FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Most or all are urban fantasy.

I'm seeing 18 items

King of Plagues
Dragon Factory
Patient Zero

[salty-horse]

The Book of Love by Kelly Link is £2 on Amazon UK (Still full price on Kobo)
Link's highly anticipated first novel (and there's another one in the works!)

Supernatural beings and chaos descend on the small seaside town of Lovesend, Massachusetts, in the wake of the unexpected return of three missing teenagers.

Laura, Daniel and Mo disappeared without trace a year ago. They have long been presumed dead. Which they were. But now they are not. And it is up to the resurrected teenagers to discover what happened to them.

Revived by Mr Anabin - the man they knew as their high school music teacher - they are offered a chance to return to the mortal realm. But first they must solve the mystery of their
death and learn to use the magic they now possess. And only two of them may stay.

What they do not realise is their return has upset a delicate balance that has held - just - for centuries.

[JSWolf]

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[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have no idea where these other three are coming from. Mine cleary says 15 and only shows 15 covers.

These 3 titles are geographically restricted. I tested it by viewing the same page from a logged-in account set to the US, and an un-logged in account from a non-US IP.

The main page https://www.humblebundle.com/books says "18 books" when you hover over the image leading to the sale page, no matter where you're from.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Very highly critically acclaimed.

On sale again. I have now read it and can recommend it. It's also up for all the awards.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

On sale again. I have now read it and can recommend it. It's also up for all the awards.

Got it! Now, what do I do with it?

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Got it! Now, what do I do with it?

Probably wait until you come across another mention of it, and consider reading it, then come across another mention, and consider reading it again.
Here's some more incentives:
Wizards vs Lesbians podcast
The Writer and the Critic podcast
Strange Horizons review
Abigail Nussbaum's review

Some quotes:

The moment Fetter is born, Mother-of-Glory pins his shadow to the earth with a large brass nail and tears it from him. This is his first memory, the seed of many hours of therapy to come.

The only way to change the world is through intentional, directed violence.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

These 3 titles are geographically restricted. I tested it by viewing the same page from a logged-in account set to the US, and an un-logged in account from a non-US IP.

The main page https://www.humblebundle.com/books says "18 books" when you hover over the image leading to the sale page, no matter where you're from.

Thanks. I added in the other 3 to my post. I got the list from the UK when I used a VPN to get the price.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Got it! Now, what do I do with it?

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Probably wait until you come across another mention of it, and consider reading it, then come across another mention, and consider reading it again.

It's like you read my mind!

[ottdmk]

Just to mention, but all 18 Maberry books are available through Humble if you're in Canada.

is his stuff any good? I've never heard of him.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by ottdmk

Just to mention, but all 18 Maberry books are available through Humble if you're in Canada.

is his stuff any good? I've never heard of him.

I'm familiar with his Pine Deep horror trilogy. But he's written a lot more than that.

[gtriever]

I'm a big honk for the "Monster Hunter"-type books (Monster Hunter International, Jane Yellowrock, etc.) Maberry's "Joe Ledger" series is a big winner, in my opinion.

[SomeSteve]

The Seeds of Time (stories) by John Wyndham is £0.99 at Amazon UK and Kobo UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeds-Time-.../dp/B00KODNX8Y

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-seeds-of-time-1

[salty-horse]

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (translated by Ros Schwartz) is £1 in the UK (Kobo, Amazon)
1995 French novel. Was on my wishlist. Missed the US sale a while back. Comes highly recommended.

Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.

Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?

Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an outcast in the corner.

Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men.

[salty-horse]

Gloriana: Or, The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock is $1 on Amazon.com)
AFAICT, this particular edition is not available on Kobo.

The vast empire of Albion is ruled by the beautiful and forlorn queen, Gloriana, who must battle against a nefarious scoundrel, Captain Quire, and a court soured by debauchery with her wits.

First published in 1978, Gloriana is the award-winning story set in the alternate English kingdom of Albion that reimagines Queen Elizabeth’s reign.

Bawdy, cruel, and brilliant, Gloriana has been awarded the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction, and is often cited as one of the great works of speculative fiction and fantasy along the lines of J.G. Ballard, Thomas Pynchon, and Philip K. Dick.