FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by David Munch

I am unsure why we're getting book 4 of the Cyteen series, but not the first three.

Cyteen is one book, not three. One publisher decided to publish it in three volumes, to Cherryh's disapproval.
It's a bit notorious for not being available as an ebook. People keep asking about it.

[salty-horse]

The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
New release.

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Book Eaters comes The Girl with a Thousand Faces, a stunning Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancient myths and local legends into a haunting story of ghosts, grief, and women who will not forgive.

When Mercy Chan washes up on the shores of Hong Kong with no family, no money, and no memories, the only refuge she finds is the infamous, ghost-infested slum of Kowloon Walled City. Since then, she has rebuilt her life, working for the local triad as a ghost talker and dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt the district. The filthy gutters and cramped alleyways of Kowloon have become her home.

But the past Mercy can’t remember isn't done with her. An unusually powerful ghost has infested Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. It claims to know Mercy—and secrets from her past that are best left forgotten.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realize that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

Mortedant's Peril (The Trials of Irody Hasp #1) by RJ Barker is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
New release.

In a city of ancient automata, strange spirits, and sleeping gods, a cleric of death finds his own life on the line in this vividly imagined fantasy murder mystery from the acclaimed author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins.

Irody Hasp is a Mortedant, a cleric tasked with reading the last thoughts of the dead—though no one thanks him for it. No Mortedant is popular, but Irody is scarcely tolerated even by the other members of his own guild, and rarely selected for anything but the lowliest of jobs.

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Perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora, Foundryside, and Witness for the Dead, this investigative misadventure begins a perilous new series by award-winning author RJ Barker.

[maddz]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Cyteen is one book, not three. One publisher decided to publish it in three volumes, to Cherryh's disapproval.
It's a bit notorious for not being available as an ebook. People keep asking about it.

Popular Library, in the mass market paperback editions (which I have).

Hopefully if this bundle is a good seller, Humble Bundle may do another release with more of Cherryh's books.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

They are quite different. The text doesn't claim they are the same. From - to -

Good enough for what?

Giants of fantasy...Le Guin? Nope.

[salty-horse]

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice is $1 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow

“Waubgeshig Rice's stories are good medicine. Moon of the Turning Leaves is a restorative balm for my spirit.” — Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter

In this gripping stand-alone literary psychological thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout.

For the past twelve years, a community of Anishinaabe people have made the Northern Ontario bush their home in the wake of the power failure that brought about societal collapse. Since then they have survived and thrived the way their ancestors once did, but their natural food resources are dwindling, and the time has come to find a new home.

Evan Whitesky volunteers to lead a mission south to explore the possibility of moving back to their original homeland, the “land where the birch trees grow by the big water” in the Great Lakes region. Accompanied by five others, including his daughter Nangohns, an expert archer, Evan begins a journey that will take him to where the Anishinaabe were once settled, near the devastated city of Gibson, a land now being reclaimed by nature.

But it isn’t just the wilderness that poses a threat: they encounter other survivors. Those who, like the Anishinaabe, live in harmony with the land, and those who use violence.

[brudigia]

Originally Posted by maddz

Very likely; as I recall her SFF was picked up by a UK publisher in the 90s, but only some were published - most of the early Alliance-Union books weren't. I used to buy US import paperbacks back in the day. Apart from the Foreigner series, the full bundle was worth it for Alliance Unbound & Regenesis; both recent additions, and the first is only available in hardback... Also the Chanur series which are the best first contact novels I've ever read.

I suspect this bundle is because she announced her retirement from writing earlier this year.

Oh boy! I got the bundle, because I lacked quite a few of these books in digital format. There are a few missing, I believe, but it is a treasure trove. I hope she repents and she starts writing again, there a lot of things she can still say on the Alliance worlds !

[salty-horse]

Year's Best SF 17 (Year's Best SF Series #17) by Kathryn Cramer is $1 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Contents: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?382908

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by brudigia

I hope she repents and she starts writing again

Is "repents" the word you wanted to use?
She's not writing because she doesn't want to, but because she physically can't.

[DrNefario]

Originally Posted by maddz

Very likely; as I recall her SFF was picked up by a UK publisher in the 90s, but only some were published - most of the early Alliance-Union books weren't. I used to buy US import paperbacks back in the day. Apart from the Foreigner series, the full bundle was worth it for Alliance Unbound & Regenesis; both recent additions, and the first is only available in hardback... Also the Chanur series which are the best first contact novels I've ever read.

I suspect this bundle is because she announced her retirement from writing earlier this year.

I didn't think much of Regenesis. I'm not sure if it's me that changed. Cyteen was the first Cherryh I read, way back when I was a student.

I own a lot of this bundle in paper, but I would quite like some ebook versions, so I might have to look at travelling my Humble account, for the first time ever.

I am missing some of her early books, that I also read as a student, borrowed from the university SF Society's library. I was looking for the Chanur books a while ago. I'm reasonably sure they were available in the UK from SF Gateway for a while, but no longer.

[maddz]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I was looking for the Chanur books a while ago. I'm reasonably sure they were available in the UK from SF Gateway for a while, but no longer.

For a while, some of the Chanur books and the Morgaine omnibus were available from Hive.co.uk as ebook. Not anymore, alas.

[Martinoptic]

There are, however, a few C J Cherry ebooks to download from Hive.co.uk. They appear to be stand alone.
Kobo uk have some series too.

[maddz]

I have a feeling what's available as ebook in the UK is likely connected to those of her print books picked up for the UK market back in the day (which was not many). I picked up some of the omnibuses from Amazon years ago as well. Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be much sense in what's available. Glen Cook was the same too, although The Black Company is now available legitimately (but not Garrett, PI apart from the forthcoming one).

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by maddz

I have a feeling what's available as ebook in the UK is likely connected to those of her print books picked up for the UK market back in the day (which was not many). I picked up some of the omnibuses from Amazon years ago as well. Otherwise, there doesn't seem to be much sense in what's available. Glen Cook was the same too, although The Black Company is now available legitimately (but not Garrett, PI apart from the forthcoming one).

What's not available in the US for her books?

[maddz]

The UK Kindle store lists the following:

• Alliance Space
• Alternate Realities
• The Deep Beyond
• Hammerfall
• Forge of Heaven
• The Paladin
• Fortress in the Eye of Time
• Fortress of Eagles
• Fortress of Owls
• Fortress of Dragons
• Fortress of Ice

There are 55 listed on Amazon.com. I'm not going to try and list them.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by maddz

The UK Kindle store lists the following:

• Alliance Space
• Alternate Realities
• The Deep Beyond
• Hammerfall
• Forge of Heaven
• The Paladin
• Fortress in the Eye of Time
• Fortress of Eagles
• Fortress of Owls
• Fortress of Dragons
• Fortress of Ice

There are 55 listed on Amazon.com. I'm not going to try and list them.

Kobo US lists 53 books.