Phoenix Pick continues their free eBook promotion this month with AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence by Nancy Kress!
About the Book:
Nancy Kress is the author of twenty-two novels and numerous short stories. She is perhaps best known for the “Sleepless” trilogy that began with BEGGARS IN SPAIN. Her fiction has won four Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the 2003 John W. Campbell Award (for PROBABILITY SPACE).
These two outstanding stories give us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.
Expect the unexpected
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991976 and is only good between May 2nd – May 30, 2013. Grab it now!
Phoenix Pick is continuing their free eBook promotion this month with Starborne by Robert Silverberg!
About the Book:
Is utopia a death sentence for mankind?
Does living in a perfect world destroy all that makes us human? Fifty men and women, living prefect lives, decide to give it all up to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Equipped with enough genetic material to populate a new planet, these fifty set out to travel to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, with their only link to home a fragile telepathic bond between a blind crew member and her sister back home.
Starborne is a thoughtful, introspective look by one of the Grand Masters of science fiction at what it means to be human and to live a life of meaning
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991828 and is only good between March 2nd – March 31, 2013. Grab it now!
Phoenix Pick is continuing their free eBook promotion this month with A.A. Attanasio’s Arc of the Dream (A Radix Tetrad Novel)!
About the Book:
The Arc—Earth’s Last Hope?
The Arc, a being of immense power, trapped within a continuum too small, fights for its freedom. Its monumental struggle will touch a few select individuals on Earth—and in doing so, change their lives forever. The Arc may also be the last hopefor humanity’s survival.
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991743 and is only good between February 2nd – February 28, 2012. Grab it now!
Phoenix Pick is continuing their free eBook promotion this month with Paul Cook’s The Aljeandra Variation!
About the Book:
Nicholas Tehada is dreamer having his dreams harvested by Mnemos Nine-a computer used in a top secret government project.
But where do the dreams end and reality begin? And what is the ultimate goal of Project Foresee?
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991465 and is only good between January 2nd – January 31, 2012. Grab it now!
Phoenix Pick is continuing their free eBook promotion this month with L. Neil Smith’s The Venus Belt!
About the Book:
More than 150,000 women have been kidnapped without a trace or any ransom demand in the ‘normal’ world run by the Federalists and the bureaucracy. But that is not the only problem, because the freedom loving population in the ‘alternate’ reality of the North American Confederacy are facing their own crises.
People are disappearing across the Probability Broach, including Win Bear’s closest friend, Featherstone-Haugh (who heads the Confederacy), and even Win’s wife and assistant.
Ill (and deadly) winds are blowing and threatening to destroy the Probability Broach as we know it. Win Bear, keeping one step ahead of lethal assassins and fighting incredible odds, must solve multiple apparently disparate cases that all seem to lead to the end of freedom. “Impressively Imagined”—Kirkus Reviews
“A vibrant, science-fiction epic filled with verve, dash and inventive characters. It’s creative, and it’s fun, a fine bit of escapist fare for winter reading”—The Chattanooga Times
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991305 and is only good between December 2nd – December 31, 2012. Grab it now!
Phoenix Pick has two (count ‘em) eBooks deals for you this month.
First up is their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion with Larry Niven’s collection Limits.
About the book:
Here is an extraordinary mix of fantasy and science fiction from one of the masters of science fiction, Larry Niven.
The stories in this collection include some collaborations with authors such as Jerry Pournelle (Spirals) and Steven Barnes (The Locusts), as well as stories written by Niven himself.
Larry Niven’s credits include the award-winning Ringworld series, his “Known Space” novels and the Man-Kzin anthologies. His collaborations with Jerry Pournelle include such titles as Lucifer’s Hammer, Inferno and The Mote in God’s Eye.
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Phoenix Pick has two (count ‘em) eBooks deals for you this month.
First up is their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion with Charles Sheffield’s Georgia On My Mind and Other Places.
About the book:
Sheffield, a physicist, proves to be one of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years.”-Publishers Weekly ** A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield’s highly acclaimed novelette, Georgia On My Mind. ** Georgia On My Mind won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.
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Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s A.A. Attanasio’s In Other Worlds! The novel is part of the author’s Radix Tetrad, but like the other books in the series, stands alone on its own.
About the book:
Schirmer spontaneously transforms into light.
Then, 130 billion years later, when all of spacetime is collapsing into the vast nothingness of the cosmic black hole, Carl Schirmer is remade from the remnants of his light. He is reborn in time’s last world, the strangest of all-the Werld.
There, Carl discovers the Foke, nomadic humans who travel among the floating islands of the Werld. Among them he finds the beautiful Evoë, and their life together is blissful in this kingdom that knows no aging or disease. But it is cut brutally short when Evoë is captured by the zotl, a spidery intelligence who hunt the Foke and eat them in an excruciating fashion. In order to save her life, Carl must return to Earth-130 billion years earlier-where he is shocked to discover that the Earth he’s come back to is not the one he left.
Can he meet the harsh demands of his task before the zotl find him and begin ravishing the Earth?
“Richly imagined and crafted…a compelling and often brilliant novel” –
Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant…exuberantly entertaining” – Library Journal
“A dimension-spanning adventure that combines elements of hard science, classic SF plotting, and derring-do with a timeless love story.” – The Houston Post
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Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s L. Neil Smith’s Pallas!
About the book:
Ex-U.S.-Senator Gibson Altman rules the prison colony where everyone is expected to live by rules that govern every aspect of their lives.
