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Free and Bargain SciFi/Fantasy in November 2012
Alright, I'll start up the SciFi/Fantasy November 2012 Thread:
Phoenix Pick's free book of the month for November is Larry Niven's collection, Limits. Please note that the link is to their monthly newsletter, with instructions on how to get the free ebook at the bottom of the newsletter. I recommend signing up, because they give away quality fare every month. Quote:
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The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller is currently on sale for $2.99 main
From Publishers Weekly Miller, and Hachette's new mass market imprint Orbit, debuts with a solid epic that posits political intrigue, ethereal prophecies and a rags-to-riches hero against a vivid if familiar fantasy backdrop (sure to provoke déjà vu in fans of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire). Fisherman's son Asher seeks his fortune in the capital city of Dorana, home to the royal family and the magic-using race called Doranen. After a chance encounter, Asher begins working in the palace as assistant/apprentice to Crown Prince Gar; meanwhile, an underground sect watches Asher and secretly guides his fate, believing him the key to an ancient, apocalyptic prophecy. The erudite Prince Gar, meanwhile, has concerns of his own: flagging popularity (over his decision to take lowly Asher under his wing) and his combative sister's inheritance, the weather-controlling magic that keeps their kingdom secure. Though Asher's cynical salt-of-the-earth act is overused, and characters can be frustratingly pouty, Miller's prose is earnest and engaging, and his complex story accelerates nicely toward a brutal cliffhanger finale. |
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The Cloud Roads, by Martha Wells, is on sale for $1.99 main
not on sale anywhere other than Amazon US that I saw. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Moon's world is populated by many different intelligent species (none of them human), and he has never known which one he belongs to. Orphaned at a young age, he's wandered from tribe to tribe, hiding a dangerous secret. Like the universally hated Fell, whose only aims are slaughter and conquest, Moon can fly—which leads to predictably violent cases of mistaken identity. When he does find his own people, the Raksura, life doesn't get any easier, since their internal politics are vicious, and they too are in imminent danger from the Fell. Cue hairsbreadth escapes and feats of derring-do, as Moon helps his new family evacuate their doomed colony and then rescues a group of kidnapped children. Wells (The Gate of Gods) merrily ignores genre conventions as she spins an exciting adventure around an alien hero who anyone can identify with. |
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Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers, one of my favorite authors (On Stranger Tides, The Stress of Her Regard, The Anubis Gates, is on sale for $.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
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Hugo and Nebula award winner Robert Silverberg's newest book, When the Blue Shift Comes, is available for $.99 at Amazon. This is really two novellas, one by Silverberg, and a sequel by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.
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Jordan Stratford's debut novel, Mechanicals, is currently free at Amazon.
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The Riddler's Gift by South African author Greg Hamerton is free from Amazon. This is the first book in the Lifesong trilogy and has received some pretty good reviews.
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Guy Adams (The World House series, the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) has a post-apocalyptic novella, The Change: Orbital, free on Amazon today. Tip of the cap to the Books on the Knob blog the heads up.
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Guy Adams' book has a messed-up formatting involving question marke (?), rather than quotes (") throughout its entire short length.
As a freebie, I advise avoiding this one until the author does another pass with it on his computer. Don |
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That is indicative of improper encoding.
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Or one could simply buy it now while free and let it sit in the cloud until you see its kindle file has been updated.
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I downloaded it anyway, since it is free. I reported the problem to Amazon; hopefully formatting issues will eventually be resolved.
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Promise of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl free next two weeks
The Backlist Ebooks site has hit another 200 readers and is giving away a free book for two weeks to celebrate. I got the email just yesterday (Nov 5), so presumably the two weeks started then. I don't read much sci-fi, so don't have a feel for how good this book/author are, but Backlist Ebooks is a list for previously DTB-published authors. Here's the info.
The book is Promise of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl: Quote:
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Sounds like an interesting read; thanks for posting.
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