New Humble Bundle is up, and it's for:
Humble Book Bundle Science Fiction by Real Scientists presented by textbook publisher Springer, containing speculative fiction works with scientific explanation afterwords, written by leading scientists such as Giancarlo Genta (
Wikipedia) and others. From the looks of it, these are more like the sort of sfnal narrative non-fiction-ish what if? pieces that occasionally show up in
Nature (
Wikipedia), than conventional science fiction stories. Short stories and novels are both represented, plus some non-fiction genre overviews at the top tier, such as Hollywood Science and Exploring Science through Science Fiction, and an SF Writer's guide to using medicine in science fiction.
Fixed tiers of $1, $8, and $15, no new books added next week.
Quote:
Stand back, we're going to try science! Like a little extra science in your science fiction? Humble Bundle and Springer Nature have just the thing: this bundle full of fascinating new speculative worlds for you to explore! Springer is one of the largest publishers of scientific works in the world, and all the stories here are authored by practicing scientists and include afterwords on the science underlying each tale.
Pay $1 or more for The Protos Mandate: A Scientific Novel, A Man From Planet Earth: A Scientific Novel, On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea, The Hunt for FOXP5: A Genomic Mystery Novel, The Hunter: A Scientific Novel, and Beyond Human: Engineering Our Future Evolution.
Pay $8 or more and you'll also get The Return of Vaman: A Scientific Novel, The Caloris Network: A Scientific Novel, The New Martians: A Scientific Novel, Small Doses of the Future: A Collection of Medical Science Fiction Stories, Murder on the Einstein Express and Other Stories, and Alien Encounter: A Scientific Novel.
Pay $15 or more for all of that plus Using Medicine in Science Fiction: The SF Writer's Guide to Human Biology, Hollyweird Science: From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse, If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life, and Exploring Science Through Science Fiction.
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Also, last week's
Humble Book Bundle National Park Service 100th Anniversary presented by travel publisher Lonely Planet is still available, with the charity portion of the proceeds going to fund said National Park Service, who have a number of nice freebies of (including a Mac-compatible screensaver) their own offered on their website;
details in this post in the Non-Fiction megathread here.
Bundle of Holding's current RPG gamebook offers are for:
Indie Treasure Trove +4, containing independent RPGs from around the world, and
Dragon Warriors, a fantasy RPG campaign in the popular nostalgic classic British Lands of Legend setting.
Groupees has added a number of standalone full single issue titles to the $0 freebie tier of their
Pure Dynamite comics bundle, if you're interested, including issues based on the popular Twilight Zone, Tarzan, and Army of Darkness franchises. They also seem to have bumped up the offerings in the higher tiers with some new stuff.