The Bargain Bookstore

Hopeland
Ian McDonald
Science Fiction
A visionary literary SF novel about a vast family intimately linked - a new way for mankind to live
£0.99
Deal ends: 30-09-2023

all the usual places
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dom
Sharp Ends
Joe Abercrombie
Fantasy
Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie
£0.99
Deal ends: 30-09-2023

all the Kindle/Kobo/Apple places
 
The Shadow of Perseus
Claire Heywood
Fantasy
The myth of Perseus, told through the story of the three women who knew him best - his mother Danae, his wife Andromeda, and his victim, Medusa.
£0.99
Deal ends: 30-09-2023

Kindle/Kobo/Apple
 
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/...rce=Humble+Bundle+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

Audiobook bundle which includes Lois McMaster Bujold's Sharing Knife series (not the novellas or short stories though), Larry Niven's Ringworld series, David Farland's Runelords series, plus some series I've not seen before. £15 for 20 audio books isn't bad, although there's only 8 I'm really interested in, and another 4 or so I'm mildly interested in.
 
Interesting. It's a good price but are they books I want to listen to? I read the Ringworld books sometime ago.
 
Guvnor said:
Interesting. It's a good price but are they books I want to listen to? I read the Ringworld books sometime ago.
Click to expand...

I've got Sharing Knife as paper copies; it's interesting. The world may be (or may not be) our world post an apocalyptic event (possibly a nuclear war). I would describe the books as science fantasy - the 'magic' may actually be psionics, and the setting is low tech, possibly equivalent to 18th Century. It comes across as early North America, not the initial exploration and First Nations resettlement, but pre-American Civil War. It's similar in style to Patricia Wrede's Frontier Magic series, and the standalone A Brother's Price from Wen Spencer (both I'd categorise as Alternate History, rather than Science Fantasy).

I have the first 2 Ringworld as paper books, but not the later ones. Ringworld I have as ebook as well; I started a re-read a while back but got distracted. I did think the societal mores described were very much an extrapolation of the 60s, and wasn't entirely happy.

David Farland (Dave Wolverton) and William Forstchen I've heard of but not read. Forstchen publishes SF over at Baen, but not the series in the bundle. The other author, William Sainsbury Smith, I've never heard of.

I'd say the bundle is worth it for the Bujolds alone, and the Nivens are icing on the cake (as it were). Given the retail price of audio books, this is a bargain and the books are unabridged.

Interestingly, if you click on the publisher link, it takes you to the paper website, not the audio website which is https://www.blackstonewholesale.com/
 
Sea of Rust
C. Robert Cargill
Science Fiction
An action-packed post-apocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic
£0.99
Deal ends: 30-09-2023

all the usual Kobo Amazon Apple Google places
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top