FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy - 2015

[Little.Egret]

Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deals

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KindleDailyDeal

Include for £0.99

Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach translator Samuel Willcocks

[itisbomb]

The Briar King (The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone Book 1)
by Greg Keyes

is $0.99 at

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Briar-King-Kin...2848086&sr=8-1

Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-briar-king

Below is the blurb:
Two thousand years ago, the Born Queen defeated the Skasloi lords, freeing humans from the bitter yoke of slavery. But now monstrous creatures roam the land—and destinies become inextricably entangled in a drama of power and seduction. The king’s woodsman, a rebellious girl, a young priest, a roguish adventurer, and a young man made suddenly into a knight—all face malevolent forces that shake the foundations of the kingdom, even as the Briar King, legendary harbinger of death, awakens from his slumber. At the heart of this many-layered tale is Anne Dare, youngest daughter of the royal family . . . upon whom the fate of her world may depend.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for the new Humble Bundle for:

Humble Book Bundle Neil Gaiman Rarities, with a mix of his comics and prose work. $15 top-tier, and the average is actually hovering above that already, so you might as well wait for it to drop back below once the initial feeding frenzy is over, then splurge.

It's mostly his comics-related work, but there's some never-before-reprinted sfnal short stories and the original American Gods blog in there as well.

Also, there's a StoryBundle for sf-themed disaster thrillers, curated by Kevin J. Anderson.

Last day for this bundle! All books comes as PDF, Mobi and ePub, some also as CBZ.

The average price is now hovering just under $20. I couldn't resist in the end. 20 titles for $20? A bargain.

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free thread for the new Wildside Press freebie and some more reminders of bundles expiring Real Soon Now:

The H. B. Fyfe Minipack™ by the late eponymous author, collecting a few of his vintage science fiction stories.

Also, StoryBundle's Dragons & Darkness Bundle has a mostly-indie set of fantasy novels, some of which have authors that were read and enjoyed by fellow MR members, with a bonus freebie for newsletter subscribers (no purchase necessary).

[Rev. Bob]

This deal's somewhere between SF, fantasy, and horror, so I hope nobody minds me posting it here.

Limbus, Inc. is a shared-world setting for "anthology novels" - and in this case, that means that there are a few stories in the book, each of them stands alone, but there's a "someone is reading a manuscript containing these stories, and we get to see them react" framing device. It reminds me of Creepshow, actually. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, own but haven't (yet) read the second, and hope to see more.

Anyway, the first of two (so far) books is on sale for $0.99 at Amazon US and possibly elsewhere. (Note: Kobo carries the title, but it's not on sale and they stock everything from that publisher in PDF instead of EPUB. I don't know why.) Here's the blurb:

Are you laid off, downsized, undersized?
Call us. We employ. 1-800-555-0606
How lucky do you feel?

So reads the business card from LIMBUS, INC., a shadowy employment agency that operates at the edge of the normal world. LIMBUS's employees are just as suspicious and ephemeral as the motives of the company, if indeed it could be called a company in the ordinary sense of the word.

In this shared-world anthology, five heavy hitters from the dark worlds of horror, fantasy, and scifi pool their warped takes on the shadow organization that offers employment of the most unusual kind to those on the fringes of society.

One thing’s for sure – you’ll never think the same way again about the fine print on your next employment application!

[Little.Egret]

Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deals today (Wednesday)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KindleDailyDeal

Include for £0.99 each

Terry Goodkind's

Stone Of Tears,
Blood Of The Fold and
The First Confessor.

Sword of Truth series

[GreenMonkey]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

The Briar King (The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone Book 1)
by Greg Keyes

is $0.99 at

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Briar-King-Kin...2848086&sr=8-1

Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-briar-king

Below is the blurb:
Two thousand years ago, the Born Queen defeated the Skasloi lords, freeing humans from the bitter yoke of slavery. But now monstrous creatures roam the land—and destinies become inextricably entangled in a drama of power and seduction. The king’s woodsman, a rebellious girl, a young priest, a roguish adventurer, and a young man made suddenly into a knight—all face malevolent forces that shake the foundations of the kingdom, even as the Briar King, legendary harbinger of death, awakens from his slumber. At the heart of this many-layered tale is Anne Dare, youngest daughter of the royal family . . . upon whom the fate of her world may depend.

Thanks, I enjoyed this series some years ago. In for .99.

[MikeB1972]

The new StoryBundle is a good one

11 Philip K. Dick Award nominees/winners for $15/£10

https://storybundle.com/pkdaward

Acts of Conscience by William Barton
Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
Points of Departure by Pat Murphy
Summer of Love by Lisa Mason
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter
Maximum Ice by Kay Kenyon
The Cipher by Kathe Koja
Life by Gwyneth Jones
Aestival Tide by Elizabeth Hand

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

The new StoryBundle is a good one

11 Philip K. Dick Award nominees/winners for $15/£10

https://storybundle.com/pkdaward

Acts of Conscience by William Barton
Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams
Reclamation by Sarah Zettel
Points of Departure by Pat Murphy
Summer of Love by Lisa Mason
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter
Maximum Ice by Kay Kenyon
The Cipher by Kathe Koja
Life by Gwyneth Jones
Aestival Tide by Elizabeth Hand

Information only:

A minimum of $15 will get everything. If you don't want the Bonus books, you only need $5.00

This does, indeed, look like a very good Bundle.

[LJJohnson]

Most of Lewis Shiner writings are available for free on his web site (http://www.fictionliberationfront.net) in PDF format, both novels and short stories.

"Everything on the FLF website, regardless of original copyright, carries a Creative Commons license. That license says, essentially, that you can do whatever you want with the material as long as you don't change it and republish it, or charge money for it."

[DrNefario]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

Most of Lewis Shiner writings are available for free on his web site (http://www.fictionliberationfront.net) in PDF format, both novels and short stories.

Thanks for that. I was just looking for Deserted Cities of the Heart the other day.

[Kieran Seymour]

The five books to date in the Rivers of London urban fantasy series by Ben Aaronovitch are all Daily Deals at Amazon UK today.

1 - Rivers of London - 99p
2 - Moon Over Soho - £1.99
3 - Whispers Under Ground - £1.99
4 - Broken Homes - £1.99
5 - Foxglove Summer - 99p

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

The five books to date in the Rivers of London urban fantasy series by Ben Aaronovitch are all Daily Deals at Amazon UK today.

I'm tempted, but I'm already over budget this month. Has anyone read them? The description of the first sounds quite fun, but are they good?

[Kieran Seymour]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm tempted, but I'm already over budget this month. Has anyone read them? The description of the first sounds quite fun, but are they good?

I've only read the first one, but I really enjoyed it. Slightly gruesome in places (not an issue for an un-reformed horror reader like myself!), and some nice humour running through it all.

He's a good writer, although until I picked up the first volume last year I was only familiar with his Doctor Who work from the 80s and 90s.

I've got too many other things on the pending pile to even think about going for the others just at the moment, unfortunately.

[Mort1997]

I have read them and they are excellent (I bought them in hardback, signed ). There was someone in the 'Hey!! let's get some action...' sticky who has been reading them and enjoying them too

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...0108&page=1489