The inhabitants of the experimental colony survive in a society plagued by crime, corruption and despair, toiling endlessly at tasks they are appointed to. Altman lives a life of luxury, ruling the lives of the souls trapped within his experiment and brooking no opposition to mandate.
However, Pallas, the terraformed asteroid, is also home to Curringer, a society in stark contrast to Altman’s prison. It is a community where individual freedoms are championed and men and women are free to live as they please.
Emerson Ngu escapes from Altman’s prison colony and becomes a hero of Curringer. Altman is driven by a deep hatred of Emerson and his triumph and will do anything to get his revenge on him. But in the process will he also destroy his own daughter and even the world of Pallas?
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Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Joan Slonczewski’s Daughter of Elysium!
(Note: this book was offered for free as Phoenix Pick’s very first free ebook more than two years ago. However, because of the limited nature of the program then, it had few downloads at the time. Phoenix Pick is
offering this outstanding book for free once more.)
About the book:
The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora, inhabited by ‘immortals’ who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life.
Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society?
And what of the consciousness of self-aware nano-sentient servitors and their quest for vengeance?
“An enormously impressive achievement…A marvelous array of cultures presented in astonishing depth”—Kirkus Review
“A thoughtful, well-crafted novel”—Publishers Weekly
“Masterful story”—Library Journal
“Magnificently detailed”—Chicago Sun Times
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Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Paul Cook’s Tintagel!
About the book:
Music can be many things, but when it is used as a medium to spread a deadly virus that transports listeners to a deadly world of dreams, it threatens the future of humanity itself.
But not everyone is susceptible to the deadly virus and there is a group of ‘stalkers’ who are immune to its effects.
Francis Lanier is a stalker who can walk through the deadly dream worlds of others. He spends his time rescuing others from their dreams and races to find a final cure for this deadly infection.
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991527 and is only good between June 2nd – June 30th, 2012.
Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Jack L. Chalker’s The Messiah Choice!
About the book:
Sir Robert McKenzie, owner of the Magellan Corporation, dies suddenly in a mysterious and grisly way. His daughter may be next, for a Satanic cult is determined to herald the arrival of the apocalypse.
Greg MacDonald unravels the mystery of the cult, run by scientists with a distorted sense of duty and a computer that may be the Antichrist itself.
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991511 and is only good between May 2nd – May 31st, 2012.
Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Mike Resnick’s Adventures: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Vol I. 1922-26!
About the book:
Mike Resnick’s accomplishments (to date) include 64 novels, 21 collections, 40 anthologies, two screenplays and approximately 250 short stories—resulting in a couple of shelves of major awards (including five Hugos from 35 nominations and awards from various countries including Spain, France, Croatia and Japan).
Of all the characters that Mike has created, Lucifer Jones remains his favorite. We are proud to republish this hilarious series of adventures starring a most unique character.
Adventures is the first volume of the Chronicles.
Being a Stirring Chronicle of Intrigue, Romance, Danger, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Thrilling Triumphs over Fierce Beasts and Fiercer Men in the Mysterious and Exotic Dark Continent, as Recounted by the Daring, Resourceful, Handsome, and Modest Christian Gentleman Who Experienced Them
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991422 and is only good between April 2nd – April 30th, 2012.
Publisher Phoenix Pick is offering a great promotion beginning in April: they’re giving away free Kindle science fiction eBooks.
Here’s the scoop…
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Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Leigh Brackett’s The Big Jump!
About the book:
What awaits us out in space?
New star-drive engines promise to open up the galaxy to humankind. But the first ship to use the engines disappears and a sole survivor returns…alone and dying of some strange type of radiation.
No one can figure out what has happened to the ship or the crew. Nor does anyone know what happens to a ship travelling using star-drive technology.
Does some unknown horror await us out there?
The only way to find out is to go out again. And Arch Comyn is determined to be the one to solve the mystery.
But is he, and the rest of mankind, ready for whatever awaits us beyond The Big Jump?
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Her novel The Long Tomorrow is one of the original post-holocaust books and considered by many to be a classic work on the subject.
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991393 and is only good between March 2nd – March 31st, 2012.
Also: A reminder that rates for the Sail to Success writing workshop (with Toni Weisskopf, Eleanor Wood, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Kevin J. Anderson and more) will go up after March 31. SF Signal readers can save $100!
Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Stephen Leigh’s The Shape of Silence!
About the book:
“Replete with adventure, mystery, and sociological conflict.”—Publishers Weekly
First contact was never supposed to be like this.
A sudden rift appears in near-earth space, causing electronic components to permanently fail and cause total chaos. As Earth’s fragile technological society disintegrates, no one can answer the obvious question: What is the rift, and who or what has created it?
A new generation comes to age attempting to answer these questions, and Taria Spears, an anthropologist, is selected as part of the crew on the exploratory ship Lightbringer. Lightbringer’s mission is to investigate the worm-hole-like Rift and, if possible, to pass through it to find out what lies on the other side, and to seek some answers.
But what if all they find is an alien culture where sound, not sight is the primary sense?
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991463 and is only good between February 2nd – February 29th, 2012.
Phoenix Pick is continuing their “Free eBook-a-Month” promotion! This month, it’s Charles Sheffield’s collection Georgia on my Mind and Other Places!
Note: Although the novelette “Georgia On My Mind” has been offered as a free download before, this is a complete collection of stories, including the novelette.
About the book:
A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield’s highly acclaimed novelette, “Georgia On My Mind”.
“Georgia On My Mind” won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.
“Sheffield, a physicist, proves to be one of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years.”—Publishers Weekly
Instructions and download/purchase links at Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook is 9991325 and is only good between January 2nd – January 31st, 2012.
