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[brudigia]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The Elric ebooks that are no longer available were from Del Ray. They are being republished by Saga Press in 3 volumes.
The first book will be out at the end of the year, and the rest in 2022.

Thanks for the link !
From the list

Volume 1: Elric of Melniboné

Elric of Melniboné
The Fortress of the Pearl
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
The Weird of the White Wolf

Volume 2: Stormbringer

The Sleeping Sorceress
The Revenge of the Rose
The Bane of the Black Sword
Stormbringer

Volume 3: The White Wolf

The Dreamthief’s Daughter
The Skrayling Tree
The White Wolf’s Son

I am missing all of Volume 3 and "The weird of the White Wolf" (assuming it is not the same as the "The White Wolf's song"). Wow, it is really complicated!

Bruno

[salty-horse]

The Weird of the White Wolf is 4 previously-published stories linked together with a prologue:

• The Dream of Earl Aubec
• The Dreaming City
• While the Gods Laugh
• The Singing Citadel

[ZodWallop]

Elric and Conan are both messy for the same reasons. The short stories were written and published out of (internal, chronological) order.

With Elric, in the 1970's, Acer/Daw published a six paperback series where Moorcock reorganized and reworked the stories to go in chronological order.

1. Elric of Melniboné
2. The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
3. The Weird of the White Wolf
4. The Vanishing Tower
5. The Bane of the Black Sword
6. Stormbringer

He then wrote further Elric tales.

Then in 2008, he decided to republish the stories as they were originally written and published, out of (internal) chronological order. Those titles are:

1. The Stealer of Souls
2. To Rescue Tanelorn
3. The Sleeping Sorceress
4. Duke Elric
5. Elric in the Dream Realms
6. Elric: Swords and Roses

And now, as Salty Horse said, they are being republished again. This time in the same internal chronological order as the original paperbacks, but with the new Elric stories incorporated into them.

The Wikipedia Elric page might help sort out your questions.

[ZodWallop]

Incidentally, on the new Elric series, I wish they had used Robert Gould's art on all of them. That's Elric to me. The Michael Whelan Elric always seemed too muscular and typically heroic.

[sufue]

Three JK Rowling "Hogwarts Library" books, which are tie-ins to the Harry Potter series, and are usually mentioned (or even essential elements) in the main seven books, have dropped in price right now, both in the US and the UK.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (not the original screenplay)
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYBG60A
Kindle UK, £1.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LZY70SV

Quidditch Through the Ages
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F3ET2QU/
Kindle UK, £0.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01F3ET2SS
also at Kobo US, $1.99: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/qui...ugh-the-ages-4

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F3ET2SI/
Kindle UK, £1.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01F3ET2RE

[brudigia]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Elric and Conan are both messy for the same reasons. The short stories were written and published out of (internal, chronological) order.

With Elric, in the 1970's, Acer/Daw published a six paperback series where Moorcock reorganized and reworked the stories to go in chronological order.

1. Elric of Melniboné
2. The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
3. The Weird of the White Wolf
4. The Vanishing Tower
5. The Bane of the Black Sword
6. Stormbringer

He then wrote further Elric tales.

Then in 2008, he decided to republish the stories as they were originally written and published, out of (internal) chronological order. Those titles are:

1. The Stealer of Souls
2. To Rescue Tanelorn
3. The Sleeping Sorceress
4. Duke Elric
5. Elric in the Dream Realms
6. Elric: Swords and Roses

And now, as Salty Horse said, they are being republished again. This time in the same internal chronological order as the original paperbacks, but with the new Elric stories incorporated into them.

The Wikipedia Elric page might help sort out your questions.

Thank you !

[GlennD]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Incidentally, on the new Elric series, I wish they had used Robert Gould's art on all of them. That's Elric to me. The Michael Whelan Elric always seemed too muscular and typically heroic.

There's a quote from Moorcock in Whelan's WonderWorks collection acknowledging that Whelan had painted muscles as the marketplace demanded but that he'd captured his internal struggles and actually painted him as an albino, which several previous artists had not.

I'm partial to the Whelan depiction myself, Gould's style doesn't click with me.

[Alastair_S]

The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Volume Two (Swords Against Wizardry, The Swords of Lankhmar, and Swords and Ice Magic) for £2.59 at Kobo UK

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...ser-volume-two

[tch65721]

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W9399S

[binaryhermit]

Project Hail Mary is $6.99 at Amazon US. Not *that* great of a deal, but a fairly new release and the lowest it's been.

(Insert confused rant related to the whispersync upgrade making this either about $6.50 or $15.50 cheaper than the audible version alone, depending on if you subscribe to Audible Premium Plus here)

[Tarana]

Semper Mars By Ian Douglas $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Military scifi - looks interesting! EreaderIQ says this has only been at this price one other time since 2010. Just sayin'

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by binaryhermit

Project Hail Mary is $6.99 at Amazon US. Not *that* great of a deal, but a fairly new release and the lowest it's been.

The price point makes me think this is the new price, rather than a temporary discount.

[binaryhermit]

Perhaps, we'll see by the start of September or so.

But it's rather abrupt and also cheaper than The Martian or Artemis.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by binaryhermit

Project Hail Mary is $6.99 at Amazon US. Not *that* great of a deal, but a fairly new release and the lowest it's been.

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The price point makes me think this is the new price, rather than a temporary discount.

It's been pretty common for a year or more for recently published books to be at that price point or even higher as a daily deal and the price went back up afterward, though it has been non-fiction books that I have noticed.

[binaryhermit]

I'd argue that a blockbuster-ish ebook around that point is near the long-term sweet spot once you've gotten $14.99 from all the people who really want it, especially if Amazon's cut is less for prices between $2.99 and $9.99 like I seem to remember