FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy - 2015

[Demingy]

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

Orbit's having a sale on Gail Carriger's "Parasol Protectorate" and "Finishing School" series, in anticipation of March's release of Prudence, first in the new "Custard Protocol" series.

The five PP books are listed at $2.99 each, and the three FS books are $1.99 each. There's also a bundle of all five PP books, but at $16.99 the solo volumes are cheaper right now. Since this is a publisher sale, the prices should be good at any retailer; I've verified them on Kobo and Amazon.

For Kobo readers, I should note that the last two PP books - Heartless and Timeless - are in EPUB 3 format, as are all three FS books. Orbit migrated to EPUB 3 a while back, so this should be no surprise. However, having just purchased the last four PP books there, I can attest that I had no trouble downloading them with the regular "Adobe DRM EPUB" button. (I'd already read the series in paperback, and this was the perfect opportunity to get them as ebooks.)

Oh, what are they about? Steampunky intrigue with arch humor and a huge helping of comedy-of-manners fun, in an England where the Crown has recognized vampires and werewolves and incorporated them into society. The "Finishing School" series is about young women in a dirigible-based finishing school, where lessons in style and manners take place along instruction in martial arts and intelligence work. Fun stuff, and I just finished the third volume last night. The "Parasol Protectorate" books concern a woman whose touch negates supernatural abilities. Not permanently, only so long as the contact persists, but it gets her noticed and roped into intrigue.

FS is YA-level and happens earliest, starting in 1851. PP is standard fare and was written first, but happens later, in the 1870s. CP stars the daughter of a character from the PP series, so it should take place in the 1890s. In fact, there are several links between the series; it's one world, but each line uses a different main character.

I strongly recommend reading the first few pages of Soulless, the book that started it all, as a preview. If you like what you see, odds are you'll enjoy the rest just as much.

I second the recommendation for these books. Amazon has had them on sale for a few days now and I've been devouring them!

[Kieran Seymour]

The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke - £1.99 at Amazon UK.

I've been waiting to see a reduction on this for ages and it's suddenly plummeted. 104 short stories in total.

Here's the entry for the print edition at isfdb.org


The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham.

A Kindle Daily Deal - just 99p, again from Amazon UK. From reading a few comments, it looks like there could be an issue with the font size, so maybe not for everyone unless you like tinkering with settings and formatting.

That said, it's one of the all-time classics of British science fiction, so I'd recommend giving it a go and possibly learning how to manipulate a few more functions on your ereader if necessary.

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author('s republishing consortium) via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Toxin by Rob Swigart (ISFDB), 2nd in his Thriller in Paradise series of Hawaii-set bio-medical disaster-prevention action adventures starring a molecular biologist and his police lieutenant buddy, originally out from St. Martin's Press in 1989.

DOES A SATELLITE CRASH ON KAUAI COUNT AS TROUBLE IN PARADISE? HOW ABOUT A SIMULTANEOUS PLANE HIJACKING?

Hawaii police lieutenant Cobb Takamura and molecular biologist Chazz Koenig return in this tale in which the murder of an unpopular real estate developer leads to the inner circles of international defense.

On the same day that Victor Linz is shot during an early morning jog, reports filter in that an out-of-orbit satellite may land on Kauai. A reporter tailing an intelligence officer from the mainland is found near the remote site of the satellite crash; he is comatose and suffering from severe skin and internal ailments. Panic follows when a rumor spreads that the satellite carried a deadly toxin.

Cobb must conduct the murder investigation and maintain calm on the island all while negotiating with one of the murder suspects who is hijacking a commercial airliner. Meanwhile, Koenig races the clock to control the effects of the toxin.

[Alpha o]

Originally Posted by murg

I think you talking about the Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion thread.

Did get one for some film stuff. Couldn't see what it even looked like without registering. I should think you could at least look to see if it's worthwhile but not be allowed to answer. If it's film trivia, I wouldn't know. I don't like movies.

I'll stay on the main mailing list just in case.

