FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Apache]

Originally Posted by curtw

Pre-2016 Dilbert, or post?

It's been a long time since I followed Dilbert. What is the difference?
Apache

[ratinox]

Originally Posted by Apache

It's been a long time since I followed Dilbert. What is the difference?
Apache

My understanding is that Scott Adams ran out of funny material, took a break, and came back with mean and hurtful material culminating in racist rants on youtube.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/11595...t-by-its-creat

[Aleron Ives]

I continued to read the strip until its demise, and I never noticed a decline in quality, but of course the topics covered did change over time, since the tech world is always moving.

[ZodWallop]

Von Bek: The Warhound and the World's Pain and The City in the Autumn Stars by Michael Moorcock is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo

Ulrich von Bek, a facet of The Eternal Champion, makes a deal with the devil in this exciting adventure story from one of the greatest authors of our time.

This is the story of Ulrich von Bek, a cynical mercenary who sells his skills as a soldier in the wars taking place all over Europe. After the particularly horrific destruction of a city in which he played a role, von Bek decides to desert the military company he was working for and travel alone for a while before seeking further employment.

On his solo journey, he happens upon a castle where he takes refuge with—and then falls in love with—the keeper of the castle, the beautiful Sabrina. It is in this castle that he meets Lucifer, the master of Hell, and finds out that his soul is already destined for Hell. And so, in exchange for his soul, von Bek agrees to go on a quest for Lucifer, namely to find the Cure for the World’s Pain. This quest is also known as the Search for the Holy Grail.

As von Bek travels around Europe on his impossible quest, he will find himself caught up in wars, politics, intrigue, and romance. But he can never forget his purpose—or the terrible bargain he has made with the devil…

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Von Bek: The Warhound and the World's Pain and The City in the Autumn Stars by Michael Moorcock is $2 at Amazon, B&N and Kobo

Good price. I previously had to travel overseas to get the two books from Kobo's UK store.
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...e-world-s-pain
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...e-autumn-stars

Nicer cover, too, although I'm partial to the Yoshitaka Amano artwork from one of the paperback compilations:
https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/a/...LJMXDC1992.jpg
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Humble Bundle is running an encore of the Steven Erikson Malazan Book of the Fallen bundle from last year:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/s...ng-group-books