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So it seems like Amazon is building up to releasing season 4 of The Expanse by having a big Kindle Daily Deal Expanse sale: Book 1: $2.99 Book 2-7: $3.99 Book 8: $5.99 And the latest novella, Auberon, for $1.99 It's perfectly fine popcorn space opera. Don't listen to the haters.
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StrixNebulosa posted:To turn this into a good thing: I know of two trans authors off the top of my head: Yoon Ha Lee and Caitlin R Kiernan. Are there any others out there? I've got money and a need for more books to hoard. Charlie Jane Anders. I have All The Birds in the Sky on my Kindle but still haven't read it. She won a Nebula and Locus award for that.
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I just noticed that each of the books in The Voidwitch Saga trilogy by Corey J. White is on sale for $1.99 each on Amazon Kindle store. The first one, Killing Gravity, was a free book from Tor ebook club back in 2018. 1. Killing Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYM808E 2. Void Black Shadow: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0756JCH2F/ 3. Static Ruin: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DC56PNP
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Tor.com released a short story collection for free in eBook format on all major platforms https://www.tor.com/2020/01/29/some-of-the-best-from-tor-com-2019-is-out-now/ In the comments of the article, there are also links to Google Play and Kobo store. All stories have previously been published on the Tor.com web site.
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BurgerQuest posted:I need more space opera... good or bad? The Shoal Sequence by Gary Gibson (Stealing Light, Nova War, Empire of Light, Marauder) Spiral Arm by Michael Flynn (The January Dancer, Up Jim River, In The Lion's Mouth, On The Razor's Edge) Succession by Scott Westerfeld (The Risen Empire, The Killing of Worlds) Xenowealth by Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, Sly Mongoose, The Apocalypse Ocean and short story collection Xenowealth: The Collection)
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Khizan posted:Murderbot #4 is one of the Kindle daily deals today ($2.99). You can get that tomorrow... https://twitter.com/marthawells1/status/1235251682042433536
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Free stuff to read while being stuck inside: The British Science Fiction Association: https://bsfa.co.uk/reaching-out-some-opportunities-to-read-watch-listen/ https://twitter.com/UnlikelyWorlds/status/1241987522235940864 US link: https://www.amazon.com/Very-British-History-Science-Fiction-ebook/dp/B073NXRMWJ
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Friendly reminder that Angry Robot has their entire catalog on sale at the moment for 50% off, no minimum or maximum, if you use the code SHELFISOLATION. Thanks for the tip! I don't remember seeing it mentioned in this thread, but Humble Bundle is having an SF/F bundle available for the next 3 days: Celebrating 25 Years Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy From Tachyon Pay €1: The Sword & Sorcery Anthology edited by Jacob Weisman and David Hartwell Ancient Rockets by Kage Baker The Best of Michael Moorcock The Wall of America by Thomas M. Disch Locked contentPirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn Steampunk Revolution edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Pay €7.50 also adds: Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel The Apes of Wrath edited by Rick Klaw Beyond Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow The Monstrous edited by Ellen Datlow Starlings by Jo Walton How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen The People's Republic of Everything by Nick Mamatas Pay €14 also adds: Ivory Apples by Lisa Goldstein Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory The Last Tsar's Dragons by Adam Stemple and Jane Yolen The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley Slipping by Lauren Beukes
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On http://ebookclub.tor.com/ you can grab The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi for free before 11:59 PM ET, April 1st, 2020 It's the first part of The Interdependency trilogy. The second part, The Consuming Fire, is a Kindle Daily Deal for $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Consuming-Fire-Interdependency-Book-ebook/dp/B078X255Y1 Book 3, The Last Emperox, is out on April 14. I haven't read these yet, but i generally enjoy John Scalzi books, and usually compare them to Sunday matinee movies: Easy to consume and forgotten quite fast, but fun while being read.
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quantumfoam posted:-at least of one or more of these hastily compiled episodic content -> novels was put up for Hugo/Nebula/etc awards + WON.
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StrixNebulosa posted:How on earth do y'all read so fast?  quote:- Lavie Tidhar's Central Station, which was described to me as "weird sci-fi slice of life with robots" It's basically a series of interconnected (some more than others) short stories set in and around Tel Aviv, which has become a space port. I really hope Tidhar will one day write a full novel set in that universe.