[PurpleStar]

Not sure if this falls under sci-fi or YA, but I suppose it's both. Gail Carriger's books are all on sale. The Parasol Protectorate series for $2.99 each and Finishing School for $1.99 each. All retailers it would seem (at least Amazon at Kobo)

Oooh this is mighty tempting!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke - £1.99 at Amazon UK.

Also at Kobo UK

[Alastair_S]

Kobo (UK at any rate) has a number of SF and fantasy titles reduced in price for a week, and not just the aforementioned The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke.

Due to the nature of the URL it could be that the address will change often, so instead I will direct you to the front page, where you should click on Out of this world savings on Sci-Fi & Fantasy in the top banner and then on the Browse now button.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke - £1.99 at Amazon UK.

I've been waiting to see a reduction on this for ages and it's suddenly plummeted. 104 short stories in total.

Here's the entry for the print edition at isfdb.org


The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham.

A Kindle Daily Deal - just 99p, again from Amazon UK. From reading a few comments, it looks like there could be an issue with the font size, so maybe not for everyone unless you like tinkering with settings and formatting.

That said, it's one of the all-time classics of British science fiction, so I'd recommend giving it a go and possibly learning how to manipulate a few more functions on your ereader if necessary.

And it's not even available for those of us who are in the US.

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by crich70

And it's not even available for those of us who are in the US.

It's a rights thing, of course. I think Rosetta Books has the ebook rights to most of Clarke's works in the US, so the best you'll be able to do is buy the 5 or 6 short story collections they sell.

[orangekiwi]

Not sure if this really fits under fantasy or not as I haven't read it yet but Terry Pratchett's Dodger (Not a Discworld novel) is currently $1.99 in the US.
Also labelled as a YA book
I have seen it available at amazon, kobo and Barnes and Noble.

http://www.amazon.com/Dodger-Terry-P.../dp/B007HBLOZA
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/dodger-1

publishers description
Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's rise in a fantasy-infused Victorian London.

Seventeen-year-old Dodger is content as a sewer scavenger. But he enters a new world when he rescues a young girl from a beating, and her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England.

From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd, to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by Alastair_S

Kobo (UK at any rate) has a number of SF and fantasy titles reduced in price for a week, and not just the aforementioned The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke.

Due to the nature of the URL it could be that the address will change often, so instead I will direct you to the front page, where you should click on Out of this world savings on Sci-Fi & Fantasy in the top banner and then on the Browse now button.

Here is a direct link to the list that I saw. There is some excellent stuff there I'd like to buy for £1.99, a few of them are on special in New Zealand too but most are not. It looks like they are all by Gollancz, so maybe it is a publisher promotion.

[DrNefario]

That is a pretty great list. I already have quite a few of them, so I've managed to restrain myself to just the one, so far. Thanks.

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Also at Kobo UK

Thanks for the Kobo link and to Kieran for the original heads up! The perfect book for my son. And for me, of course

[ATDrake]

Free from the small press re-publisher via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Doppelgänger Gambit by Hugo-nominee Lee Killough (ISFDB, Wikipedia), 1st in her Brill/Maxwell series of sci-fi police procedural murder mysteries, originally out from Del Rey in 1979.

It looks like straightforward suicide to Detective Janna Brill. Starship outfitter Andy Kellener locked himself in his office after hours and took a fatal drug dose. But Brill’s exasperating new partner Mama Maxwell thinks it’s murder, and his chief suspect is Kellener’s partner Jorge Hazlett. The trouble is, Hazlett has an airtight alibi. In 2091's cashless society, every purchase is made with a data chip implanted in the individual’s wrist...and Hazlett’s bank records put him in a shopping mall clear across town at the time of his partner’s death. To get their man, Brill and Maxwell have to prove Hazlett faked his shopping spree...and possibly destroy law enforcement’s best tool since DNA for tracking suspects!

[Fluribus]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

It's a rights thing, of course. I think Rosetta Books has the ebook rights to most of Clarke's works in the US, so the best you'll be able to do is buy the 5 or 6 short story collections they sell.

Rosetta has the Collected Stories in the US. They broke it up into multiple volumes. Four, I think.