Recommend your fav Fictionwise multiformat offerings! - Page 2

Gibbo · 12-17-2008, 10:53 AM

If you're a Fictionwise member you can get Eon and Legacy from there library here I did

dickon25 · 12-19-2008, 01:32 PM

I've just had a peek at the library.......everything seems to be in secure Mobi (which I suppose is essential to make the books 'expire'). Do you change the format to read on your device? I have a Sony so might have problems.....
Thanks

Andanzas · 12-08-2009, 03:12 PM

Any new recommendations? I bought Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy and I would like to discover new titles now that they are 40% off, but I find that website a little bit confusing to navigate.

ficbot · 12-08-2009, 04:05 PM

I enjoyed:

Elizabeth Dearl's Taylor Madison series (mystery)
some of Roberta Olsen Major's Royal Pains series (YA)
Even Dead Men Play Chess by Michael Weisz (mystery)
some of Darrell Bain's Sex Gates series (sci-fi)
Liz Sullivan series by Lora Roberts (mystery; very highly rec'd)
anything by Jeff Strand (comic mystery)
some of RX series by Renne Horowitz (mystery)
anything by Karen Leabo

Did not enjoy:

Calling (previously rec'd on this thread, but I thought it was terrible)
Bad Hair Day series by Nancy J. Cohen (very poorly copy-edited, numerous mistakes)
Time and Again by Nancy Fraser (very implausible premise)
Crux by Moira Rogers (too rushed, the main chars fall in love on around page 2)

garygibsonsf · 12-10-2009, 12:11 AM

There's a couple of Lucius Shepard stories and a novella multiformat on Fictionwise. I think Shepard is one of the finest writers alive. Fictionwise's selection of his stuff is pretty narrow, though I think I've seen The Jaguar Hunter available as an ebook somewhere - possibly from electricstory.com.

I grew up reading Harlan Ellison, one of the predominant 'characters' of the sf field, and a lot of his books are available on FW. I don't even know where to begin in terms of what to buy, since so many are to mind stone-cold classics. If you're not familiar with him, buy one or two of his short stories; he rarely writes novels, and has built his reputation on his huge number of short stories. Star Trek fans are familiar with him as the author of the OS episode 'City on the Edge of Forever'.

Chris Beckett is a UK sf author who writes in a style not dissimilar to that of Christopher Priest (The Prestige), Eric Brown (Meridian Days) and other distinctly English authors. He's won awards for his short and long fiction, which might be described as literary sf. I highly recommend his novel The Holy Machine, multiformat on FW, as is his collection of shorts The Turing Test.

Paul Di Filippo has a nice little short novel up, 'Linear City' or something like that. Set in a city only a few hundred metres wide and possibly infinite in length, with Hell on one side of a river and Heaven on the far side of a rail track that define the world's parameters. Good stuff.

Fritz Leiber's The Wanderer won the Hugo in the mid-Sixties. I've read and reread it several times. He has other stuff available in multiformat too.

6charlong · 12-10-2009, 12:58 AM

The Complete Memoirs of Casanova may not be what people typically think. Casanova was an essayist who traveled extensively throughout 18th Century Europe. His observations on manners and customs are enlightening. The Multiformat books are quite inexpensive too.

Renaldo · 12-12-2009, 12:30 AM

Clickers by J. F. Gonzalez & Mark Williams

A lot of fun to read, especially if you're a fan of the old Roger Corman B monster movies.

garygibsonsf · 12-16-2009, 05:37 AM

It would also be worth checking out Lavie Tidhar's new (2009) anthology The Apex Book of World SF, available in multiformat and ridiculously cheap with the sale that's on at the time of writing.

mtravellerh · 12-16-2009, 05:45 AM

This is a publisher:

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/p1...diobooks-LLC/?

Wonder Audiobooks has 78 multiformat ebooks on fictionwise right now. Philip K. Dick and Frederik Pohl, among others!

mtravellerh · 12-16-2009, 05:51 AM

Another one

http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/p1...ance-E-Books/?

Renaissance E-Books has a lot of titles available, some omnibus editions, pulp serials and so on! Lots of fun to be had for not a lot of money!

