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ATDrake · 04-03-2012, 11:04 AM

Remember when I said that new-release Tuesdays were a bad day for people to KDP freebie their stuff because it would get lost in the flood? It's also a bad day because this is when I have the least amount of time and/or inclination to look at the deluge of 90% of crap as mandated by Sturgeon's Law that gets added to the KDP exclusive-or-else slushpile.

I'm skipping a huge amount of stuff and I don't really care whether I get back to it later.

Nevertheless, we have a technical double feature today as far as backlist sf/fantasy goes.

Segue: into the strange by fellow MR member author Keith Brooke, whose ISFDB and Wikipedia entries you can look up yourself, is another themed collection of his short stories.

Apparently the Amazon versions of the Infinity Plus books do come with DRM (which they are not at Smashwords, when they are available there), but this will be free for probably the next day or maybe two @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT

Description
Sidestep into modern Himalayan legend, join an ocean crossing that traverses more than just the sea; discover an 18th century mermaid incursion, and try to dodge the paparazzi in your head. Nine stories, each with a new afterword, by the author of Publishers Weekly starred novels Genetopia and The Accord. Includes new story "Protection".

Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski whose ISFDB and Wikipedia entries you can look up yourself because I really don't have the time to do it now, is technically a repeat freebie, having originally been offered via Smashwords as one of Phoenix Pick Press' very first Free eBook of the Month deals.

This originally came out from William Morrow in 1993 and is some kind of thousand-years-later sequel to a previous not-available as eBook set on a far future world.

PPick are also running a tie-in deal for a bundle of the next two books in the series for just 99 cents each (1.98 in the auto-bundle which includes DRM-free ePub & Mobi) bought directly from them, see the special promo webpage here, and this will be good until the 7th of April.

Their monthly freebie and tie-in deal on some Mike Resnick books will be good through the month, and are a decent cart-stuffer if you want to add anything extra.

Anyway, slated to be free without DRM for the next two days @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT

Description
The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by 'immortals' who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life.

Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society.

And what of the consciousness of self-aware nano-sentient servitors and their quest for vengence?

Previously title-featured Stoker award-winning crime writer Ed Gorman returns to offer another murder mystery, this a standalone-looking one set on the set of a TV show: Murder on the Aisle

UK writer John McKenzie who's had a few things small-pressed and one of them adapted for BBC Radio returns to offer a bunch of assorted stuff across various genres: Linkage for the lot

Berkley-published Michele Scott writing under her self-pub penname A.K. Alexander offers: Daddy's Home (A Holly Jennings Thriller)

HarperTorch-published Brenda Novak returns with an omnibus of two of her seafaring historical romances, both of which we've previously received free: Historical Romance Boxed Set

Robert W. Walker returns with some archaeologist vs werewolf thriller, and in case he has anything else lurking in the slushpile today: Linkage to pull up everything free or Prime lending "free" under his name

Decadent Publishing who do mostly, but not all, romances offer at least one new thing: Linkage for the lot

Award-winning South African expat playwright Ian Fraser, who incidentally has his own Wikipedia entry, offers a mini-collection of two novellas: Heavy Poodles and Cat Song

Liu Xilin offers a translated Chinese science fiction story which apparently won a specified award in 2002 from a Chinese-language science fiction outlet: Sun of China

Speaking of China, this most-likely self-pub historical set during the years leading up to the Chinese Revolution looks interesting, so I'm including it on that basis alone: Daughter of the Bamboo Forest

And now I have a bus to catch. Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like.

04-03-2012, 11:04 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle KDP) Segue: into the strange by Keith Brooke [SF/Fantasy Collection] Remember when I said that new-release Tuesdays were a bad day for people to KDP freebie their stuff because it would get lost in the flood? It's also a bad day because this is when I have the least amount of time and/or inclination to look at the deluge of 90% of crap as mandated by Sturgeon's Law that gets added to the KDP exclusive-or-else slushpile. I'm skipping a huge amount of stuff and I don't really care whether I get back to it later. Nevertheless, we have a technical double feature today as far as backlist sf/fantasy goes. Segue: into the strange by fellow MR member author Keith Brooke, whose ISFDB and Wikipedia entries you can look up yourself, is another themed collection of his short stories. Apparently the Amazon versions of the Infinity Plus books do come with DRM (which they are not at Smashwords, when they are available there), but this will be free for probably the next day or maybe two @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT Description Sidestep into modern Himalayan legend, join an ocean crossing that traverses more than just the sea; discover an 18th century mermaid incursion, and try to dodge the paparazzi in your head. Nine stories, each with a new afterword, by the author of Publishers Weekly starred novels Genetopia and The Accord. Includes new story "Protection". Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski whose ISFDB and Wikipedia entries you can look up yourself because I really don't have the time to do it now, is technically a repeat freebie, having originally been offered via Smashwords as one of Phoenix Pick Press' very first Free eBook of the Month deals. This originally came out from William Morrow in 1993 and is some kind of thousand-years-later sequel to a previous not-available as eBook set on a far future world. PPick are also running a tie-in deal for a bundle of the next two books in the series for just 99 cents each (1.98 in the auto-bundle which includes DRM-free ePub & Mobi) bought directly from them, see the special promo webpage here, and this will be good until the 7th of April. Their monthly freebie and tie-in deal on some Mike Resnick books will be good through the month, and are a decent cart-stuffer if you want to add anything extra. Anyway, slated to be free without DRM for the next two days @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT Description The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by 'immortals' who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life. Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society. And what of the consciousness of self-aware nano-sentient servitors and their quest for vengence? Previously title-featured Stoker award-winning crime writer Ed Gorman returns to offer another murder mystery, this a standalone-looking one set on the set of a TV show: Murder on the Aisle UK writer John McKenzie who's had a few things small-pressed and one of them adapted for BBC Radio returns to offer a bunch of assorted stuff across various genres: Linkage for the lot Berkley-published Michele Scott writing under her self-pub penname A.K. Alexander offers: Daddy's Home (A Holly Jennings Thriller) HarperTorch-published Brenda Novak returns with an omnibus of two of her seafaring historical romances, both of which we've previously received free: Historical Romance Boxed Set Robert W. Walker returns with some archaeologist vs werewolf thriller, and in case he has anything else lurking in the slushpile today: Linkage to pull up everything free or Prime lending "free" under his name Decadent Publishing who do mostly, but not all, romances offer at least one new thing: Linkage for the lot Award-winning South African expat playwright Ian Fraser, who incidentally has his own Wikipedia entry, offers a mini-collection of two novellas: Heavy Poodles and Cat Song Liu Xilin offers a translated Chinese science fiction story which apparently won a specified award in 2002 from a Chinese-language science fiction outlet: Sun of China Speaking of China, this most-likely self-pub historical set during the years leading up to the Chinese Revolution looks interesting, so I'm including it on that basis alone: Daughter of the Bamboo Forest And now I have a bus to catch. Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like.