[pat5150]

Tad Williams' Tailchaser's Song is 4.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Malankazooie]

Abyss, on 24 February 2020 - 06:51 PM, said:

Passing Modgod Notice of I threw spoiler blocks in your post because it's one of the best bits in the story AND EVERYONE SHOULD GO READ IT RTF NOW.

Had the same reaction you did. Would totally read more about any of them.

That was excellent. I would pay for the adventures hinted at the end, especially

Spoiler

Nighthunter Moppet's epic hunt for Satan's wig, which left a trail of mischief and misery across London for years

[pat5150]

Daryl Gregory's Spoonbenders is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Abyss]

Malankazooie, on 26 February 2020 - 08:23 PM, said:

Abyss, on 24 February 2020 - 06:51 PM, said:

Passing Modgod Notice of I threw spoiler blocks in your post because it's one of the best bits in the story AND EVERYONE SHOULD GO READ IT RTF NOW.

Had the same reaction you did. Would totally read more about any of them.

That was excellent. I would pay for the adventures hinted at the end, especially

Spoiler

Nighthunter Moppet's epic hunt for Satan's wig, which left a trail of mischief and misery across London for years

I so want to read that story.

Admittedly it may be better in my thinkymeatz than the reality ever could, but even so.


Also....

Spoiler

This may be the single most epic thing in the history of epic fantasy, ever...

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Even as the devil’s walking stick swings down in a slow, glittering arc of hellfire, even as the devil aims to crack the top of Black Tom’s dancing, prancing skull, a bloodcurdling cry rings out from above.

<I AM THE NIGHTHUNTER MOPPET!>

Perched on a dusty sconce above the devil’s head is a rabid, knife-jawed, fire-eyed kitten with seven hungry shadows. And as the devil looks up agape, she springs, her wicked claws catching the light, right on top of the devil’s powdered wig.

Hellfire! Chaos! The two other cats rush the devil’s legs, clawing at his face. He bites and clobbers them, his wings and fists swinging. The walls of the asylum throb with the impact of the battle. The poet, crumpled on the floor, twitches and writhes. In every cell, the lunatics begin to howl.

and this bit, the last sentence of which is utterly genius....

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But in the center of the poet’s cell, in a storm of lightning and hellfire, whirl Satan and the Nighthunter Moppet, splattered with each other’s blood. The Moppet has only five shadows now, and one of her green eyes is closed, but her snarl still gleams prettily amid the flames of darkness visible.

“Stand down, you vile kitten!”

<I AM! NIGHTHUNTER! MOPPET!> the kitten screams back. As battle cries go, it is unoriginal, but gets the central point across, Jeoffry thinks as he slinks ever closer to the gibbering poet. The ghosts of the stars Satan has lately killed whisper encouragement as he creeps forward through cosmic space, inch by careful inch.

.... aaaand, without planning to, i just reread the entire story.

I need to look into author Siobhan Carroll .

[Malankazooie]

Abyss, on 28 February 2020 - 04:56 PM, said:

.... aaaand, without planning to, i just reread the entire story.

It really is awesome. And if you're a cat owner and grew up with cats like I have, the recognizable mannerisms will put a big smile on your face.

Spoiler

My family had a cat so like Black Tom when I was a kid. I grew up in the country, on a farm and one of our cats (we had three) was all about fighting and carousing at night. Always looking for a fight, I remember being awakened by his yowling, outside my bedroom window during mid-summer, after midnight, when he was having a standoff with another male from the area. If I could understand cat language, I'm sure his admonitions would be filled with curses like Black Tom's.

[pat5150]

Nicholas Eames' Bloody Rose is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​ (USA and Canada).

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Robert Jackson Bennett's Foundryside is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​ (US only).

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Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of al-Rassan is 1.99$ on Kindle.

[Cyphon]

THE RISING (the omnibus edition of the original Newsflesh trilogy, containing FEED, DEADLINE, and BLACKOUT) is on sale today in the US and Canada! $3.99 for all three books!

https://t.co/n2n8ciS7m6

Same deal on UK kobo too.

[pat5150]

Steven Erikson's Willful Child is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​ (USA and Canada).

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For fans of grimdark series, Brian Ruckley's Winterbirth is 4.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Abyss]

Publisher Angry Robot has a 50% off all ebook sale from their website
Angryrobotbooks.com .

There is a metric fuvktonne of great books on there.

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 21 March 2020 - 10:37 PM, said:

Publisher Angry Robot has a 50% off all ebook sale from their website
Angryrobotbooks.com .

There is a metric fuvktonne of great books on there.

Any reccos? So much stuff, dunno where to start!

[Cyphon]

Kamerom Hurley and Jeannette Ng are worth a look from a quick skim through.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 21 March 2020 - 10:39 PM, said:

Abyss, on 21 March 2020 - 10:37 PM, said:

Publisher Angry Robot has a 50% off all ebook sale from their website
Angryrobotbooks.com .

There is a metric fuvktonne of great books on there.

Any reccos? So much stuff, dunno where to start!

Cyphon, on 22 March 2020 - 10:46 PM, said:

Kamerom Hurley and Jeannette Ng are worth a look from a quick skim through.

Add Lavie Tidhar.
Havent had a chance to dig in yet, will revolt more if I do.

[pat5150]

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Children of Húrin is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[pat5150]

In addition to The Children of Húrin, a number of other Tolkien titles are also 2.99$ on Kindle.

[QuickTidal]

The Inkeeper Chronicles omnibus (first 3 books) by Ilona Andrews is on amazon for $1 as a “plague offer”

Always wanted to read it, so I grabbed it.

[pat5150]

C. J. Cherryh's Alternate Realities omnibus is 4.99$ on Kindle.

The Book of Magic, edited by Gardner Dozois is 4.99$ on Kindle.

Wild Cards I, edited by GRRM, is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Aptorian]

The Bone Ships by RJ Barker is something like a dollar on Amazon.