FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy - 2015

[jjmgreen]

Originally Posted by scottken

Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy is on sale today in a bundled edition for $2.99 at Amazon US
Includes Shaman's Crossing, Forest Mage, and Renegade's Magic

and at Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...trilogy-bundle

[Little.Egret]

UK Kindle Daily Deal £0.99

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BAJ6GL2/


Ray Bradbury--the author of more than 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems, including The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man

[Froide]

This week at Wildside Press Freebies:

Stop by every Tuesday afternoon when we release a new free ebook (only available for 24 hours). Recent freebies include...

Singer Batts #1: Hue and Cry, by Thomas B. Dewey
The 2nd Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™: George T. Wetzel
The Penny Dreadfuls MEGAPACK™
Preferred Risk, by Lester del Rey & Frederik Pohl (Novel)
The 13th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™: Lester del Rey
The Incredible William Bowles, by Joseph J. Millard
The 12th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™: David H. Keller

The Jane Austin MEGAPACK™

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. From her teenage years into her thirties she experimented with various literary forms, including an epistolary novel (which she then abandoned), wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.

Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century realism. Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously and brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew’s A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture.

Enjoy!

—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

The Jane Austin MEGAPACK™

[GeoffR]

These are on special in New Zealand at $NZ 3.99 (~$US 2.50), same price at all the main retailers. probably other countries too.

Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem. (Head of Zeus, UK edition.)
Gene Wolfe, An Evil Guest. (Tor, US edition.)

[Brendan Moody]

An Evil Guest is $2.99 at the U.S. versions of Amazon and Kobo.

[scottken]

Originally Posted by Brendan Moody

An Evil Guest is $2.99 at the U.S. versions of Amazon and Kobo.

Thanks!

[gweeks]

Tsar Wars by Stephen Goldin is free at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Tsar-Wars-Agen.../dp/B003AYELBM

I don't know if this is permafree, or if it's a sale. Stephen Goldin did the excellent Jade Darcy series as well as the Family d'Alembert Series

With humanity scattered across the galaxy on hundreds of worlds, the Empire is the only force for order across the stars. Without it, interstellar conflicts would bring chaos and billions of deaths.

But the tsar has been in a coma for five years now, and his grand-niece, the only apparent heir, is only 14 years old. In this hour of crisis, the task of preserving the Empire falls to two untrained--but far from unskilled--agents of the Imperial Special Investigation Service. Can they make a difference against the vast forces arrayed against them?

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by gweeks

Tsar Wars by Stephen Goldin is free at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Tsar-Wars-Agen.../dp/B003AYELBM

I don't know if this is permafree, or if it's a sale. Stephen Goldin did the excellent Jade Darcy series as well as the Family d'Alembert Series

This is book one of a rewrite of the Family d'Alembert series in fact, with the rewritten series being dubbed "Agents of ISIS". He's got a post on GoodReads explaining the difference between the series. Sounded interesting, especially since I hadn't read the original one, so I grabbed it.

[orangekiwi]

A number of Arthur C. Clark ebooks published by RosettaBooks are currently $1.99 at Amazon US
Authors webpage at amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-C.-Clarke/e/B000APF21M/

The list includes
Rendezvous with Rama
Against the Fall of Night
Childhood's End
A Fall of Moondust
The City and the Stars
The Songs of Distant Earth
The Fountains of Paradise
and more

[orangekiwi]

Warhorse by Timothy Zahn is $1.99 in the US. Published by Open Road

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094ANRUC
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/warhorse

Note this book is also couponable at kobo!

The Tampy aliens’ living spaceships are far more powerful than humanity’s non-biological technology. Can they—and should they—be tamed?

Throughout the universe, space horses are among the most coveted of species. They are starfaring creatures with telekinetic abilities, tamed and controlled by the Tampy aliens—who aren’t willing to share their understanding of the creatures. Despite diplomatic government intervention, human poachers are determined to capture and control the giant beings. With a tenuous peace treaty in place between the Tampy and humans, the first jointly helmed space horse will undertake its first mission. But will the two races be able to work together—or will their peace break down into all-out war?

[orangekiwi]

Daughter of Witches by Patricia C. Wrede is $1.99 from Open Road and is also couponable at kobo.
It is part of her Lyra Series

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...ter-of-witches
http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Witch...dp/B006BPL2XM/

In the oppressive city of Drinn, a trio of magical strangers offers a servant girl the chance of a new life
Drinn is not a safe place to be a witch. Ranira knows that better than most, for when she was just a child, the temple guards burned her parents at the stake for practicing magic. Now an indentured servant for a brutal innkeeper, she lives every day with the shame of her parents’ alleged crime.

There is no worse time to visit Drinn than during the Midwinter Festival, when the city gates are sealed so that no outsider can witness the temple’s secret rituals. And at Ranira’s inn, three guests have overstayed their welcome. Attempting to protect Ranira from her master’s cruelty, the three reveal their magical powers and attract the attention of the temple guards. Now, to save her new friends from certain death, Ranira must unleash the power that cost her parents their lives.

[Ashartus]

The omnibus version of the Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay is discounted at $4.99 for the long weekend in Canada.
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/eb...rantine-mosaic
http://www.amazon.ca/Sarantine-Mosai...rantine+mosaic

[GlenBarrington]

I don't see a time limit mentioned:

Caliphate:
http://www.amazon.com/Caliphate-Tom-...ywords=kratman

A Desert Called Peace
http://www.amazon.com/Desert-Called-...ywords=kratman

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

I don't see a time limit mentioned:

Caliphate:
http://www.amazon.com/Caliphate-Tom-...ywords=kratman

A Desert Called Peace
http://www.amazon.com/Desert-Called-...ywords=kratman

These are in the Baen Free Library. Better to go directly to the source, which I've linked.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by HarryT

These are in the Baen Free Library. Better to go directly to the source, which I've linked.

ARRGH! That figures, I bought them some time back! FWIW, both are great reads