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I have the trilogy in paperback, so there is little incentive to pay even $1 for them in e-format :) I hadn't thought to look for them on Guttenberg, considering them too modern, so thanks for the heads up. I may well download copies from there, although I don't think I'm likely to reread them any time soon.

I'm about halfway through - I haven't read it since high school. Bradbury was not as good as some of his contemporaries at predicting future technologies, but he is very good at societal trends. I am finding this far more disturbing than I did when I read it in the 70s.
I found the blu-ray of the HBO telemovie as part of a 2 for $20 sale, so I bought a copy - along with the long-awaited (by me, anyway) sequel to Iron Sky :) Nazis on the Moon !!!

There are 3 different versions of Deathworld in Kindle. None of them are free through Amazon Australia. This is a pretty common situation - I have noticed that about 60% of sales on sci-fi and fantasy in the Kindle store only apply to the US and UK Amazon sites.

I've just started a new Aussie sci-fi series that was released on New Year's Day. It's called The Commons and it's on Stan in Australia (I have no idea where you might find it overseas). It's not a particularly sci-fi story, but it's set in the near future (probably 10-20 years). The effects of climate change are not specifically mentioned but they do form an important part of the world setting - it's rather bleak in that respect. Could possibly fill both the cli-fi and alternate form squares in Bingo :) I'm 3 episodes into the 8 episode series, and I have been enjoying it.

I went with
Blue Devil Island as genre-blender, combining war story with horror.
Ultimately, I completed the I row, with
The Moon Pool filling both the pre-1950 and Lost Civilisation slots;
The Last Unicorn for non-human protagonist; the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant as epic fantasy; and
Oceanworlds as the 2019 novel.
I also completed the 1 column, with the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant as the award winner; James M Corkhill as the new author;
Path of the Bold: Superhero Anthology for the anthology; and
No Man's World: Omnibus for the complete series.
I almost completed the G row, but I didn't read anything with a talking animal.

Doing Christmas shopping last Monday (Dec 23), I found
Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D, which I knew would be great for one of my brothers. However, it's also great for me, so I bought myself a copy as weel and read it over the next couple of days.
G33z3r wrote: " Project Gutenberg would, I guess (also a good source for pre-1940)."Project Gutenberg is my go-to site when I'm looking for older books. As well the the free e-books that are regularly offered on Amazon (and Google Play), there is a site called
https://www.free-ebooks.net/ As a free member, they allow 5 downloads a month (pdf only), or you can join (it was $20 for lifetime membership) and get unlimited downloads in epub or mobi. The quality of stories is variable - there are a lot that really aren't very good, but I have found some good stories there.
Tony wrote: "You could watch the Disney film Fantasia - Mickey as the sorcerer's apprentice is certainly a case of magic going amok. And it could also fill the square for alternate form :)"Which I see has already been mentioned a few times. That will teach me to read the thread before commenting :)

You could watch the Disney film Fantasia - Mickey as the sorcerer's apprentice is certainly a case of magic going amok. And it could also fill the square for alternate form :)

I read
A Christmas Carol which, although I have seen many adaptations, I had never read. I have now returned to
White Gold Wielder

I couldn't count either. Physical books would be close to 2000 I would think - as well as 3 full size bookcases full of book to read, I also have 3 piles of books each taller than myself - legacy of many years working in bookshops. Then are are 8 bookcases of books I have read - and ebooks. Over 1500 from Amazon, another couple of hundred from Google Play, and several hundred from various other sites. I think it's safe to say that I will not finish all these in my lifetime. Doesn't stop me buying more, but I have made a concerted effort to buy less :)

I see shared world or common theme anthologies as a different category to media / game tie-ins, with a bigger pool - although that might just be my exposure levels.

Would media tie-in include novels based on gaming worlds, such as Warhammer or D&D? Or would that be a separate category?

I'm definitely in favour of the media tie-in and the alternate history/historical fantasy categories. My only comment about the LGBTQ author category is that often I wouldn't know (and really don't care). And I totally misinterpreted the Free square in the centre - I had assumed it meant an ebook that was free :)

I finished
Nightmare City and have now started
White Gold Wielder, the final book in the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Lupon wrote: "Cause now you surf the internet a lot?"Hehe, probably not as much as some people, but it does provide a range of distractions that weren't previously available :)
Angie wrote: "Also, I'm intending on rereading Fahrenheit 451 with the group, as it's been at least 15 years since I've read it."I don't think I've read it since high school, back in the mid 70s, although I have seen the movie a couple of times. I did purchase a copy a few years ago, intending to reread it, but never got around to it, so I will be joining the group read.
Lupon wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "I have records back to 2003. Before that I'm just going by memory."
It's a long time, anyway."I started keeping records of the books I read in 1990. I used to read a lot more in pre-internet days :p

Still reading
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey, which I am thoroughly enjoying. But it's a chunky book, so I'm only reading it at home. My commute reading is
Nightmare City, which is set in the same universe as
The Atomic Sea: Volume One, which I haven't read yet, but it hasn't been an issue so far.

I expect it's called Watchmen purely as a marketing exercise. Although, even though it's set about 25 years after the graphic novel, get the impression that Veidt is going to have a major role - and they are slowly introducing more ties to the original. It is very dystopian, and does take some effort to follow in some episodes.