#free sci-fi books

[joncronshawauthor]

Free and Discounted Fantasy and Sci-fi ebooks –February 16, 2024

In this special blog post, we’re thrilled to guide you on a journey through the most captivating realms of fantasy and science fiction. Here, you’ll find an array of free and discounted books, each a gateway to adventures untold. Simply click on the book fair images to discover your next favourite story.

[mysharona1987]

This is literally what the evil dystopian government in the opening of The Running Man does.

“Fuck you, I won’t fire on hungry civilians!”

And Arnold Schwarzenegger is presented fully as a hero for opposing it.

[leebrontide]

Apparently we're doing these again, so

Names in Their Blood is fully for sale as of TODAY!

After a spring they barely survived, the superhero team the Sentinels, and their family, head to rural Minnesota for long awaited reunions and a chance to finally start to heal. But when they realize that genetically altered people have been going missing from the small town that houses the US's only full service hospital for genetically altered people they have to decide who they can trust- and fast, our thousands of people could die.

Buy on Amazon paperack or ebook now! (audiobook to come)

Buy ebook NOT on Amazon here or here.

Also available for special order from your local independent book store!

The first book in the series is FREE right HERE or HERE (or in paper form from Amazon or from your fav independent bookstore)

Also I made a Uquiz that I think is a lot of fun, here.

Reblogs welcome! I'm deeply proud of this book and I'm so so excited to finally share it with you all!

[fictionadventurer]

So many types of books that have strong summertime associations that I spend all my time cycling through cravings for certain genres or books.

Within the last month, I have wanted to read/reread:

Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery

The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder

Valiant by Sarah McGuire

Retellings in general (especially Cinderella retellings)

Golden Age mysteries, especially Josephine Tey and Agatha Christie

The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart

Books set in locations that are not America or England, especially warm climates

Books set in wintery/cold weather settings

Science fiction/space opera

Superhero stories

Civil War history/Presidential history

D.E. Stevenson books (and other mid-tier vintage light fiction)

Wilkie Collins books

Graphic novels

And I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Some trans authors & queer presses black friday sales are going on this weekend! If you want to get some cool trans books for cheap heres a few things I found.

Beau Van Dalen, an ownvoices trans man romance fantasy author, is having a 69% (nice) sale on his itch here

Cursed Morsel Press, Publisher of short horror and Weird fiction, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer, is having a sale on paperbacks & ebooks on their website here

NineStar Press, an LGBTQA publisher, is having a 50% sale on their website for all books here

Si Clarke is having a sale on The Left Hand of Dog, sci fi with a transfem nonbinary protagonist, on her website here

[junypr-camus]

Just a good ol’ fashioned girl-hates-government dystopia. 

Oh, and mind control.

A CITY WITHOUT BIRDS

GENRE: Science Fiction

SUBGENRES: Dystopia, cyberpunk, hopepunk

THEMES: Found family, change, memories, hope

AUDIENCE: Anyone

P.O.V./TENSE: First person, past tense

Memories can’t be trusted in Seranid. Feisty Terry Silver learns the hard way when she’s forced to flee the utopian City of her childhood, charged with a crime she has no recollection of committing.

Here’s what other people say

“really action packed…. incredibly well written and kept up the pace for the whole book” — Vee Ramage

“I must admit I was totally taken in by Terry and the Professor and the supporting characters.”

“What I like most is that it really takes points from our own flaws in society. The use of the separation between the rich and the poor to cover bigger schemes.”

Interested?

You can find A City Without Birds on Goodreads, and it’s on sale on Amazon.

Or keep reading…

Welcome to Seranid.  You’re happy here. Everybody is.

From the ruins of the Pacific Coast rises Seranid, where

“THE CAMERAS AREN’T WATCHING YOU. YOU’RE WATCHING YOURSELF.”

Terry Silver doesn’t know she’s living a lie. She thinks nothing of the status symbol implanted into every Seranidian at birth. She’s unaware of the dissentious thoughts erased from her mind, or the half-truths fed to millions of Seranidians to maintain the paradisial City. Even, of the fact that she may have taken a life. But when the mysterious Professor Camus Remin whisks her from the crosshairs of Seranid’s task force into the Slums, she finds stolen memories — including ones of her long-dead father, and a people trampled by innovation — who call her the Phoenix that will herald the rebirth of the nation. As Terry tries to foment an uprising, she faces more than her own mortality: resurfacing trauma, the deaths of loved ones, and the looming threat of all-out nuclear war. She’s forced to ask herself: what price would you pay for change?

Seranid’s Government rules through division. Knowledge workers: doctors, engineers, teachers, and scientists are kept in the City, a bubble of utopia, while the rest are cast into the Slums, where poverty, disease, and corruption run rampant. Status symbols implanted at birth label Seranidians and feed them propaganda, altering their thoughts and memories to keep them in line. The task force eliminates any remaining rebels.

The Council, the coalition of the six business heads of Seranid, is the guiding force and source of comfort in many Seranidian’s lives. From controlling the weather in the City to providing aid to those in need, they are the sympathetic heart of Seranid. And the driver behind the City’s endless consumerism.

Propoganda

CHARACTERS

Terry Silver: Fatherless and friendless, Terry finds solace in her work: keyboards, droids, and the soldering iron that burned a hole through her cargo pants. Her defiance gets her in trouble when Seranid’s government targets her for something she can’t even remember.

