Category Archives: Novel

Osama by Lavie Tidhar [Time-limited]

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Josh

Looks really interesting, and certainly worth checking out. PS Publishing says: In a world without global terrorism Joe, a private detective, is hired by a mysterious woman to find a man: the obscure author of pulp fiction novels featuring one … Continue reading →

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The Breach by Patrick Lee [Time-Limited]

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Josh

Not free, but close to it: $0.99 for the next few weeks. I picked this one up after reading this “Big Idea” essay by the author, Patrick Lee. Totally enjoyed the book – not perfect, but a blast to read. … Continue reading →

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Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Josh

A book I remember enjoying immensely. Amazon.com says: W. P. Kinsella plays with both myth and fantasy in his lyrical novel, which was adapted into the enormously popular movie, Field of Dreams. It begins with the magic of a godlike … Continue reading →

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Septimus Heap: Magyk [Time-limited]

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Josh

This is a specifically time-limited free edition of the first book in a popular YA fantasy series. Publisher HarperCollins writes: For a limited time, discover where the Magyk began, for free. This free ebook includes the complete text of Septimus Heap, … Continue reading →

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The Sculptor by Gregory Funaro

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Josh

A thriller garnering a bunch of comparisons, some negative, to Thomas Harris and The Silence of the Lambs – but hey, free book from a major publisher! Very likely time-limited, unfortunately.

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The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Josh

“One of cyberpunk’s most inventive works.” — Rolling Stone From the author: Your Guide to the 21st Century! It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. Software won the first Philip K. Dick Award. … Continue reading →

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Starfarers by Vonda N. McIntyre

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Josh

From Book View Cafe: The starship Starfarer is poised for our first voyage to another star system. The Alien Contact Team — physicist Victoria Fraser MacKenzie, geneticist Stephen Thomas Gregory, geographer Satoshi Lono, and alien contact specialist J.D. Sauvage — and … Continue reading →

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His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Josh

…is available free for a limited time (possibly up to the July 13 release of Tongues of Serpents) at http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary/ This book is tremendously fun.

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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Josh

Available through May 23 – requires you to go to a Barnes & Nobles store and show the clerk your Nook or other mobile device with the B&N reader installed. Instructions for the B&N “Fun and Free” Promotion are here: … Continue reading →

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Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Josh

A complete novel from this well-respected master of modern fantasy. From Tor.com: Charles de Lint’s Spiritwalk (1992) is the sequel to Moonheart, his groundbreaking novel about the people in and around a house in modern Ottawa that straddles this world … Continue reading →

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