FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

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The Artificial Man and Other Stories by Clare Winger Harris is available Amazon U.S. for $2.99. Kobo US listed as $12.99.

Science fiction has historically been seen as a man's game, but from the very beginning, women have made their indelible mark on the genre. One of science fiction's pioneers, Claire Winger Harris is credited as the first woman to publish under her own name in sci-fi magazines.
In Harris's world, you'll find gigantic insects, Martians looking to steal Earth's water, and time travel to ancient Rome. Scholar Brad Ricca assembles ten of Harris's greatest short stories here, including "The Fifth Dimension," "The Fate of the Poseidonia," "The Menace of Mars," and "The Vibrometer." Their ideas are as fresh today as when Harris originally wrote them a century ago.
A wonderful collection by a little-known master of science fiction, this book will hold interest for feminist readers and scholars of sci-fi alike.

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For those who have Kobo Plus, The Artificial Man and Other Stories by Clare Winger Smith is included. See Kobo CA.

[nana77]

Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ 2,99 (saw it was posted @ $1 time ago on Kobo.uk and Amazon.uk), on Kobo.

Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz @ $2,99 on Kobo.

[salty-horse]

Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine #1) by Matthew Woodring Stover is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
2008 release. Drew McCaffrey on Reactor: Matthew Stover’s Heroes Die is a Grimdark Cult Classic

A man shouldn’t die with no understanding of why he’s been murdered

Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does.

At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that he kills men on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet—and bound to keep his rage in check.

But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds . . .

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by nana77

Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky @ 2,99 (saw it was posted @ $1 time ago on Kobo.uk and Amazon.uk), on Kobo.

Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz @ $2,99 on Kobo.

Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz.

Missed it, unfortunately. It's now $12.99 !!!

I love that title.

[salty-horse]

Daggerspell (Deverry #1) by Katharine Kerr is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

“This grand saga is by a wide margin the best Celtic fantasy around.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Even as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten past and a fateful future. Four hundred years—and many lifetimes—ago, one selfish young lord caused the death of two innocent lovers. Then and there he vowed never to rest until he'd rightened that wrong-and laid the foundation for the lives of Jill and all those whom she would hold dear: her father, the mercenary soldier Cullyn; the exiled berserker Rhodry Maelwaedd; and the ancient and powerful herbman Nevyn, all bound in a struggle against darkness. . . and a quest to fulfill the destinies determined centuries ago.

Here in this newly revised edition comes the incredible novel that began one of the best-loved fantasy seers in recent years—a tale of bold adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic. For long-standing fans of Deverry and those who have yet to experience this exciting series, Daggerspell is a rare and special treat.

[DrNefario]

Titan Hoppers by Rob J Hayes is FREE at Amazon UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Titan-Hoppe.../dp/B0B5JDMLQV

and presumably US:

https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Hoppers.../dp/B0B5JDMLQV

More dubious indie recommendations from me, and a similar story to my last recommendation: book 1 is free, I have read it and really enjoyed it - one of my favourite books of the year so far; books 2 through 4 are 0.99, and I haven't yet read them, although I just bought all three; book 5 is brand new and is the reason for the sale.

I guess it leans a bit YA.

Born talentless, Iro has all but resigned himself to a life of drudgery, watching his sister hop across to the massive space TITAN for supplies. But when the TITAN explodes and his sister is killed, Iro finds a new determination to take her place. He’s not about to let weakness prevent him.

When the fleet encounters a new TITAN, filled with powerful monsters, deadly traps, and mysterious cloaked figures, Iro is the first to spontaneously manifest a new talent. Now sent to a different ship, to train with others far beyond his strength, Iro will have to train twice as hard just to catch up.

To protect his fleet, and to uncover the mysteries of the TITANS, Iro won’t just open the Gates of Power. He’ll shatter them.

The start of a new epic fantasy adventure combining the science-fantasy of Star Wars, the wild magic of Naruto, and wonder and adventure of Avatar, the Last Airbender. Fans of Brandon Sanderson, Michael R. Miller, and Will Wight will love this series.

[DrNefario]

All right, I'll do some mainstream ones as well.

UK Kindle Daily Deals. Both from Solaris (who recently changed hands).

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions by Adrian Tchaikovsky is £1.79

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terrible-Wo.../dp/B0H6XT9TYM

This is a collection of 3 novellas: Ironclads, Firewalkers and Ogres.


We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson is £1.29

https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Are-All-.../dp/B0H6X25XBF

I already own this, but haven't read it yet. Heard good things, though.

When the internet collapsed, it took the world with it, leaving its digital ghosts behind – and they are hungry. Former photojournalist Katerina fled the overrun cities to the relative safety of her grandmother’s village on the edge of a forest, where she lives a solitary life of herbal medicine and beekeeping.

When a wordless boy finds her in the marketplace with nothing but her name in his pocket, her curiosity won’t allow her to turn him away. But haunting his arrival are rumours of harvest failure and a rampant digital disease stirring up the ghosts, and the mood in the village starts to sour.

