FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[nana77]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

REMINDER:

Some magazines offer back issues of their complete contents on-line, one of which is Uncanny Magazine. The current issue is #72.

And if, like me, you own a Kobo ebook reader, simply use Instapaper to download the stories of your choice to your Kobo and then read to your heart's content. This includes back issues of the magazine, too.

Here's the link to Uncanny Magazine:

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/

They publish Fantasy and Science Fiction.

I am not affiliated with them.

Thanks, I'm not sure I have enough time to read a magazine too, but will try some issues; from Kobo it claims they are DRM-free, so them can be read on other devices also.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by nana77

Thanks, I'm not sure I have enough time to read a magazine too, but will try some issues; from Kobo it claims they are DRM-free, so them can be read on other devices also.

It's easier to read specific stories rather than issues. There are monthly review columns focusing on magazines. And you can scan the table of contents for favorite authors.

From Uncanny, here's Lavie Tidhar's The Portal Keeper, inspired by A Night in the Lonesome October.

[ottdmk]

Kobo Canada has a variety of books by Terry Brooks on sale for roughly 20% off..

It's pretty disjointed. Still, I was able to finish converting my Magic Kingdom of Landover collection with this (picked up Vol 2 and A Princess of Landover on this sale.)

[nana77]

It seems its current price, not as a discount, but "The Space Trilogy", (three books in one : "Out of the Silent Plane", "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength") by C. S. Lewis is @ 0.99$ on Kobo, and 0,89$ on Amazon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Trilogy

[...] which argues that as long as humanity remains flawed and sinful, our exploration of other planets will tend to do them more harm than good.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by nana77

It seems its current price, not as a discount, but "The Space Trilogy", (three books in one : "Out of the Silent Plane", "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength") by C. S. Lewis is @ 0.99$ on Kobo, and 0,89$ on Amazon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Trilogy

These are in the public domain in Canada:
https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.ph...ive%20Staples)

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

These are in the public domain in Canada:
https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.ph...live%20Staples)

That link has zero results. Try this:

https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.ph...e%20Staples%29

[salty-horse]

Sorry, fixed the link.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

This is very much an SFF book, despite what the quote from WIRED suggests.

Originally Posted by nana77

"The Book of Elsewhere" (a novel), by Keanu Reeves, China Miéville is @ 1,99$ on Kobo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Elsewhere
Also @1,78 on Amazon.

@salty-horse, @ilkmiller: Thanks .

[Hollow Man]

Originally Posted by nana77

It seems its current price, not as a discount, but "The Space Trilogy", (three books in one : "Out of the Silent Plane", "Perelandra" and "That Hideous Strength") by C. S. Lewis is @ 0.99$ on Kobo, and 0,89$ on Amazon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Trilogy

These are not available via this publisher in the USA. Likely because they are not in the public domain here, and thus this publisher is working in gray area trying to sell it here.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

These are not available via this publisher in the USA. Likely because they are not in the public domain here, and thus this publisher is working in gray area trying to sell it here.

That seems like the specialty of "Horizon Ridge Publishing", judging from their other listings:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?qu...9-3391b64a46a8

Some legit public domain stuff (now), but quite a few that are not public domain and that they certainly don't own the publishing rights for, at least in the US.

[salty-horse]

Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

An exquisite collection of haunting, magical stories from Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill

When Mrs. Sorensen’s husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in “Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.” In “Open the Door and the Light Pours Through,” a young man wrestles with grief and his sexuality in an exchange of letters with his faraway beloved. “Dreadful Young Ladies” demonstrates the strength and power—known and unknown—of the imagination. In “Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake,” a witch is haunted by the deadly repercussions of a spell. “The Insect and the Astronomer” upends expectations about good and bad, knowledge and ignorance, love and longing. The World Fantasy Award–winning novella “The Unlicensed Magician” introduces the secret magical life of an invisible girl once left for dead—with thematic echoes of Barnhill’s Newbery Medal–winning novel, The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

With bold, reality-bending invention underscored by richly illuminated universal themes of love, death, jealousy, and hope, the stories in Dreadful Young Ladies show why its author has been hailed as “a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman” (Minneapolis Star Tribune). This collection cements Barnhill’s place as one of the wittiest, most vital and compelling voices in contemporary literature.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

These are not available via this publisher in the USA. Likely because they are not in the public domain here, and thus this publisher is working in gray area trying to sell it here.

It's not a gray area. It's illegal because this "Global Publishers" does not have the right to anything written by C.S. Lewis. Also, "Horizon Ridge Publishing" is selling illegal eBooks as well.