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To add to the cyberpunk genre books: Crashcourse by Wilhelmina Baird, and the 2-3 sequels. It's been a while since I read them, but back when they got published, i definitely enjoyed them. Eclipse by John Shirley, and the two other books in the trilogy, Eclipse Penumbra and Eclipse Corona. Also, wtf is up with the non-spoiler postings about the ending of Gibson's Agency? It's only been out a couple of months. Is that the new limit for when it's fine to talk about the ending of a book without posting with spoiler tags, or just if you personally didn't like the book?
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Speaking of Peter F. Hamilton... Salvation: A Novel (The Salvation Sequence Book 1) by Peter F. Hamilton - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Salvation-Novel-Sequence-Book-ebook/dp/B07837SGSY/ It's the first book book of his latest space opera trilogy set in a new universe, and I believe it's the first time it's on sale. I haven't read it yet, so I have no idea if there is creepy-sex in it.
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The Shoal Sequence, starting with Stealing Light, by Gary Gibson is galaxy spanning space opera, where humanity is trying to locate an FTL drive not made by the only race that controls FTL. Lots of exploration, strange worlds and big dumb objects, and some pew pew as well. The Xenowealth saga, starting with Crystal Rain, by Tobias S. Buckell, is also a great space opera, even though the first book is only happening on one planet. The series is set sequentially in the same universe with one consistent character in all of them (so far - haven't read the last book yet). What I really enjoyed about the first book was the setting of Aztec style culture (it's a bit bloody with sacrifices and whatnot), and also that the author is of Caribbean descent which really shines through in all of the books.
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Also worth a mention: Count Zero (Sprawl Trilogy Book 2) by William Gibson - $0.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PDYVZM
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Look to Windward (A Culture Novel Book 6) by Iain M. Banks - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D20270/ I added this to my ebook wishlist in March 2017, and this is the first time I've seen it get a discount.
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StrixNebulosa posted:And, more importantly to this thread, I cannot think of any other sci-fi/fantasy series that goes as big. Am I missing something? Please say yes. darkgray posted:Does Guin Saga count? Or Perry Rhodan?
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RIP Terry Goodkind Edit: Wait that happened back in September, but I only just saw it on io9. Sorry
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The Peripheral (The Jackpot Trilogy Book 1) by William Gibson - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXKV2 Agency (The Jackpot Trilogy Book 2) by William Gibson - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072NXSB14 I liked both books a lot, though #2 does feel a bit rushed at the end.
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Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries Book 5) by Martha Wells - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Network-Effect-Murderbot-Novel-Diaries-ebook/dp/B07WZ7SB5D The Last Emperox (The Interdependency Book 3) by John Scalzi - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Last-Emperox-Interdependency-Book-ebook/dp/B07QPGW9FS For all that 2020 has brought us, this was a pleasant surprise.
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Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002CT0TXK Once again a Banks title I've never seen on sale before. Yay! Edit: Transition by Iain M. Banks - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/Transition-Iain-M-Banks-ebook/dp/B002O0Q6YS Transition is on sale as well, but I'm honestly not sure if this fits in this thread. It was published in the US under the "M" name, while in the UK under his non-SciFi name, Iain Banks. Anyone who can comment on this title? Fart of Presto fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Feb 8, 2021 |
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Shadow Captain (The Revenger Series Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWQN8FQ Bone Silence (The Revenger Series Book 3) by Alastair Reynolds - $3.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0819W4456/ The first book in the trilogy is often on sale. I found the universe, in which they are set, quite interesting. I guess it's sort of YA-ish, but if it is YA, it's the first YA book (Revenger #1) which I have actually finished and enjoyed.
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muscles like this! posted:I just got a real weird Kindle deal from Amazon where I got a $5 discount on either of the two Dreamblood novels by NK Jemisin (which are $10 each,) except the discount doesn't work on the collected version (which is $12 total.) So yeah, I could save money in the short term but if I wanted both books in the series I would pay more. Every time I've gotten one of these discount mails, there is a link to the books in question, and I've been able to apply the discount to each of the books listed, but not to eg. other books in the same series, as they were not part of the discount. Case in point, the latest discount mail I got, was for 6 books in a long running series. I used the discount on 3 of them. The discount was automatically applied to each purchase.
