Assorted bargains spotted while browsing Kobo's Black Friday sale promotions, very likely also available at the other usual Canada & US retailers. Mostly from HarperCollins and Penguin Random House imprints.
@ $0.99:
- Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson, 1st in his Thomas the Unbeliever portion of his Thomas Covenant fantasy series starring some sort of leperous anti-hero. US-only discount, it's $2.99 CAD.
- Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard, which is pretty cheap if you want to indulge your morbid curiosity legally.
- Nine of Stars by Laura Bickle, 1st in her Wildlands urban fantasy series from Harper Voyager. You can get 3x bonus points for this at Kobo CA, but not US.
@ $1.99:
- Fiasco by Stanislaw Lem, sci-fi cosmic time travel, according to the blurb, from Mariner Books. US-only discount.
- Manhattan in Reverse & Other Stories by Peter F. Hamilton, a collection of science fiction shorts.
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 1st in his popular fantasy series. Not available in Canada.
- Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson, a standalone eco technothriller. US-only discount.
- Tigerheart by Peter David, a standalone fantasy. US-only discount.
- Flames of Rebellion by Jay Allan, 1st in milSF adventure series from Harper Voyager. 3x points in Canada.
- The Stupidest Angel v2.0 by Christopher Moore, festive 3rd novel in his Pine Cove series of humorous urban fantasy. 3x points in Canada.
- A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist, 1st in Chaoswar Saga fantasy subseries of some broader universe, IIRC. 3x points in Canada.
- Matchless by Gregory Maguire (author of Wicked Oz riff), standalone deconstruction of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. 3x points in Canada.
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page. 1st-in-series YA riff on Oz, where a new girl is transported from Kansas and discovers that Dorothy Gale has become a wicked tyrant to be deposed. 3x points in Canada.
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby, YA magical realism, apparently a take on Persephone myth, National Book Award finalist. I picked this up on impulse after seeing some really promising reviews of it over at NYTimes, Booksmugglers, and other outlets. 3x points in Canada.
- Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Colthurst, a HarperTeen YA fantasy apparently notable for having the princesses fall in love with each other, which also had promising reviews. 3x points in Canada.
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson, a YA traditional adventure fantasy based on a popular webcomic, with a bunch of award noms listed in the full blurb, including another National Book Award finalist and many others. 3x points in Canada.
@ $2.99:
- The Reluctant Queen by Sarah Beth Durst, 2nd in her Queens of Renthia elemental fantasy series. I really enjoyed the 1st when I read it last year, which was on sale previously and also netted a couple of award noms, and am pleased to see this one go on sale so soon. 3x points in Canada.
- The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, the last, posthumous Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy installment. Not available in Canada.
- The Accord by fellow MR member author & editor Keith Brooke (ISFDB; behind the Infinity Plus website and accompanying Infinity Press imprint), a backlist novel of his from 2009, originally out from Solaris. Couponable.
- Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter, space exploration told in the form of vignettes; blurb says it's one of the Best Books of 2017 from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews lists. 3x points in Canada.
- The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden, science fiction based in South Africa. 3x points in Canada.
Kobo's US
sale listing for today's promo also has many other pretty good titles spotlighted, including some Bruce Sterling and others from Open Road Media, and Ben Bova from Macmillan, and some Orbit stuff as well.