Free/Bargain Science Fiction/Fantasy in October 2013

[Ravensknight]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Ah, thank you. Yes, I know what it is - just hadn't come across the abbreviation before.

Always glad to help

[orangekiwi]

The Disappeared the first book in by Kristine Kathryn Rusch in her Retrieval Artist series is $2.99 until the 20th. It is available at amazon, kobo (couponable at least in Germany) and smashwords.

[cromag]

Here's the Smashwords link:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/41106

[pdurrant]

UK Only: Barnes & Noble (nook) are running an October sale with large numbers of books at £0.56, including 17 in the SF&Fantasy category.

Many (all?) are also price-matched at Amazon, e.g. Home Improvement, Undead Edition edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni Kelner

[piperclassique]

OOF! Had me worried I was going to spend yet more money this month. What with this and Sainsburys, it's tweaked the budget a bit. Lucky, the only ones that interest me I already have.

[mikaelalind]

Matchbox Girls by Chrysoula Tzavelas is on sale for 1.99 this week, normally it is 4.99. I read it last year, and really liked it.

[itisbomb]

Abarat
by Clive Barker

is $1.99 at B&N.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abar...=1&usri=abarat

Below is the blurb:
A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . .

It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold.

When the answer comes, it's not one she expects.

Welcome to the Abarat.

[caleb72]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

Abarat
by Clive Barker

is $1.99 at B&N.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abar...=1&usri=abarat

Below is the blurb:
A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . .

It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold.

When the answer comes, it's not one she expects.

Welcome to the Abarat.

Also available at Amazon (US): LINK

[scottken]

Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon, currently $3.99 at Amazon Main US only and Barnes&Noble

$3.49 at Kobo, and eligible for coupons (i.e., $1.75 with test50 right now)

This book is really more psychological mystery/horror, but I'm cross-posting here for the SF fans interested in Sturgeon's work.

Named one of the Horror Writers Association’s Top 40 Horror Books of All Time, Theodore Sturgeon’s gripping psychological thriller both fascinates and terrifies with the story of a troubled soldier and his bizarre, violent obsession with vampirism

At the height of an unnamed war, a soldier is confined for striking an officer. Referred to as George Smith in official papers and records, the prisoner comes under the observation of Army psychiatrist Philip Outerbridge, who asks the young man to put his story down on paper. The result is a shocking tale of abuse, violence, and twisted love, a personal history as dark and troubling as any the doctor has ever encountered. Believing the patient to be dangerously psychotic, Dr. Outerbridge must dig deeper into his psyche. And when the truth about the strange case of George Smith is fully revealed, the results will be devastating.

Told through letters, transcripts, and case studies, Some of Your Blood is an extraordinary, poignant yet terrifying, genre-defying novel.

[AnemicOak]

It's been many years since I read a Star Trek book so I've no idea how good this particular group is, but the Destiny series by David Mack is the Kindle Science Fiction Deal of the Day. 3 volumes, $1.99 each...


Star Trek: Destiny #1: Gods of Night

Half a decade after the Dominion War and more than a year after the rise and fall of Praetor Shinzon, the galaxy's greatest scourge returns to wreak havoc upon the Federation -- and this time its goal is nothing less than total annihilation.

Elsewhere, deep in the Gamma Quadrant, an ancient mystery is solved. One of Earth's first generation of starships, lost for centuries, has been found dead and empty on a desolate planet. But its discovery so far from home has raised disturbing questions, and the answers harken back to a struggle for survival that once tested a captain and her crew to the limits of their humanity.

From that terrifying flashpoint begins an apocalyptic odyssey that will reach across time and space to reveal the past, define the future, and show three captains -- Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise, TM William Riker of the U.S.S. Titan, and Ezri Dax of the U.S.S Aventine -- that some destinies are inescapable.

Star Trek: Destiny #2: Mere Mortals

On Earth, Federation President Nanietta Bacco gathers allies and adversaries to form a desperate last line of defense against an impending Borg invasion. In deep space, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Ezri Dax join together to cut off the Collective's route to the Alpha Quadrant.

Half a galaxy away, Captain William Riker and the crew of the Starship Titan have made contact with the reclusive Caeliar -- survivors of a stellar cataclysm that, two hundred years ago, drove fissures through the structure of space and time, creating a loop of inevitability and consigning another captain and crew to a purgatory from which they could never escape.

Now the supremely advanced Caeliar will brook no further intrusion upon their isolation, or against the sanctity of their Great Work....For the small, finite lives of mere mortals carry little weight in the calculations of gods.

