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The Eon Series Box Set By Greg Bear $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Omnibus - books 1-3 Legacy, Eon, Eternity |
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The Wormwood Trilogy (aka Rosewater) by Tade Thompson is on various levels of discount on Amazon.com
Rosewater - $4.99 (regular price, but frequently goes on sale) The Rosewater Insurrection - $3.99 (lowest price in a while) The Rosewater Redemption - $4.99 (50% off, lowest price) |
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Hitler’s War By Harry Turtledove $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Alternative History |
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Cold Iron by Stina Leight is $1.99 on Amazon.com
Book 1 of the Malorum Gates series, but I think it's a standalone, as the other book is considered a "companion". Quote:
Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson is $2.99 on Amazon.com Quote:
This is more in the magical realism category. Quote:
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The June Amazon.co.uk deals went up yesterday. Of interest are:
The Human, by Neal Asher (Rise of the Jain 3) is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Human-Rise-...l-text&sr=1-34 The Glass Hotel, by Emily St John Mandel is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glass-Hotel...al-text&sr=1-9 Gardens of the Moon, by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen 1) is £1.99 REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardens-Moo...l-text&sr=1-13 The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (Pern 5) is 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Drago...l-text&sr=1-16 The Reality Dysfunction, by Peter F Hamilton (Nights Dawn 1) is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reality-Dys...l-text&sr=1-20 The Golem and the Djinni, by Helene Wecker is 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golem-Djinn...l-text&sr=1-25 The Once and Future King, by T H White is 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-Future...l-text&sr=1-35 Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, by Temi Oh is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Do-You-Drea...l-text&sr=1-39 Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 17) is £1.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interesting...l-text&sr=1-18 Stormrider, by David Gemmell (Rigante 4) is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stormrider-...l-text&sr=1-20 Snow Crash, by Neal Stevenson is 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-Crash-...l-text&sr=1-24 The Black Elfstone of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Fall of Shannara 1) is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Elfst...l-text&sr=1-35 The City, by Stella Gemmell is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/City-1-Stel...l-text&sr=1-36 (Yes, this is Mrs David Gemmell.) The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, by Angela Carter is £1.99 REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloody-Cham...l-text&sr=1-38 Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Dis...l-text&sr=1-54 The Thief on the Winged Horse, by Kate Mascarenas is 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Winge...l-text&sr=1-67 The Vine Witch series by Luanne G Smith are all at £1.00 each REPEAT The Vine Witch: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vine-Witch-...al-text&sr=1-1 The Glamourist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glamourist-...al-text&sr=1-5 The Conjuror: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conjurer-Vi...al-text&sr=1-4 Queen of Storms, by Raymond Feist (Firemane Saga 2) is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Storm...al-text&sr=1-6 |
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Redwall by Brian Jacques is $2.99 on Amazon.com
This is the first in the Redwall children's series about a medieval-inspired culture of talking animals. Quote:
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If the AUTHOR is advocating rape and sexism, then I wholeheartedly agree. If, however, the author is PORTRAYING these two things through characterization and the cultural aspects of that future society (and how they may impact upon our current society), then I think the book should be explored by people who wish to see what and how this author's vision examines these aspects of a future world. Disclosure: I have not read this book, and I have no intention of doing so. There are other books and authors I would rather read. |
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It's quite possible to have horrible characters that are sexist and disgusting without the author being sexist and disgusting. There's plenty of negative reviews on Amazon & GoodReads both, criticizing the book for various things, but that's the only one I've seen saying it's sexist. tl;dr: If you want to continue to strongly advocate against the novel, you need to read the damn thing first instead of relying on one solitary negative review. ![]() |
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You don't always have to read a book to know it's not a good book.
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Maybe you might refrain from criticising an award-nominated book (it was up for the Campbell Memorial in 2010, losing out to The Windup Girl, which could maybe also be reviewed with that title if you were totally missing the point) if you haven't read it and aren't reflecting any kind of informed consensus? Just because you once read a totally unrelated book you didn't like by the same author?
If you don't know anything maybe don't say anything? I have read Transition, quite recently. I think that review is a misunderstanding and a misrepresentation. |
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