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12-17-2008, 10:53 AM	#16
Gibbo Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2475053 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Galaxy Tab A (2019) - iPhone 11 - KA1 - Onyx Boox Nova Pro	If you're a Fictionwise member you can get Eon and Legacy from there library here I did

12-19-2008, 01:32 PM	#17
dickon25 Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 818 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505. Pocketbook Inkpad 840	I've just had a peek at the library.......everything seems to be in secure Mobi (which I suppose is essential to make the books 'expire'). Do you change the format to read on your device? I have a Sony so might have problems..... Thanks

12-08-2009, 03:12 PM	#18
Andanzas Out of print Posts: 484 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Any new recommendations? I bought Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy and I would like to discover new titles now that they are 40% off, but I find that website a little bit confusing to navigate.

12-08-2009, 04:05 PM	#19
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I enjoyed: Elizabeth Dearl's Taylor Madison series (mystery) some of Roberta Olsen Major's Royal Pains series (YA) Even Dead Men Play Chess by Michael Weisz (mystery) some of Darrell Bain's Sex Gates series (sci-fi) Liz Sullivan series by Lora Roberts (mystery; very highly rec'd) anything by Jeff Strand (comic mystery) some of RX series by Renne Horowitz (mystery) anything by Karen Leabo Did not enjoy: Calling (previously rec'd on this thread, but I thought it was terrible) Bad Hair Day series by Nancy J. Cohen (very poorly copy-edited, numerous mistakes) Time and Again by Nancy Fraser (very implausible premise) Crux by Moira Rogers (too rushed, the main chars fall in love on around page 2)

12-10-2009, 12:11 AM	#20
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	There's a couple of Lucius Shepard stories and a novella multiformat on Fictionwise. I think Shepard is one of the finest writers alive. Fictionwise's selection of his stuff is pretty narrow, though I think I've seen The Jaguar Hunter available as an ebook somewhere - possibly from electricstory.com. I grew up reading Harlan Ellison, one of the predominant 'characters' of the sf field, and a lot of his books are available on FW. I don't even know where to begin in terms of what to buy, since so many are to mind stone-cold classics. If you're not familiar with him, buy one or two of his short stories; he rarely writes novels, and has built his reputation on his huge number of short stories. Star Trek fans are familiar with him as the author of the OS episode 'City on the Edge of Forever'. Chris Beckett is a UK sf author who writes in a style not dissimilar to that of Christopher Priest (The Prestige), Eric Brown (Meridian Days) and other distinctly English authors. He's won awards for his short and long fiction, which might be described as literary sf. I highly recommend his novel The Holy Machine, multiformat on FW, as is his collection of shorts The Turing Test. Paul Di Filippo has a nice little short novel up, 'Linear City' or something like that. Set in a city only a few hundred metres wide and possibly infinite in length, with Hell on one side of a river and Heaven on the far side of a rail track that define the world's parameters. Good stuff. Fritz Leiber's The Wanderer won the Hugo in the mid-Sixties. I've read and reread it several times. He has other stuff available in multiformat too.

12-10-2009, 12:58 AM	#21
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	The Complete Memoirs of Casanova may not be what people typically think. Casanova was an essayist who traveled extensively throughout 18th Century Europe. His observations on manners and customs are enlightening. The Multiformat books are quite inexpensive too.

12-12-2009, 12:30 AM	#22
Renaldo Addict Posts: 294 Karma: 250590 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest Device: Kindle 3G + WiFi	Clickers by J. F. Gonzalez & Mark Williams A lot of fun to read, especially if you're a fan of the old Roger Corman B monster movies.

12-16-2009, 05:37 AM	#23
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	It would also be worth checking out Lavie Tidhar's new (2009) anthology The Apex Book of World SF, available in multiformat and ridiculously cheap with the sale that's on at the time of writing.

12-16-2009, 05:45 AM	#24
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	This is a publisher: http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/p1...diobooks-LLC/? Wonder Audiobooks has 78 multiformat ebooks on fictionwise right now. Philip K. Dick and Frederik Pohl, among others!

12-16-2009, 05:51 AM	#25
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	Another one http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/p1...ance-E-Books/? Renaissance E-Books has a lot of titles available, some omnibus editions, pulp serials and so on! Lots of fun to be had for not a lot of money!

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