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[Marrella]

Originally Posted by tecweston

How'd you get ahold of these? I'm itching for some new Game of Thrones stuff to read but I don't know how to get those novellas. I know they were originally published in magazine format, but are they available as ebooks anywhere?

I couldn't find the first one in ebook format, like I said, I read my old German Legends I hardcover, but I have bought the second one in this anthology:
Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg. It's available in the Kindle store for 5.68 $. The whole thing looks good, I am sure I will enjoy most of the other stories, too, but for me it was worth the price for the Dunk & Egg story alone.

The third one was harder to find. It was published in the anthology Warriors, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Unfortunately, Amazon (both US and DE) only carry the hardcover. If you like audiobooks, there also is an Audible edition available. I finally found the ebook in the Kobo store, but it's rather pricey. I used my "welcome" coupon to buy it with 20 % off. Still, it's a huge book and most of the stories look interesting, so I don't regret it.

Hope that helps. I am afraid I am like you: I have a huge direwolf shaped hole in my TBR pile since I finished A Dance With Dragons. (Well, I hope I remember well and it was actually you who said this.)

[DiapDealer]

The third one was harder to find. It was published in the anthology Warriors, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Unfortunately, Amazon (both US and DE) only carry the hardcover.

I see all three anthologies available as Kindle books in the US.

Legends: Stories By The Masters of Modern Fantasy - $9.99
Dreamsongs: Volume II - $14.99
Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy - $7.99
Warriors - $14.99

Warriors is still a bit pricey, but I can vouch for the fact that it contains several great stories aside from the Dunk 'n Egg novella.

Also, I believe these stories are going to get their very own binding at some point after the fourth novella is published.

[stonetools]

Just finished Michael Flynn's The January Dancer. Some interdesting characters, but a bitr slow and not a great ending. I read his novella "The Forest of Time" and enjoyed it more

I will take a break from Mr. Flynn, but he is a good writer and I will go back . I'm looking to get (highly recommended) "Wreck of the River of Stars".

[Marrella]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I see all three anthologies available as Kindle books in the US.

Then at least Legends I and Warriors are geo-restricted in the Kindle store because I cannot see them from Europe. Do you know when the fourth novella will come out? But no, I guess you don't, because this is George R. R. Martin.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Marrella

Do you know when the fourth novella will come out? But no, I guess you don't, because this is George R. R. Martin.

"Dangerous Women" - the anthology that is to contain the fourth novella is at least scheduled for a 2012 release. For what that's worth.

It also seems that I may have misspoke. The first novella is part of the "Dreamsongs: Volume II" anthology (which is still available as a Kindle book in the US).

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by stonetools

Just finished Michael Flynn's The January Dancer. Some interdesting characters, but a bitr slow and not a great ending. I read his novella "The Forest of Time" and enjoyed it more

I will take a break from Mr. Flynn, but he is a good writer and I will go back . I'm looking to get (highly recommended) "Wreck of the River of Stars".

The Wreck of the River of Stars is a fairly "slow burn" as as well, but that didn't stop it from being a favorite of mine.

[Marrella]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

"Dangerous Women" - the anthology that is to contain the fourth novella is at least scheduled for a 2012 release. For what that's worth.

It also seems that I may have misspoke. The first novella is part of the "Dreamsongs: Volume II" anthology (which is still available as a Kindle book in the US).

Thank you! This one is available in the German Kindle store, I just put it on my wish list. But maybe I should wait for the bundle of the four novellas.

[tecweston]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Also, I believe these stories are going to get their very own binding at some point after the fourth novella is published.

Cool. I'll just wait for that one then.

[tecweston]

Currently Reading:

- Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (80%)

- Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (26%)

- Professor Moriarty: the Hound of the D'urbervilles (4%)

- Moby-Dick, or The Whale by Herman Melville (28%) [on hold]

[CRussel]

A quick run through of 1634-The Baltic War to refresh my memory, then I'm reading Ring of Fire II (85%) and I'll follow that with 1635-The Eastern Front and (maybe, depending on how I'm feeling) then 1635-The Dreeson Incident.

Then I'll take a short break to something light and silly, probably a Georgette Heyer or two, and then come back to read 1636:The Saxon Uprising and 1636:The Kremlin Games.

[MickeyC]

Just finished Angelology by Danielle Trussoni and it was excellent. Imagine if you put a Dan Brown and an Umberto Eco novel into a blender and hit the puree button; you'd pour out Angelology.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by cassidym

Imagine if you put a Dan Brown and an Umberto Eco novel into a blender and hit the puree button; you'd pour out Angelology.

Equal parts? Or heavy on the Eco? Either way, I'm intrigued.

[Marrella]

Finished Sauerkraut Station by Ferrett Steinmetz. Once I suspended my sense of disbelief concerning a space station where they do nothing but grow cabbages and make sauerkraut from them, it was a good read. It's the story of a girl who makes friends with a boy from "the other side" during war times.

You can download it as an epub file from Giganotosaurus:
http://giganotosaurus.org/2011/11/01...kraut-station/

[MickeyC]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Equal parts? Or heavy on the Eco? Either way, I'm intrigued.

About 50/50 although maybe give the edge to Eco. If you do read it, please let me know what you think.

[Tinkerbelle]

The Boy Who Fell to Earth

by

Kathy Lette's

It is about a boy with Asperger's Syndrome and his Mum telling the Story.

It has quiet a few funny lines in and not at all serious.

My Grandson has this so I thought it worth the read. I am glad I purchased it now.


Just thought I would recommend it to you, although you might have read it already.

It is my first Kobo read.


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