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Neal Asher did a blog post about his story "Snow in the Desert", which is a part of the new LDR season, a few weeks ago: http://theskinner.blogspot.com/2021/04/snow-in-desert-on-netflix.html And there is a new short story collection from Alastair Reynolds coming soon-ish (October) http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2021/05/new-collection-from-subterranean-press.html
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A few books on my wish list popped up with a discount The Lazarus War: Legion (#2 of 3) by Jamie Sawyer - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013HA7142 The Lazarus War: Origins (#3 of 3) by Jamie Sawyer - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01922I10W The first in the series, The Lazarus War: Artefact, is often on sale. I honestly don't know where they are quality wise, but I remember adding them to my wish list after reading a review on IO9. Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0819V8434 Edit: Another 3-part series where I bought the first book a while ago due to an IO9 review, but haven't gotten around to read it, Forsaken Skies (The Silence Book 1) has its two sequels on discount: Forgotten Worlds (The Silence Book 2) by D. Nolan Clark - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KT7YSII Forbidden Suns (The Silence Book 3) by D. Nolan Clark - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYGCHW0 D. Nolan Clark is the pseudonym for horror writer David Wellington Fart of Presto fucked around with this message at 18:59 on May 31, 2021 |
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a foolish pianist posted:This whole crappy derail was started by me asking for a way to pay money for an electronic copy of Ninth Rain, which I would still love to be able to do. Even if an author is a big name in the SF/F world, we still see new books showing up in eg. UK first and in the US several months later (eg. Charlie Stross), and smaller/new names might only have a deal in one market or some books from big names only being available in one market due to old deals (two or three Culture books only available in Amazon UK). As a customer located in the International market (Denmark), I am forced to "cheat" the system to be able to buy the books I want to read: I need to create an address in my Amazon address book in both the US and UK, and using them when buying ebooks, otherwise I'm limited to books published under an International deal. When shopping that way, there is always the threat of being banned/locked out, even it's been a while since I've read of such a case (I believe a Norwegian woman got banned five years ago but don't remember the details). Before giving in and using these fake addresses, I often wrote to the publisher and/or author and asked them to make the book available for International customers, and most of the time it actually worked, but I guess it's often due to being the only rights holder to English language versions (either in the UK or US) most often also covers publishing that version to International markets (but not US/UK). But yeah, if you want to buy ebooks from Amazon, create a US/UK address, switch between them and buy the books you want.
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:I did that and half of my account, ie everything I had under my 90210 zip code, just disappeared Yeah, as soon as the book I bought is in my Amazon library I also download it manually and add it to my Calibre library.
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Aardvark! posted:Now that I can relate to. I did that half a year ago, when I realized I couldn't see poo poo when going to bed and not having my reading glasses. I almost doubled the amount I read at night, simply because I didn't have to focus on each word and letter. Sucks getting old but at least we have the technology to help us read bad scifi/fantasy  My uncle had double eye surgery last year (one eye at a time) and weren't allowed to wear glasses when the eyes were healing. The only way he could read, was either getting books with a huge font size at the library, thus having very limited choice of books, or using an old Kindle, loaded up with a shitload of his favorite books and the font size turned to almost max. He was happy, considering the circumstances.
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Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries Book 5) by Martha Wells - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WZ7SB5D The Last Emperox (The Interdependency Book 3) by John Scalzi - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QPGW9FS Peace Talks (Dresden Files Book 16) by Jim Butcher - $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082S1N87S
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There's a pretty decent ebook bundle available now at StoryBundle 5$ gives you:
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 1) by Alastair Reynolds - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0819W19WD Redemption Ark (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 2) by Alastair Reynolds - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0819V9WPD/ Absolution Gap (The Inhibitor Trilogy Book 3) by Alastair Reynolds - $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0819WBT95
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pradmer posted:Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E Butler - $3.99 I've noticed that when Amazon does not have anything really special to offer, they pump out the same 20 titles, one of them being the above Octavia Butler omnibus, along with a lot of really bad looking stuff. The same goes for the monthly deals. There might be a handful of good/"big" titles, and the rest seems like they are repeats from two months ago, eg. The Paper magician series, Marko Kloos milsf series, Evan Currie milsf etc. If you start to feel a but burnt out, just stop posting whenever one of those rotational Daily Deal titles show up. I'm sure everyone who are interested have now grabbed 2001/Rama, Lilith's Brood, whatever Terry Goodkind title is being repeat posted, etc. I usually only post deals if there something on my wish list has dropped significantly in price (which I also check every day), and when I have bought it, will never post about it again, as it's gone from the wish list.
