FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by Manabi

Arc Manor's free eBook this month is The Best of L. Sprague de Camp.

Thank you! One of those authors I've wanted to catch up with for years.

[sufue]

Today's Big Deal at Kindle UK is seven sci-fi/fantasy books (much more on the fantasy side IMO) for £0.99 each:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_ac...ode=4725112031

[maddz]

Originally Posted by sufue

Today's Big Deal at Kindle UK is seven sci-fi/fantasy books (much more on the fantasy side IMO) for £0.99 each:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_ac...ode=4725112031

All self-published franchises, as far as I can see. Weaveworld was originally trad-published (I have a hardback lurking around somewhere), but now appears self-published. I did look at a couple, but frankly wasn't impressed enough to click 'buy now'.

On the other hand, the Paul Draper looks interesting enough to try - it's an anthology, and my standards for those tend to be a bit lower than a full-length novel, and 99p is worth the punt.

[ottdmk]

Took a chance on this one because I actually liked the movie... Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Box Set. Doesn't hurt that the VIP discount applies on top of the sale...

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by maddz

Weaveworld was originally trad-published (I have a hardback lurking around somewhere), but now appears self-published.

Crossroad Press isn't self published. They're a largish small press and if you are interested in horror, they have work from a lot of great authors.

[maddz]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Crossroad Press isn't self published. They're a largish small press and if you are interested in horror, they have work from a lot of great authors.

I stand corrected. I'm not that interested in horror which is probably why I've not heard of them before.

[ZodWallop]

Junction by Daniel M. Bensen is $0.99 at Amazon US

When Japanese nature show host Daisuke Matsumori finds himself on an alien world, he hopes to rekindle his passion for his work. Traveling through a newly-discovered wormhole in the Papuan highlands, he joins biologist Anne Houlihan on Junction, a patchwork planet of competing alien ecosystems.

When their exploratory party crashes in the alien wilderness, Daisuke and Anne try to lead bickering soldiers and civilians back to civilization alive. As they trek across one unearthly biome after another and members of the party continue to die, however, Daisuke wonders whether human politics might be more deadly than alien biology. One of his companions might be a murderer.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Junction by Daniel M. Bensen is $0.99 at Amazon US

Kobo also has it at $0.99, in Australia at least. Normally it is $11.99.

[Fbone]

Castle in the Air (Howl's Castle Book 2) by Diana Wynne Jones is $1.99

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008LUYX...v_ov_lig_dp_it

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Castle in the Air (Howl's Castle Book 2) by Diana Wynne Jones is $1.99

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008LUYX...v_ov_lig_dp_it

I wish the first book would go on sale. It's not the story of thing I usually read, but I remember starting the paperback many years ago while sitting in a waiting room and enjoying the fairie tale-style of the writing. Ereaderiq says it's been $1.99 in the last year, but no date is listed.

Saw the Ghibli film, but I don't think the two stories are really very close.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Ereaderiq says it's been $1.99 in the last year, but no date is listed.

That message is usually false, despite them storing accurate historical data - I tried emailing them about it but got no response. (I also mentioned how insecure their website is. The login process is just an email with no password - if someone annoys me I can subscribe them for notifications, or delete their existing alerts.)

You can see the exact dates of each price point in the graph below. That price is from December 2020.

The collected trilogy was on sale for $6 in October 2021.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

(I also mentioned how insecure their website is. The login process is just an email with no password - if someone annoys me I can subscribe them for notifications, or delete their existing alerts.)

I find that a feature, not a bug.

What you say is true. But the chances of ether of those things happening is virtually nil. It seems like a low security/low risk site to me.

That price is from December 2020.

I wonder how I missed it? I've been tracking the book for a while.

Did you go and delete it

[jbusnengo]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

(I also mentioned how insecure their website is. The login process is just an email with no password - if someone annoys me I can subscribe them for notifications, or delete their existing alerts.)

FYI, they have added the option to add a password to your account. It won't stop you from spamming someone else, but it at least puts a speed bump in the way of someone else spamming you.

[salty-horse]

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is FREE on the publisher's website.

This is in protest of Amazon banning their account (now fixed) and not paying them royalties (still an issue). If you wish to support them, please use one of the other listed storefronts.

The first ever Year's Best African speculative fiction anthology with works from some of the most exciting voices, old and new, published in the 2020 year.

“Where You Go” by Somto O. Ihezue
“Things Boys Do” by Pemi Aguda
“Giant Steps” by Russell Nichols
“The Future in Saltwater” by Tamara Jerée
“The ThoughtBox” by Tlotlo Tsamaase
“The Parts That Make Us Monsters” by Sheree Renée Thomas
“Scar Tissue” by Tobias S. Buckell
“Ancestries” by Sheree Renée Thomas
“Breath of the Sahara” by Inegbenoise O. Osagie
“The Many Lives of an Abiku” by Tobi Ogundiran
“A Love Song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernas amid the ruins of New Haven” by Chinelo Onwualu
“A Curse at Midnight” by Moustapha Mbacké Diop
“A Mastery of German” by Marian Denise Moore
“Are We Ourselves?” by Michelle Mellon
“When the Last of the Birds and the Bees Have Gone On” by C.L. Clark
“The Goatkeeper’s Harvest” by Tobi Ogundiran
"Baba Klep” by Eugen Bacon
"Desiccant” by Craig Laurance Gidney
"Disassembly” by Makena Onjerika
"The River of Night” by Tlotlo Tsamaase
"Egoli” by T.L. Huchu
"The Friendship Bench” by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
“Fort Kwame” by Derek Lubangakene
"We Come as Gods” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
“And This is How to Stay Alive” by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
“The Front Line” by WC Dunlap
"Penultimate” by ZZ Claybourne
“Love Hangover” by Sheree Renée Thomas
“Red_Bati” by Dilman Dila

[salty-horse]

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is $2.99 on Amazon.com

Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, is smart, beautiful, and dangerous. Domingo is mesmerized.

Atl needs to quickly escape the city, far from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Her plan doesn’t include Domingo, but little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in.

Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive? Or will the city devour them all?