contains 24 projects you can make with your kids (or not…kids are not listed as necessary equipment for the projects, so feel free to get your childless geek on, too.) He also maintains the Snip, Burn, Solder Blog.

Remember, this week, February 22-24th, you can get your FREE copy of the e-Book version of Tucker Teaches the Clockies to Copulate. And did I mention if was FREE?