Terry’s first memory | Sketches | Terry’s mirror

Camus Remin: He has a charming smile and a burning passion for physics, but remains a mystery to his students, burdened by past mistakes. He quickly becomes the father Terry never had — but only later does she learn why he saved her.

Quote | Sketch

Marco Luiz: An old friend of Camus and a resident of the Slums, Marco knows the injustices of Seranid’s system firsthand. Both idealist and kind-hearted, he’s quick to sacrifice himself to help those in need — or just cook them some good roast lamb.

OC’s a ten but…

Janette Thornell: Hardened by past failures, the Resistance leader often clashes with Terry. Yet Janette loves those she protects — most of all, Emmy, who knows the secret of her origins.

Janette’s Secret

Emmy Wood: A City surgeon who defected to the Resistance, Emmy is more a scientist than a fighter. But when fate separates her, Camus, Marco and Terry from the rest of the Resistance, the four must learn to fight – and survive – together.

OC’s a ten but…

SETTING

North America, in the distant future…

Three countries share North America: materialistic Seranid on the West Coast, militaristic Leifen in the East, and modest Mirena, caught between the two superpowers. Each has their own way of surviving in this cruel new world, and each has their own flaws.

More Descriptions | Sketches | Leifen | Mirena | Ideals

psst. hey you. 

Thank you for making it this far! I got a little secret… I’m planning on making A City Without Birds free for a few days later this year (date undecided). Please reblog/comment if you’d like to be tagged when that happens!

[bookwyrminspiration]

Do you have any recommendations for books that are similar to acod?

Unfortunately, not really. I and others are on the hunt for them, though!

Primary one so far is The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir--the style of "fuck you knowing who the hell the mc/narrator is is a privilege not a right" is strong there. Similar in how drastically different events/understanding is at the beginning vs the end. Delightful science fantasy story. like acod you WILL be confused

On a related note: this is a list of books similar to TLT, so by extension you may find something there worth reading/similar to acod?

And I have yet to read him for myself, so this might be off, but I've heard good things about Ken Liu's books? About the plot and character complexity. Personally have been meaning to start the Dandelion Dynasty

Also if you're willing to branch out of books, I know I rec it a lot, but Black Sails (to me) has a similar vibe. It's not fantasy, but the layers to every action, the secrecy, the reveals, the character depth and how everyone overlaps and clashes with each other. Very compelling

I wish I could give you more! since acod i've been wanting to find more like it, but it is a process--we will get there, though!

[chronurgy]

reminding myself that I can make it through the next few weeks because after this is all over I get to spend four days living in the natural history museum and have a month to read some good books

[dominimoonbeam]

I write books sometimes.

(FBS character art by the amazing @slushrottweiler​. You should absolutely check them out for commissions!!!)

A little nudgenudge reminder from your local, painfully introverted, writer that I also write romance novellas.

If you enjoy my fics or my ongoing stories, you might also enjoy one of these!

I have a couple contemporary romances and a couple sci-fi romances. They’re on amazon, smashwords, and just about anywhere ebooks are. They’re also listed on goodreads if you like to do reviews or keep track of your reads there...

Reviews are super appreciated. You don’t even have to type anything! Just slap some stars on there if you read it and hopefully liked it.

FOUND BETWEEN STARS is available for free. <3

[ashleywritesstuff]

Happy Sci-Fi Saturday! Star Trek: Discovery, X-Men '97, Tank Girl, and going through the spoils of last Saturday's Free Comic Book Day all made it a great week for sci-fi! How about you?

[5ampublishing]

USS PRIMIS: The First Starship - a #slowburn #scifi #spacestory #psychologicalthriller

Humanity's last hope comes down to a twisted game of cat and mouse. Get your copy today 📖 https://books.5ampublishing.com/decsff002b/qq49wh7md5

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[joncronshawauthor]

Free and discounted ebooks – February 2, 2024

In this special blog post, we’re thrilled to guide you on a journey through the most captivating realms of fantasy and science fiction. Here, you’ll find an array of free and discounted books, each a gateway to adventures untold. Simply click on the book fair images to discover your next favourite story. follow jon on Youtube.

[thebluedragoncat]

"Chai" updates tomorrow (Aug. 13th) @ 12:30 MDT.

Teaser poll:

You are baking with a friend.

Read Chai on Wattpad for free:

[b-a-pigeon]

Kindle Vella is offering free reads on all serials from October 5 to 11!

Authors still get paid for reads (and other interactions, like following and liking chapters, etc.) so this is a great time to support some indies and find cool new writers/stories for $0 :)

Here are some LGBT genre fiction serials & queer authors to check out on Vella!

A Hollow Contract by B Pigeon: this one's mine! Character-driven low fantasy with some cute gay romance from ur favorite queer trans author!

The Stars and Green Magics by Novae Caelum: very queer sci fi/space opera; nonbinary author

Tales of a Vernian Youth by Gaius J. Augustus: lighthearted sci-fantasy adventure w/ a trans protagonist; queer/trans author

Between Two Worlds by Atlas Prieto: gay polyamorous vampire romance

Night in the Garden by AR DeClerck: cute queer fantasy romance

Ashe & Dez by Nat Paga: fantasy(ish?) sapphic romance + western + adventure

Feel free to reblog with more recs - this was just off the top of my head so I'm probably forgetting some! Enjoy the free reads!

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri

goodreads

The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri is a time travel story about what it means to truly claim yourself.

Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this short story before but it sounds interesting (& is free on tor.com here).

[broke-on-books]

😍😍😍