FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[BionicGecko]

Originally Posted by kyrilson

That seems to be UK.

It is indeed; also those are monthly deals, should last till the end of June (please don’t shoot the messenger if it’s not the case )

[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

Yes. I bought the bundle. (Couldn’t resist!) You will get an activation key and have access to them from the Kobo store.

I'm not familiar with Kobo - any problem delivering to a Kindle Paperwhite via wifi?

Thanks,
CC

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

I'm not familiar with Kobo - any problem delivering to a Kindle Paperwhite via wifi?

Thanks,
CC

Only option is to get them via Kobo. You'd need to remove DRM and convert to put them on a Kindle.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kyrilson

That seems to be UK.


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Yes, my mistake. I was looking at both Amazons.

https://www.amazon.com/s?bbn=1155228...285011_nr_n_25

That's the correct US URL.

[salty-horse]

XX by Rian Hughes is $5 on Amazon.com
The author is a graphic designer, and the book has a really unique presentation (similar to House of Leaves), like this example where the text is formatted to show a door in negative space. I don't know how well it's adapted in ebook form. The Kindle sample has a lot of images and computer screenshots, so they're certainly trying.

More images here: Rian Hughes uses type and layout as part of the narrative in XX: A Novel, Graphic
I think I'll avoid the ebook edition.

The battle for your mind has already begun.

At Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, a radio telescope has detected a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial origin—a message that may be the first communication from an interstellar civilization. Has Humanity made first contact? Is the signal itself a form of alien life? Could it be a threat? If so, how will the people of Earth respond?

Jack Fenwick, artificial intelligence expert, believes that he and his associates at tech start-up Intelligencia can interpret the message and find a way to step into the realm the signal encodes. What they find is a complex alien network beyond anything mankind has imagined.

Drawing on Dada, punk, and the modernist movements of the 20th century, XX is assembled from redacted NASA reports, artwork, magazine articles, secret transcripts, and a novel within a novel. Deconstructing layout and language in order to explore how ideas propagate, acclaimed designer and artist Rian Hughes's debut novel presents a compelling vision of humanity's unique place in the universe, and a realistic depiction of what might happen in the wake of the biggest scientific discovery in human history.

[salty-horse]

No Choice by K. J. Parker is the latest free ebook by Subterranean Press.
https://subterraneanpress.com/newsan...by-k-j-parker/

In this all-new novelette, No Choice, published here for the first time, World Fantasy Award winner K.J. Parker delivers his signature blend of action, humor, and unexpected but perfectly logical twists. Set in the tantalizingly detailed world of much of his other work, No Choice tells the story of a narrator from a landed and politically connected family with a history of losing scions in battle.

At first, it isn’t a stalled and seemingly doomed war that concerns the main character, but the fact that his father has been sentenced to death for a murder he most definitely did commit. Political maneuvering and family dynamics come in to play, but to no avail, so off to the wars the narrator sails.

There, he conceives a series of nested plans that may very well preserve the life of a man who deserves to die, win a war that nobody should be fighting, and maybe, just maybe, save his own skin in the bargain.

[salty-horse]

The Stars Undying by Emery Robin is $1-1.5 (Kobo US, Kobo WW, Amazon.com)
First in a new series.

A queer, spectacular space opera that draws inspiration from Roman and Egyptian empires—and the lives and loves of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.

Princess Altagracia has lost everything. After a bloody civil war, her twin sister has claimed both the crown of their planet, Szayet, and the Pearl of its prophecy: a computer that contains the immortal soul of Szayet’s god.

So when the interstellar Empire of Ceiao turns its conquering eye toward Szayet, Gracia sees an opportunity. To regain her planet, Gracia places herself in the hands of the empire and its dangerous commander, Matheus Ceirran.

But winning over Matheus, to say nothing of his mercurial and compelling captain Anita, is no easy feat. And in trying to secure her planet’s sovereignty and future, Gracia will find herself torn between Matheus’s ambitions, Anita’s unpredictable desires, and the demands of the Pearl that whispers in her ear.

For Szayet’s sake and her own, she will need to become more than a princess with a silver tongue. She will have to become a queen as history has never seen before.

[sufue]

A year and a few months later, The Best Thing You Can Steal is on again sale right now in the US and UK for $1.99/£1.99...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QS3F71H
Kobo US (discountable!): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bes...-can-steal-the
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QS3F71H

Originally Posted by ottdmk

This one popped up in my BookBub daily email, and looks interesting. I'm strongly considering buying it: The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green.

[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Only option is to get them via Kobo. You'd need to remove DRM and convert to put them on a Kindle.

Thanks for the info - sounds easier just to borrow the Kindle versions...

[SomeSteve]

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is $1.99 at Kobo US.

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/klara-and-the-sun-1

[pdurrant]

The Second Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny are £2.99 at Amazon UK today:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09S6GJ15K
This omnibus contains Trumps of Doom, Blood of Amber, Sign of Chaos, Knight of Shadows and Prince of Chaos

The First Chronicles of Amber Omnibus also seems to be £2.99, but is marked as unavailable for some reason.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09L5ZVLG1/
It contains Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos

[SomeSteve]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The First Chronicles of Amber Omnibus also seems to be £2.99, but is marked as unavailable for some reason.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09L5ZVLG1/
It contains Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos

It seems to be available from Kobo UK at the same price.

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...icles-of-amber

As does, incidentally, the second volume:

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...icles-of-amber

[curtw]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

XX by Rian Hughes is $5 on Amazon.com
The author is a graphic designer, and the book has a really unique presentation (similar to House of Leaves), like this example where the text is formatted to show a door in negative space. I don't know how well it's adapted in ebook form. The Kindle sample has a lot of images and computer screenshots, so they're certainly trying.

More images here: Rian Hughes uses type and layout as part of the narrative in XX: A Novel, Graphic
I think I'll avoid the ebook edition.

Just ordered a paper copy. It'll live on a shelf next to House of Leaves and Only Revolutions.

[DrNefario]

Adrian Tchakovsky’s Children of Memory (Children of Time #3) is a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK today for £0.99.

I might remember to add a link later when I’m not on my iPad.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Adrian Tchakovsky’s Children of Memory (Children of Time #3) is a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK today for £0.99.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09ZFBFWN9

NOT price-matched in Kobo UK.