FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

for the heads-up on the US price. I've been tracking it in eReaderIQ but, strangely, they haven't sent a notice yet.

So, it went back up to $9.99 and I never got a notice of the price drop from eReaderIQ. If not for here, I would've missed out - thanks again

[curtw]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The novel is available for free online: http://www.starshiptitanic.com/novel/page01.html
(For referencing convenience, all words are in alphabetical order)

There's a youtube video where somebody did this to the movie "The Wizard of Oz." the only thing that surprised me was how few times the word "a" was uttered (like fewer than five, if I recall). But the first few minutes are full of "aaaa" or "uhhhh" groans.

[salty-horse]

There's the Wizard of Oz video:
https://vimeo.com/150423718

And here's a Twitter account that recuts CSPAN broadcasts for specific words, or just "uhhh's": https://twitter.com/CSPANFive

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

It's $2.99 on Amazon USA today. This is the 75th anniversary edition, so seems to have a few bells and whistles over the normal edition I already own (but not likely enough to buy again):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007978NU6

-HM

Mostly what it has is the original color drawings by Tolkien. Looks very cool on my Fire. I already have the Hobbit, but I like the drawings.

[Tarana]

Amber and Ashes By Margaret Weis $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Another backlist by this author. 1st of series.

Exhalation By Ted Chiang $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Haven't read this author but he has won both Hugo and Nebula awards. This is a collection of stories.

[sufue]

And as usual, Amazon strikes again with its odd genre designations - as of the time I'm posting this, the 75th anniversary edition of The Hobbit is "#1 Best Seller in Women's Adventure Fiction". Go figure

Originally Posted by Tarana

Mostly what it has is the original color drawings by Tolkien. Looks very cool on my Fire. I already have the Hobbit, but I like the drawings.

[maddz]

GollanczFest sale this weekend: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/page...lanczfestsolus

Plenty at 99p.

UK only, lasts until Monday.

[DrNefario]

I was just coming to post that. I've only bought one - from my wishlist - so far, but I'm not sure I'll hold out.

[maddz]

We got a few, but we already had a lot.

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by sufue

And as usual, Amazon strikes again with its odd genre designations - as of the time I'm posting this, the 75th anniversary edition of The Hobbit is "#1 Best Seller in Women's Adventure Fiction". Go figure

That's befuddling. Women's Adventure Fiction?

[Tarana]

Gold By Isaac Asimov $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

The blurb says this is his final group of short stories.

[salty-horse]

The Powder Mage Trilogy by Brian McClellan is $9.99 on Amazon.com (64% off usual price)

Here's the description of the first novel, Promise of Blood:

The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.

It's a bloody business overthrowing a king...
Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces.

Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail.

But when gods are involved...
Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should...

In a rich, distinctive world that mixes magic with technology, who could stand against mages that control gunpowder and bullets?

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Gold By Isaac Asimov $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

The blurb says this is his final group of short stories.

While it does contain his final short stories, it also contains writings by him about his own works, his writing style, and other things. It's great for fans of him, and for an introduction to his science-fiction and non-fiction writing both, but it's not only fiction.

Here's some links:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Kobo

[Number9]

Originally Posted by Manabi

I'm guessing copious amounts of alcohol were involved.

Perhaps, I don't remember 😉

[salty-horse]

Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri is $2.99 on Amazon.com
This is the sequel to Empire of Sand.

Side Jobs, a Dresden Files short story collection by Jim Butcher is $1.99 on Amazon.com