FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The link he provided was to another Alan Moore novel, Jerusalem, which is between 1,250-1,400 pages depending on the edition.

Incidentally, The Great When is the first novel in a planned series, The Long London.

That's long even by Peter F. Hamilton's standards. His Night's Dawn trilogy clocked in at 955, 999 and 1,174 pages respectively.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you happen to know what's different with the 2018 version of Jerusalem? I tried a Google search and cannot find any info.

No. I know that at one point it was published as a three volume edition in a slipcase. But I don't know if any major changes to the book.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Manabi

That's long even by Peter F. Hamilton's standards. His Night's Dawn trilogy clocked in at 955, 999 and 1,174 pages respectively.

I've had Night's Dawn on my TBR forever.

[andyh2000]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I've had Night's Dawn on my TBR forever.

It's very good as an SF/horror mashup.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I've had Night's Dawn on my TBR forever.

It's really good. I don't care for horror, but I didn't mind those aspects of it much. Some of the scifi stuff in there is absolutely mind-boggling and was a lot of fun.

[pdurrant]

Amazon UK have two of John Scalzi's novels at £0.99 each today:

Redshirts
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War 2)


Both highly recommended by me.

[Quoth]

I'll try John Scalzi's Redshirts. Strangely I've not yet ready any of his.
(I suspected from title: In Star Trek everyone knows the unnamed redshirt on the away team will die)

[Cactus Chef]

Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season series seems to be on sale today, but only on Amazon, as far as I can tell. Neither Kobo nor B&N showed these prices:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CF9G8QG8
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CW1H3QVR
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CZQGX3JM
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CW1HRZKV

Not read any of them, so I can't weigh in.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season series seems to be on sale today

FYI this is the "author's preferred text" that contains recent revisions. Shannon originally wrote these at a young age and didn't think it was up to par.
More info here (see also the linked essay): https://www.samanthashannon.co.uk/more/revision-guide
And an interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbO6dKpb0ew

[Cactus Chef]

Bah, it figures after finally buying Ilium by Dan Simmons over Christmas at full price because it never goes on sale...it then goes on sale.

$1.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC129Q
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ilium-2

Synopsis

The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars -- observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family -- and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth -- as four sentient machines depart from Jovian space to investigate, perhaps terminate, the potentially catastrophic emissions emanating from a mountaintop miles above the terraformed surface of the Red Planet.

The second book in the series, Olympos, also seems to be on sale, but only on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCK97C

[Quoth]

Both books in the series are £3.75 on Amazon UK (just edit com to co.uk), but at least they are available and cheaper than typical bookshop price for paper.

Edit:
Doesn't seem available here at all on Kobo.

[SomeSteve]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Both books in the series are £3.75 on Amazon UK (just edit com to co.uk), but at least they are available and cheaper than typical bookshop price for paper.

Edit:
Doesn't seem available here at all on Kobo.

A different edition is, for €4.49.

Ilium:

https://www.kobo.com/ie/en/ebook/ilium-1

Olympos:

https://www.kobo.com/ie/en/ebook/olympos-8

[Quoth]

Or £6.99 and £5.99 on Kobo UK.
Often titles available in UK are not available at all on Kobo Ireland.
Sometimes UK is cheaper, only rarely is Ireland cheaper. It's mysterious. Picking Ireland or UK for ebooks is simple, but to buy an ereader you need to pick where you are able to get a delivery. UK site mysteriously has far more refurbished models than Irish site. Irish physical shipping from Kobo is from the Netherlands. UK invoices in Sterling issued from Dublin, Ireland. Very odd.

[ZodWallop]

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo.

This entrancing classic fantasy novel is filled with surprises at every turn. An international bestseller, this much-loved book is the source for the Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature.

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle.

To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.

In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused. The Witch has placed a spell on Howl. Does the clue to breaking it lie in a famous poem? And what will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl's castle?

[Quoth]

It's brilliant. There are sequels. Great Japanese animated version, which led me to buy the book.