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Here are the new ebook bundles that went on sale today!

The Necroscrope Quintet by Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley’s Necroscope novels are a towering achievement in the horror genre. The classic series chronicles the adventures of the psychically gifted agents of E-Branch, Britain’s super-secret spy organization, and their battles across time and space against the malevolent, shape-shifting Vamphyri. Their exploits have spanned two worlds, almost twenty novels, and an infinity of time, and have inspired everything from comic books and graphic novels to sculptures and soundtracks.

This discounted ebundle includes Necroscope, Vamphyri, The Source, Deadspeak and Deadspawn.

The Complete Virga Series by Karl Schroeder

Futurist Karl Schroeder groundbreaking space opera series envisions a world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity. This is Virga, a fullerene balloon universe three thousand kilometers in diameter. In this saga, we are given a rare and penetrating look into the post-human condition.

Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of Virga introduces us to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made this world their home. But lurking beyond the walls of Virga is the mysterious threat known only as Artificial Nature. Virga is hard science fiction space opera taken to the next level.

This discounted ebundle includes Sun of Suns, Queen of Candesce, Pirate Sun, Sunless Countries and Ashes of Candesce.

The Dinosaur Lords Trilogy by Victor Milán

Victor Milán’s epic fantasy weird world of The Dinosaur Lords is a place that mirrors 14th century Europe with its dynastic rivalries, religious wars, and byzantine politics–except for their weapons of choice…

Paradise: a planet where humans are playthings of the gods. All they have is a thirst for freedom and fables of old gods who sit in judgment. Theirs is a dangerous world, for it is a paleontologist’s dream.

And so we have a world filled with knights. Knights riding dinosaurs…

This discounted ebundle includes Dinosaur Lords, Dinosaur Knights and Dinosaur Princess.

Tor Classics Collection by H.G. Wells

The literary giant that is H.G. Wells has written dozens of genre crossing novels. Most notably dubbed “Father of Science Fiction,” this collection of timeless novels include a range of topics from time travel to alien invasions. On a broader spectrum, Wells SF novels deal with the dichotomy of wanting a world of attainable utopia vs. believing in a sort of social Darwinism.

This discounted ebundle includes The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and The Invisible Man.

The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

The Time Traveler’s Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century’s worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations.

This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu’s “Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers”).

In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth’s history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler’s Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.

Contributors:
Geoffrey Landis, Richard Matheson, Robert Silverberg, Alice Sola Kim, Eric Schaller, C.J. Cherryh, Michael Swanwick, Steve Bein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Cordwainer Smith, H.G. Wells, Michael Moorcock, Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, John Chu, Harry Turtledove, David Langford, Connie Willis, George R. R. Martin, Kage Baker, Steven Utley, Ellen Klages, Garry Kilworth, Rosaleen Love, Elizabeth Bear, George-Oliver Châteaureynaud, Max Beerbohn, Edward Page Mitchell, Theodore Sturgeon, Kim Newman, Douglas Adams, Joe Lansdale, Peter Crowther, Karin Tidbeck, Barrington J. Bayley, Greg Egan, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gene Wolfe, Langdon Jones, David I. Masson, Vandana Sing, Tony Pi, Dean Francis Alfar, Norman Spinrad, Eric Frank Russell, Ray Bradbury, Genevieve Valentine, Jason Heller, Stan Love, Tanith Lee, Karen Haber, Isaac Asimov, Bob Leman, Tamsyn Muir, Carrie Vaughn, Richard Bowes, Nalo Hopkinson, Adam Roberts, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rjurik Davidson, E.F. Benson, Molly Brown, Pamela Sargent, William Gibson, and Charles Stross.

The Time Traveler’s Almanac, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, publishes on March 18th.

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New Ebook Bundles: 9/4/18

Book Trailer: The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer