FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Goodnight Stars was on the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies nomination slates, and the author has withdrawn her story from nomination.

Yes, but reading the article you linked to, she would have been nominated ANYWAY and did, in fact, win an Alfie.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Yes, but reading the article you linked to, she would have been nominated ANYWAY

Curious. The Wired article sources a deleted post on Buckell's blog, which doesn't list it, and also doesn't present itself as authoritative. Wired says it's official data from Worldcon.

Anyway...

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson is $1.99 on Amazon.com and B&N and $2.51 on "rest-of-world" Kobo

An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.

Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total.

On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works—and shamelessly flirts—with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security.

But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined—and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world but the entire multiverse.

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Fire & Blood - George R R Martin $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

Centuries prior to the events of A Game of Thrones, dragons ruled the skies of Westeros. Uncover the history of the Targaryens — from the creation of the Iron Throne to the grisly civil war that nearly destroyed their dynasty — in this captivating fantasy.

The Postmortal By Drew Magary $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Finalist for Phillip K Dick award and Arthur C Clarke Award - first novel

John Farrell is about to get "The Cure."
Old age can never kill him now.
The only problem is, everything else still can . . .

Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.

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Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley is $1.99 on Amazon.com
This is McKinley's second retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Here's a review by Jo Walton of the two stories, that I posted the last time Beauty was mentioned: Two Beauties, Two Beasts: Robin McKinley’s Beauty and Rose Daughter

Once upon a time, a wealthy merchant had three daughters. When his business failed, he moved his daughters to the countryside. The youngest daughter, Beauty, is fascinated by the thorny stems of a mysterious plant that overwhelms their neglected cottage. She tends the plant until it blossoms with the most beautiful flowers the sisters have ever seen—roses.

Admiring the roses, an old woman tells Beauty, “Roses are for love.” And she speaks of a sorcerers’ battle many years ago that left a beast in an enchanted palace, and a curse concerning a family of three sisters . . .

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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is $3.99 on Amazon.com

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and this is its story.

Told entirely through fictional eye-witness accounts, The Ministry For The Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, the story of how climate change will affect us all over the decades to come.

Its setting is not a desolate, post-apocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us - and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face.

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All 3 Chaos Walking books by Patrick Ness are $2.99 each on Amazon.com
These are The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men

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The Star Trek novel Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan is $0.99 on Amazon.com.

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Rolling Thunder By John Varley $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

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The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison is $2.99 on Amazon.com

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Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.

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Parable of the Sower By Octavia E. Butler $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

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Robots vs. Fairies edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe is $1.99 on Amazon.com

This is an anthology of original stories about robots and/or fairies.

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I recommend going all-in.
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[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Tachyon Publications has a Humble Bundle with tons of books, including some of their latest releases.
I recommend going all-in.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/s...-tachyon-books

Can you elaborate? Many of these bundles contain a handful of items that easily justify the price for me so no qualms about taking a chance on the rest. 47 books for $28 is tempting but this one is mostly stuff I'm not familiar with...

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

Can you elaborate? Many of these bundles contain a handful of items that easily justify the price for me so no qualms about taking a chance on the rest. 47 books for $28 is tempting but this one is mostly stuff I'm not familiar with...

My digital TBR is large but I'll list a few already on it that I'm excited to read or have read:
* Driftwood - fix-up anthology of stories by Marie Brennan, author of the Lady Trent novels. The frame narrative involves a place where worlds (and stories?) wash up on.
* The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar - "World War II with superheroes" is reductive. (I've already read Unholy Land which was great)
* The Four Profound Weaves - I don't know much about it because I'd rather be surprised. Set in the author's Birdverse.
* The Freeze-Frame Revolution - Peter Watts space story (author of Blindsight and others)
* The Stress of Her Regard - Tim Powers - vampires and famous 19th century English authors.
* Forgotten Beasts of Eld - great standalone fantasy by Patricia McKillip.