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Another Humble Bundle: Planetary Exploration by Makehttps://www.humblebundle.com/books/pl...
Ok, this is more Science than Science Fiction, but it's got rockets and robots for the DIY sort of person.
Another tidbit for this discussion. Someone added every 2018 Hugo nominated short to Goodreads, regardless of how they were published, making it simple to track reading them.
Silvana wrote: "Hmm, I did not know short stories are not supposed to have Goodreads pages. Also weird that individual stories like the ones in Tor.com can't have their pages."Shorts published in magazines or anthologies are prohibited, but shorts are allowed if they are
* Published separately
* Published online as a specified short story (i.e. not a 'bonus')
* Complete flash fiction
See https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3...
It's unclear to me where shorts in online magazines fall. Many can be linked directly, so does that make them "published separately"?
Individual comics are another question mark. If we do a graphic novel challenge in 2019, the question "individual" or "trade" will come up. What will the Roberator rule? ;-)
Past S+L pick How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu is on sale for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/Live-Safely-Sc...
Trike wrote: "I find it interesting that people are still joining at this late date. I wonder if they hadn’t heard about it previously or what."On the other hand, there are also quite a few challenge participants with 0 of N books completed even though they have read many books this year. Makes me think their challenges never got linked.
Stumbled across this artwork of the Supremes. Not sure when it was created. I think the artists's name is Brad Lamey but I'm not certain. Nice work.https://www.deviantart.com/dwilart/ar...
Tooling up for a challenging read or just in need of an upgrade? Victoria Miniatures has your back, ummm, or arm.5 different left laser pistol arms and 5 different right sword arms!
https://victoriaminiatures.com/produc...
Ok, they're sold out at the moment but at least we know where to go for a sword or laser arm.
Is the laser mightier than the sword? A comparative study for the urethrotomyAbstract: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-21...
NOTE: Full text is only available via libraries with a SpringerLink subscription.
The latest Humble Bundle of SF&F ebooks is for fans of Dystopian Worldshttps://www.humblebundle.com/books/dy...
By the way, you can go to Charity Navigator to see their profile for Worldbuilders. They don't have a rating yet because they need two more years of IRS form submissions, but they seem making all the right moves to be a well run charity.https://www.charitynavigator.org/inde...
Worldbuilders donation for 2018 done! Now I need some coffee...
Incoming! An Angry Robot 2019 Sampler is free from the publisher nowhttps://www.angryrobotbooks.com/shop/...
or you can get it from Amazon next week
https://www.amazon.com/Incoming-Angry...
The sampler features the first three chapters of SF adventure, The Fall of Io by Wesley Chu, deep and rich fantasy The Ingenious by Darius Hinks, SF spy actioner The Bayern Agenda: Book One of the Galactic Cold War by Dan Moren, mind-blowing military SF The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, sword and romance fantasy Shadowblade by Anna Kashina, and reality-distorting space opera The Outside by Ada Hoffman.
The October Man, the next Rivers of London novella by Ben Aaronovitch, is available for preorder from Subterranean Presshttps://subterraneanpress.com/october...
I think this signed limited hardcover edition, scheduled for May 2019, comes out about a month before the regular release.
So many lists for T vs D to scour and choose fromTop 10 Classic (Pre-20th Century) Science Fiction & Fantasy
http://igp-scifi.com/2011/10/top-10-c...
or a convenient forehead that the author of December's pick can sign
From a Certain Point of View is on sale for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XZ8WL34/
In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character.
Yeah, if the notebook is going to be used for autographs, unruled would be better. Moleskin used to make a Kindle cover with notepad for older Kindle models, but not for current models. Nevertheless, I like Sean's idea of an autograph book for authorgraphs.
Sean Lookielook wrote: "It's kind of old-fashioned, but maybe it's time we brought back the tradition of autograph books for ebook readers who want author's signatures without the hassle of a room full of hardcovers. You can find them for under $10."or you can spend a little more on a Wile E. Coyote Looney Tunes Limited Edition Notebooks from Moleskine
https://us.moleskine.com/looney-tunes...
Daffy, Bugs and Taz also available
Reading The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell after binging the third season of The Last Kingdom on Netflix which adapts the fourth and fifth books of Cornwell's Saxon stories.https://www.goodreads.com/series/4358...
These are classified as historical fiction, but they don't seem much different from the grimdark fantasy novels that I've read and enjoyed.
