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Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

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Sebastien de Castell's Play of Shadows is 0.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

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For a limited time, Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola is 5.99% on Kindle​​​​​​​.

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R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

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

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Hugh Howey's Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories is 1.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Noticed Audible Plus has a lot of Martha Wells. Including the Raksura series... but only book 5 (lol WTF), and the short stories (which apparently don't require having read the main series but some people recommend main series first---not sure just how strongly).

Complete Ile-Rien and Fall of Ile-Rien series though. Some Murderbot Diaries.

They also have the complete Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, some of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant... and none of the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (okay to skip? I'd guess not...).

[amphibian]

I think the first chronicles of covenant must be read in order for big pieces of the second and third to make sense.

The Raksura books also kinda need the first, I'd honestly skip Ile Rien for Murderbot and Raksura.

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Barbara Hambly's The Sun Wolf and Starhawk omnibus, comprised of The Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar, and The Dark Hand of Magic, is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

amphibian, on 02 November 2024 - 05:13 PM, said:

I think the first chronicles of covenant must be read in order for big pieces of the second and third to make sense.

The Raksura books also kinda need the first, I'd honestly skip Ile Rien for Murderbot and Raksura.

Hmm... seems like my choices for "fantasy series that I haven't already listened to that's available on Audible Plus in its entirety and seems appealing" are Ile-Rien or Shadow Campaigns. Unless anyone has any recommendations I might have missed? (I've listened to the Robin Hobbs books....) Oh wait there's The Demon Cycle...

[JPK]

 Azath Vitr (D, on 02 November 2024 - 08:35 PM, said:

 amphibian, on 02 November 2024 - 05:13 PM, said:

I think the first chronicles of covenant must be read in order for big pieces of the second and third to make sense.

The Raksura books also kinda need the first, I'd honestly skip Ile Rien for Murderbot and Raksura.

Hmm... seems like my choices for "fantasy series that I haven't already listened to that's available on Audible Plus in its entirety and seems appealing" are Ile-Rien or Shadow Campaigns. Unless anyone has any recommendations I might have missed? (I've listened to the Robin Hobbs books....) Oh wait there's The Demon Cycle...

I kinda want to see you tackle The Demon Cycle just so I can read your reaction posts.

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Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock is 1.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Abyss]

Azath Vitr (D, on 02 November 2024 - 04:36 PM, said:

Noticed Audible Plus has a lot of Martha Wells. Including the Raksura series... but only book 5 (lol WTF), and the short stories (which apparently don't require having read the main series but some people recommend main series first---not sure just how strongly).

Complete Ile-Rien and Fall of Ile-Rien series though. Some Murderbot Diaries.

They also have the complete Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, some of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant... and none of the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (okay to skip? I'd guess not...).

amphibian, on 02 November 2024 - 05:13 PM, said:

I think the first chronicles of covenant must be read in order for big pieces of the second and third to make sense.

The Raksura books also kinda need the first, I'd honestly skip Ile Rien for Murderbot and Raksura.

I'm only on Raksura bk 3 but my understanding is that the Stories collections are intended to be read after the series.

I would say Thomas Covenant 2 and 3 are meaningless without 1.

Murderbot... you need to read the very first one i think. It sets all the context for what follows. I wouldn't reco reading them out of order after that but you probably could do the earlier ones The status quo and supporting cast of the later books would be difficult out of order.

JPK, on 02 November 2024 - 10:14 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 02 November 2024 - 08:35 PM, said:

...

Hmm... seems like my choices for "fantasy series that I haven't already listened to that's available on Audible Plus in its entirety and seems appealing" are Ile-Rien or Shadow Campaigns. Unless anyone has any recommendations I might have missed? (I've listened to the Robin Hobbs books....) Oh wait there's The Demon Cycle...

I kinda want to see you tackle The Demon Cycle just so I can read your reaction posts.

Seconded!

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Amazon.ca link


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.uk

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Joanne Bertin's The Last Dragonlord is 1.99$ on Kindle.

Greg Bear's Eon is 1.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.