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If you are up for some trashy/pulpy post-apocalyptic reading, PC games seller Fanatical has a bundle just for you (3 tiers): Deathlands Sci-Fi Novels Bundle (Vols 1-40) (3 of them also as audio books) PDF format. Use Calibre to convert to ePub/Mobi I believe I still have book 3, Neutron Solstice, somewhere. I don't plan on reading it again, but back in 1987 when it got released, I immediately bought it when seeing the cover and reading the back cover  quote:A generation after a global nuclear war, Louisiana is a fetid, sullen landscape of impenetrable swamps and grotesquely mutated wildlife. Above the gnarled bayous, radioactive red dust clouds race across the sky on nuclear winds; below, thick mud sucks at a man's boots. Now and then a biting acid rain falls, swept in on the boiling winds from the Gulf. In the reeking swampland that was the Mississippi basin, neutron bombs have left barren cityscapes the territories of small groups of bitterly opposed survivors. Ryan Cawdor and his companions Krysty Wroth and J.B. Dix come upon one such group who are striving to revive life on earth the way it was before the bombs fell. But they're up against a postholocaust feudal lord who's just as determined to wipe them out. In the Deathlands, the world blew out in 2001. The future is emerging. Jesus Christ, I just saw on the Wiki page that there are 125 books in this series.
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The latest bundle from StoryBundle is The Best of Rudy Rucker $5 gives you
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Humble has a bunch of Warhammer 40K ebooks available in their Tales of the Space Marine Chapters 2022 by Black Library bundle.
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Jedit posted:Tor are giving away A Psalm For The Wild-Built this week, if you aren't already aware. Perhaps a bit more info is needed for those of us who don't memorize everything that is published by a thread-favorite author  Tor's monthly ebook club is giving away a bundle of 3-books-in-1: A Psalm For The Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome (Lock In #0) by John Scalzi An Unnatural Life by Erin K. Wagner
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anilEhilated posted:Any of those good? Every book I read of his has had an interesting premise that it completely failed to do anything interesting with. I have only read Central Station, but I realy enjoyed it. It's a collection of inter-connected short stories set in a future Tel Aviv, which has a Blade Runner/When Gravity Fails feel to it. I still hope that he will one day write a novel in that universe, though it probably won't happen.
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Fart of Presto posted:I have only read Central Station, but I realy enjoyed it. Well, this was a nice surprise  https://twitter.com/sfsignal/status/1539986783064170501
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There is a new, and pretty decent as far as I can tell, bundle over at StoryBundle: The Dark SF Bundlequote:Science fiction has dabbled in utopia before, but never as often as people might think. The early writers' visions of the future were often dire. There was Asimov's crumbling galactic empire in Foundation, or his murder-driven The Caves of Steel with its claustrophobically enclosed city. Philip K. Dick's nightmares took form in print, paranoid horror-like tales of a shifting reality in classics like Ubik or The Man in the High Castle. Richard Matheson's I Am Legend imagined the last man on Earth haunted by vampires. $5 gives you
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Kestral posted:If you're a fan of audiobooks and Neuromancer, at some point you should go back and listen to the Neuromancer audiobook - the abridged version narrated by William Gibson. It's an absolute fever dream of a production, not what anyone would consider "good" by today's standards, but it's utterly unique: there's something about the combination of Gibson's strange, nasal, almost affectless narration and the extremely heavy abridgement that makes listening to it feel like you're entering an altered state of consciousness. It's no longer sold anywhere since it was only ever made for cassette tape, but you can definitely track an MP3 version down pretty easily. And yes, definitely worth a listen. https://www.discogs.com/master/723489-William-Gibson-Neuromancer
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