FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy - 2016

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The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien - $1.99

The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors among elves and men have perished, and all is in darkness and despair. But a deadly new leader rises, Túrin, son of Húrin, and with his grim band of outlaws begins to turn the tide in the war for Middle-earth -- awaiting the day he confronts his destiny and the deadly curse laid upon him.

[maddz]

OpenRoad Media per chance? None are reduced in the UK.

[AnemicOak]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - $1.99
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With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century. As an added bonus, the e-book edition of this New York Times bestseller includes an excerpt from Stephenson's new novel, Seveneves.
In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse—mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy—is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Waterhouse and Detachment 2702—commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe-is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces.

Fast-forward to the present, where Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia—a place where encrypted data can be stored and exchanged free of repression and scrutiny. As governments and multinationals attack the endeavor, Randy joins forces with Shaftoe's tough-as-nails granddaughter, Amy, to secretly salvage a sunken Nazi submarine that holds the key to keeping the dream of a data haven afloat. But soon their scheme brings to light a massive conspiracy with its roots in Detachment 2702 linked to an unbreakable Nazi code called Arethusa. And it will represent the path to unimaginable riches and a future of personal and digital liberty...or to universal totalitarianism reborn.

A breathtaking tour de force, and Neal Stephenson's most accomplished and affecting work to date, Cryptonomicon is profound and prophetic, hypnotic and hyper-driven, as it leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web, hinting all the while at a dark day-after-tomorrow. It is a work of great art, thought and creative daring; the product of a truly iconoclastic imagination working with white-hot intensity.

[Purple Lady]

Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago - $2.99 at Amazon.

Three novels in one volume: the acclaimed science fiction trilogy about an alien species that could save humanity after nuclear apocalypse—or destroy it.

The newest stage in human evolution begins in outer space. Survivors of a cataclysmic nuclear war awake to find themselves being studied by the Oankali, tentacle-covered galactic travelers whose benevolent appearance hides their surprising plan for the future of mankind. The Oankali arrive not just to save humanity, but to bond with it—crossbreeding to form a hybrid species that can survive in the place of its human forebears, who were so intent on self-destruction. Some people resist, forming pocket communities of purebred rebellion, but many realize they have no choice. The human species inevitably expands into something stranger, stronger, and undeniably alien.

From Hugo and Nebula award–winning author Octavia Butler, Lilith’s Brood is both a thrilling, epic adventure of man’s struggle to survive after Earth’s destruction, and a provocative meditation on what it means to be human.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HALOMI

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

...tentacle-covered galactic travelers...humanity...crossbreeding to form a hybrid species ...

Is this tentacle porn?

(Edit: Guess I should have put a smiley on there.)

[HarryT]

It's not "porn" of any description. Octavia Butler was an excellent author.

[Dngrsone]

Only in the fan-fics

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Is this tentacle porn?

(Edit: Guess I should have put a smiley on there.)

OMG no! I never knew that stuff existed until I was searching through some books when Kobo had coupons.

[richvalle]

Originally Posted by orangekiwi

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels Series Book 1) is currently $1.99 in the US

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009KUX7J2
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/magic-bites-1

Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up magical problems. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, her quest for justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions within Atlanta’s magic circles. Pressured by both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she’s way out of her league—but she wouldn’t want it any other way…

This is a great series though it took the 2nd book for the setting to finally 'click' with me. I really didn't like it in the first book but the main character has a Secret and it was intriguing enough that I kept going.

It's also a little more... romancy that what I usually read but not badly. It's part of the story but it's not THE story. And it has some moments of Bad Ass that make up for it.

Fun fact - the author's name is a pen name for a husband and wife writing team.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's not "porn" of any description. Octavia Butler was an excellent author.

Ahh! There is no silence quite as thorough as the quiet immediately after a misunderstood joke. It is profound and absolute!

[Little.Egret]

Reprint, free

Mythology 101 by Jody Lynn Nye


Keith Doyle, believer in myths, goodhearted nerd, general busybody, and business major at Midwestern University, discovers to his joy-and horror-that a secret village of pointy-eared, magical little elves are occupying a vacant level of the library building. Their leader, The Master, tutors students to pass difficult courses. Marcy, the girl of Keith's dreams, is already a member of the class. But the library is in danger of being torn down, thanks to a modernization campaign led by Keith himself. The students of the secret class hate him. Marcy is devastated. It looks as though the elves' home will be destroyed. Keith and the Little Folk need one another. The only thing that can save Keith's social life is elven magic. And the only thing that can save the elves is the magic of ... free enterprise.

Originally published by Warner Questar 1990; Meisha Merlin 2000

Book 1 of 4 in Mythology (4 Book Series)


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Q3B5SDE/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Q3B5SDE/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00Q3B5SDE/

[badgoodDeb]

Ooo, yummy! I have (used to have?) Mythology 101 in paperback, from soon after its printing. (Back when I attended SF conventions, and bought it in the hucksters room.)

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Reprint, free

Mythology 101 by Jody Lynn Nye

Also free at B&N and Kobo.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Reprint, free

Mythology 101 by Jody Lynn Nye

Thanks! This sounds pretty fun, probably going to read it sooner rather than later.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Is this tentacle porn?

(Edit: Guess I should have put a smiley on there.)