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ATDrake · 11-01-2014, 06:32 AM

Bargain @ $1.99 from Open Road Media, available in multiple stores (couponable @ Kobo, prices good in Canada & US, possibly other regions as well):

Some really nice things in the new lot of sale markdowns:

The Book of Kells by Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Award finalist R. A. MacAvoy (ISFDB, Wikipedia), a time-travel adventure swapping two modern persons into Viking-raided Ireland. According to ISFDB, this originally came out from Bantam Spectra in 1985 placed 2nd in the Locus Year's Best Novel rankings. I bought this years ago during a Fictionwise sale for about $4 and considered it well worth it. YMMV.

The Silent Tower by my very favourite fantasy/mystery author Barbara Hambly (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in the opening duology of her The Windrose Chronicles series, featuring a computer programmer kidnapped to an alternate world for nefarious purposes which must be thwarted to save the world. This is one of my personal favourites, though in fairness I should mention that there's an omnibus edition which may or may not represent better cost savings with the right coupons than getting this one cheap and the rest individually. And you really do need #2, The Silicon Mage to complete the story, although #3 is a self-contained follow-up sequel.

Dawn by the late multiple Hugo & Nebula Award winner Octavia E. Butler (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in her Xenogenesis Trilogy of science fiction involving genetically altered children and gene-manipulating aliens. Again, this has an omnibus edition which may or may not work out to be cheaper than filling the individuals with the right coupons.

The Woman Who Married a Cloud: The Collected Short Stories by British Fantasy Award winner Jonathan Carroll (ISFDB, Wikipedia), a sfnal-flavoured literary fiction author recommended by Dr. Drib upthread.

Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice by pioneering feminist author Erica Jong (ISFDB, Wikipedia) a Shakespeare-remixing time-travel literary fiction novel with romantic elements originally out from Houghton Mifflin in 1987 under the title Serenissima.

There's also a Piers Anthony and a John Norman Gor* book among the $1.99 sale titles as well.

* Huh, actually not a Gor novel, but some sort of sci-fi standalone (containing his usual themes†, mind you). I'm kind of surprised, because I'd gotten the impression he hadn't been writing anything else.

† Obligatory linkage: "Houseplants of Gor"

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Bargain @ $1.99 from Open Road Media, available in multiple stores (couponable @ Kobo, prices good in Canada & US, possibly other regions as well): Some really nice things in the new lot of sale markdowns: The Book of Kells by Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Award finalist R. A. MacAvoy (ISFDB, Wikipedia), a time-travel adventure swapping two modern persons into Viking-raided Ireland. According to ISFDB, this originally came out from Bantam Spectra in 1985 placed 2nd in the Locus Year's Best Novel rankings. I bought this years ago during a Fictionwise sale for about $4 and considered it well worth it. YMMV. The Silent Tower by my very favourite fantasy/mystery author Barbara Hambly (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in the opening duology of her The Windrose Chronicles series, featuring a computer programmer kidnapped to an alternate world for nefarious purposes which must be thwarted to save the world. This is one of my personal favourites, though in fairness I should mention that there's an omnibus edition which may or may not represent better cost savings with the right coupons than getting this one cheap and the rest individually. And you really do need #2, The Silicon Mage to complete the story, although #3 is a self-contained follow-up sequel. Dawn by the late multiple Hugo & Nebula Award winner Octavia E. Butler (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in her Xenogenesis Trilogy of science fiction involving genetically altered children and gene-manipulating aliens. Again, this has an omnibus edition which may or may not work out to be cheaper than filling the individuals with the right coupons. The Woman Who Married a Cloud: The Collected Short Stories by British Fantasy Award winner Jonathan Carroll (ISFDB, Wikipedia), a sfnal-flavoured literary fiction author recommended by Dr. Drib upthread. Shylock's Daughter: A Novel of Love in Venice by pioneering feminist author Erica Jong (ISFDB, Wikipedia) a Shakespeare-remixing time-travel literary fiction novel with romantic elements originally out from Houghton Mifflin in 1987 under the title Serenissima. There's also a Piers Anthony and a John Norman Gor* book among the $1.99 sale titles as well. * Huh, actually not a Gor novel, but some sort of sci-fi standalone (containing his usual themes†, mind you). I'm kind of surprised, because I'd gotten the impression he hadn't been writing anything else. † Obligatory linkage: "Houseplants of Gor" Last edited by ATDrake; 11-01-2014 at 06:40 AM.