Ebook gratuito: Red Tide, de Larry Niven, Brad R. Torgersen y Matthew J. Harrington

El ebook gratuito de este mes en Phoenix Pick es Red Tide, escrito por Larry Niven en colaboración con Brad R. Torgersen y Matthew J. Harrington. El proceso para descargarlo de forma gratuita es el habitual: se añade al carrito de la compra y luego se cambia el precio sugerido a 0$, antes de realizar el pago.

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

Loosely based on Larry Niven s 1973 novella "Flash Crowd," Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds.

This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and even appears in his seminal work Ringworld, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his birthday. The author also discusses the impact of such instantaneous transportation in his essay, "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation."

Larry Niven is joined by two younger writers, Brad R. Torgersen and Matthew J. Harrington, as they take on this challenging idea and further develop the theories and concepts that Niven originally presented in "Flash Crowd."

Free Ebook: The Ice Owl by Carolyn Ives Gilman

Courtesy of Phoenix Pick you can donwload The Ice Owl, a Hugo and Nebula nominated novella by Carolyn Ives Gilman, for free. You have to subscribe to their newsletter and then you'll receive a coupon to download the ebook.

This is the synopsis of the book:

Set in the same universe as Arkfall (although a totally independent story), The Ice Owl tells a tale capturing that moment when we start to lose our childhood…when we start to realize that our parents and the “grown-ups” are just as flawed as we are…everyone struggling to deal with their own demons.  

It is also a story about past crimes and the haunting echo of ghosts long dead, of a life-long quest for redemption and, for some, the final revenge for crimes lost in the stellar dust...

Free Ebook: Starborne by Robert Silverberg

Courtesy of Phoenix Pick you can download Starborne, a novel by Robert Silverberg, for free. You need to use the coupon 9991828 (you can subscribe to the newsletter to get future promotions, including free ebooks coupons, in your email). This is the description of 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.

 

Act One by Nancy Kress free to download

This week's Phoenix Pick's Amazon promotion is Act One by Nancy Kress, a novella that was nominated for the 2009 Nebula Award. This is the product description:

Nominated for the Nebula Award.

“One of the best of the year...a compelling novella about a once-famous actress and her devoted manager who get much more publicity of an unfortunate sort when they inadvertently become embroiled with an act of biological terrorism with potentially world-changing results.” —Gardner Dozois, Locus

You can download it for free today an tomorrow (Amazon ES, Amazon US).

Arkfall by Carolyn Ives Gilman, free to download

This week's Phoenix Pick's Amazon promotion is Arkfall by Carolyn Ives Gilman, a novella that was nominated for the 2009 Nebula Award. This is the product description:

Nominated for the Nebula Award.

Humans live deep within an apparently lifeless planet covered by massive ice sheets. Having to survive in confined spaces has bred a unique culture where deference and non-confrontation make co-existence possible.

Osaji’s opportunities are limited by the need to care for her aging grandmother. But all that is about to change as circumstances push her toward a journey like no other.

You can download it for free today an tomorrow (Amazon ES, Amazon US).

Download Michael Flynn's "The Forest of Time" for free

As part of Phoenix Pick's weekly Amazon promotion, today you can download "The Forest of Time" by Michael Flynn for free. This novella was nominated for the Hugo Awards and it is included in the collection The Forest of Time and Other Stories which you can get at the promotional price of $1.99 until Friday.