Accused of witchcraft, Katerina and Stefan escape into the forest, searching for his missing father and the truth behind the disease. If there is a cure, Katerina alone might find it, but first she must find the courage to trust others – because the ghosts that follow her aren’t just digital.

[Cactus Chef]

The New Space Opera by Gardner Dozois is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

"This anthology is a reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds of generations of readers." —Orson Scott Card

What sets space opera apart from other fiction is its sheer scale: it is an exuberant celebration of the very large and the very small, of the very old and the very new, of the vast, panoramic instant we live in; the instant in which everything that went before melds with everything yet to be. It is Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica.

The only book of its kind, The New Space Opera brings together for the first time the generation of writers who spawned and embody the "new space opera," as well as other talents destined to join their ranks. Going beyond everything that has come before, this fresh, visionary anthology is essential reading for every science fiction fan.

"The new space opera shares with the old the interstellar sweep of events and exotic locales, but Dozois and Strahan's all-original anthology shows how the genre's purveyors have updated it, with rigorous science, well-drawn characters and excellent writing." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Dynamic and exciting . . . an essential roadmap to the cutting edge of SF today." —Charles Stross
"In sheer breathtaking, mind-expanding scope, this collection of some of the finest tale-spinning the subgenre has to offer delivers hours of exhilarating reading." — Booklist

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It seems to have an updated cover--different from the one on my copy.

bernie

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

The New Space Opera by Gardner Dozois is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

The New Space Opera by Gardner Dozois is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

Thanks! Got it from the Canada Kobo store where it's $1.99 (CDN).

[salty-horse]

An Accident of Dragons (Tales of Summer #1) by Cheri Radke is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

An unlikely lord finally meets a problem he can’t flirt his way out of in this adventurous and slyly light-hearted queer cozy fantasy featuring pirates, dragons, kidnapping, tea, and other high-fantasy delights for readers of Rebecca Thorne, TJ Klune, Sarah Beth Durst, and Travis Baldree.

In theory, the dragoness of Summer can make any resident on her island the ruler, if the previous Lord Summer is so careless as to die without an heir. In practice, absolutely no one expected her to choose Teddy, the last lord’s middle-aged fancy man. With his quick wit, heaps of charisma, and excellent dress sense, Teddy brings plenty of virtues to his new role, but statecraft, pedigree, and decorum are not among them. That’s all right: he’s done his duty to the island, and his five-year-old daughter, Zinnia, will make a brilliant Lady Summer when her time comes.

Except when a ship of desperate mainlander thieves arrives, Zinnia’s caught in the fracas and taken hostage. Teddy jumps into the rescue mission without delay, even though his days of adventures on the mainland are long buried with his lover. But his sailors have never seen their destination, and worse, the hard-liner admiral who leads them thinks Teddy’s a worthless dandy. Against a conniving robber baron, a sorceress who’s tamed her own dragon, and ordinary people with everything to lose, the crew faces terrible odds. But with all he loves in danger, Teddy must prove there’s more to him than he’d ever intended to show.

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All six books in Greg Benford's Galactic Center series are on sale, $3 each. They go on sale fairly often, but I've never seen all six on sale at the same time. Amazon, Kobo (for some reason, book 1 isn't showing on sale at Kobo)

The Galactic Center series spans humanity's journey from first contact with alien technology to a fight for survival against machine intelligence across vast cosmic timescales. Beginning in the near-future with astronaut Nigel's discovery of abandoned alien artifacts, the narrative leaps forward nearly 100,000 years to follow Killeen and his son Toby as they lead humanity's last survivors in flight from the mechs—artificial intelligences that dominate the galaxy. From Earth's solar system to the extreme environment of the galactic center itself, humans must navigate black holes, cosmic strings, and encounters with entities neither organic nor machine.

Written by physicist Gregory Benford, this series grounds its space opera scale in theoretical physics while exploring themes of survival, adaptation, and humanity's significance in an indifferent universe. The narrative examines how humans confront extinction-level threats from superior artificial intelligence, and whether communication with truly alien minds is possible. For readers who appreciate scientifically grounded world-building, this saga weaves large-scale conflicts with explorations of consciousness, technology, and humanity's place among the stars.

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Future Crime by Ben Bova $2.99 Kobo Amazon Google

Future Crime is a collection of six short stories and two novels by reknowned science fiction author Ben Bova!
From the Foreword: "Will crime always be with us? Yes, in the sense that every society sets down rules of conduct, and there will be members of every society who are not content to live within those rules. The important question is: How do we deal with such criminals? Execute them? Freeze them for future generations to consider? Or use our best powers to change them into useful, honest citizens? These stories examine some of those possibilities."
Future Crime consists of five short stories by Ben Bova--"Vince's Dragon", "Out of Time", "Test in Orbit", "Stars, Won't You Hide Me?", and "Diamond Sam"--and one cowritten with Harlan Ellison, "Brillo". Also included are the short novels Escape! and City of Darkness.

Note: this is offered thru Early Bird Books so has DRM.

bernie

[maddz]

Bundle of Holding have The Company series by Kage Baker: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/KageBaker