But even gods may come to understand that they underestimate humans at their peril.

Star Trek: Destiny #3: Lost Souls

The soldiers of Armageddon are on the march, laying waste to worlds in their passage. An audacious plan could stop them forever, but it carries risks that one starship captain is unwilling to take. For Captain Jean-Luc Picard, defending the future has never been so important, or so personal -- and the wrong choice will cost him everything for which he has struggled and suffered.

For Captain William Riker, that choice has already been made. Haunted by the memories of those he was forced to leave behind, he must jeopardize all that he has left in a desperate bid to save the Federation.

For Captain Ezri Dax, whose impetuous youth is balanced by the wisdom of many lifetimes, the choice is a simple one: there is no going back -- only forward to whatever future awaits them.

But for those who, millennia ago, had no choice...this is the hour of their final, inescapable destiny.

[PurpleStar]

^ They are most excellent books. A turning point in the Star Trek universe. Highly recommended reading.

[pdurrant]

Diane Duane's Young Wizard (New Millennium Edition) series is now available as a nine volume set from http://ebooksdirect.dianeduane.com/ for $55 or so.

Use discount code CANTWAIT with the next few hours for 60% off. Use discount code BOX50 for 50% off if you're too late for the CANTWAIT code.

CANTWAIT expires at 23.59 on 23rd October, Hawaiian Time.
BOX50 expires at 23.59 on 31st October, Hawaiian Time.

With CANTWAIT it's just $22 for the nine volumes.

[jehane]

Phoenix Pick has a bundle of three books for $3.99 on Amazon only until Oct 27 midnight EST (US). The books are:
- The Stars Do Not Lie, Jay Lake
- Arkfall, Carolyn Ives Gilman
- Bully!, Mike Resnick

They will have another bundle on sale November 1 - see the link above for details.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Diane Duane's Young Wizard (New Millennium Edition) series is now available as a nine volume set from http://ebooksdirect.dianeduane.com/ for $55 or so.

Use discount code CANTWAIT with the next few hours for 60% off. Use discount code BOX50 for 50% off if you're too late for the CANTWAIT code.

CANTWAIT expires at 23.59 on 23rd October, Hawaiian Time.
BOX50 expires at 23.59 on 31st October, Hawaiian Time.

With CANTWAIT it's just $22 for the nine volumes.

I seem to recall, from buying this bundle in an earlier offer, that the site has a rather arcane system for applying the coupon code. If memory serves me correctly, you have to pay by PayPal, and then apply the coupon code on the PayPal site itself, rather than on the store site.

I don't know if they've changed that since I bought it, though.

[AnemicOak]

Not sure how long these are marked down for (or if it's an error), but Amazon US has the Star Trek (TNG) trilogy Cold Equations by David Mack for $0.99 per book (instead of $5.99-$7.99 other places)...


Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory: Book One

A BRAZEN HEIST Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew race to find out who has stolen Data’s android brother B-4—and for what sinister purpose.

A BROKEN PROMISE One desperate father risks all for the son he abandoned forty years ago—but is he ready to pay the price for redemption?

A DARING MISSION Against overwhelming odds, and with time running out, Commander Worf has only one chance to avert a disaster. But how high a price will he pay for victory?

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Silent Weapons: Book Two

A WAR OF LIES

Three years after the disastrous final Borg Invasion, a bitter cold war against the Typhon Pact has pushed Starfleet’s resources to the breaking point. Now the rise of a dangerous new technology threatens to destroy the Federation from within.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew answer a distress call from an old friend, only to become targets in a deadly game of deception. To protect a vital diplomatic mission, they must find a way to identify the spies hiding in their midst, before it’s too late.

But Worf soon realizes the crew’s every move has been predicted: Someone is using them as pawns. And the closer they get to exposing their enemy, the deeper they spiral into its trap. . . .

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: The Body Electric: Book Three

AT THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY . . .

A planet-sized Machine of terrifying power and unfathomable purpose hurls entire star systems into a supermassive black hole. Wesley Crusher, now a full-fledged Traveler, knows the Machine must be stopped . . . but he has no idea how.

Wesley must enlist the aid of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew, who also fail to halt the unstoppable alien juggernaut’s destructive labors. But they soon divine the Machine’s true purpose—-a purpose that threatens to exterminate all life in the Milky Way Galaxy. With time running out, Picard realizes he knows of only one person who might be able to stop the Machine in time to avert a galactic catastrophe—-if only he had any idea how to find him. . . .

THE CLIMAX OF A NEW TRILOGY BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF STAR TREK: DESTINY