The Universe of Adventure Sci-Fi Bundle

Blurb:

Curated by independent authors John Wilker & Dave Walsh: When it comes to science fiction, there are a lot of different flavors. Through the ages, science fiction has been many things to a great many people. It’s never been just one thing. Just one type of story. There's sci-fi that's quiet and contemplative, sci-fi that sticks to our understanding of modern science, then there's sci-fi that spans different galaxies and times, or even sci-fi that warps our understanding of reality.

For this bundle, we've collected books from all across the wide world of science fiction and found adventures big and small. The kind of books that help you remember why you fell in love with science fiction in the first place.

$5

Constelis Voss 1 by K. Leigh
Ghost Pirate Gambit by Jessie Kwak (Nanshe Chronicles-1)
Broken Ascension by Dave Walsh (Trystero-1)
Convergence by C. Gockel (short stories)

$20

Ptolemy Lane 1-3 by Cameron Cooper (StoryBundle Exclusive) (3 novellas!)
Devon Island Mars Colony by Si Clarke (Books 1-2)
Psycho Electric by Randolph Lalonde (Springward Fringe-7)
Shifting Reality by Patty Jansen (ISF-allion-1)
League of Independent Operatives - Books 1-3 by Kate Sheeran Swed
The Big Sigma Collection Vol. 1 - Enhanced by Joseph R. Lallo (Sigma 1-3 + short stories)
Fire Ant by Jonathan P. Brazee (novella)
Space Rogues 1-2 & Grand Human Empire 1-2 by John Wilker (StoryBundle Exclusive)

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Most of these books self identified as series books. The Big Sigma collection is big at 1496 pages on amazon, unlike some of these omnibus in past bundles which have weight in with each "novel" at 100-150 pages.

If you get this bundle, please let me know what you think as I'm interested in this one. I was kinda disappointed in their previous sci-fi Bundle, but this looks more interesting.

Thanks!

The Stalking the Dead - A Supernatural Detective Bundle

Blurb:

I love detective stories. Reluctant detectives, cynical detectives, detectives who drown their sorrows in a bottle of cheap whiskey. I also love ghost stories and all things uncanny, which means some of my favorite books feature supernatural detectives—those lucky few who investigate flickering lights and strange noises in supposedly empty houses. Those who make deals with trickster gods. Those who navigate multiple worlds and realities.

The Supernatural Detective Bundle contains several stories about ghosts and their unfinished business—some sad, some creepy, and some malevolent. Others are about otherworldly creatures like vampires and gods and their intricate machinations. All the stories are about the people called upon to risk their lives and sanity to solve that strange death, protecting their family, friends, and, incidentally, the world.

$5

Olympia Investigations - The First Four Cases by Sherry D. Ramsey (4 novellas)
Death Coach by Sandra Wickham (Death Coach-1)
Blood Kissed by Keri Arthur (Lizzie Grace-1)
Dying on Second by E.C. Bell (Marie Jenner Mystery-4)

$20

The Killing Beach - With Bonus Novella by Skyla Dawn Cameron (Waverly Jones-1)
Guardian of Chaos by Michelle Manus (Nyx Fortunate-1)
Selene by Lilith Saintcrow
Spirit Caller Vol. 1-4 by Krista D. Ball (4 novellas)
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy (The Walker Papers-1)
Phantom Echoes by BD Wilson (Ghostlines-1)
Over the River by October Weeks (Isles and West Mysteries-1)

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Urban Fantasy? Can you say series.
Detectives? Can you say series.
So yep lots of series books and I bet lots of books in each series in the end.

The 2024 Pride Bundle

Blurb:

It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle to celebrate the community. Once again, the hardest part has been narrowing down the field: there are so many writers out there creating intelligent, nuanced, queer SF/F that it's incredibly hard to choose among them.

This is by no means a definitive LGBTQIA+ collection — I'm not sure such a thing is even possible any more, given the ever-growing amount of stellar queer writing being published now. Instead, think of this as a sampler, or a tasting menu. The bundle includes novels, novellas, and anthologies; the genres range from historical fantasy to cyberpunk to post apocalyptic SF. You'll find newer writers and works, and some older work you may have missed when they first appeared. It's a chance to sample stories by some of the best writers working today.


$5

The Lever by Mark Salzwedel
The Deep And Shining Dark by Juliet Kemp
Champion of the Scarlet Wolf - Books 1-2 by Ginn Hale
Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise

$20

Black from the Future edited by Stephanie Andrea Allen & Lauren Cherelle (short stories)
Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker (short stories)
Through the Doors of Oblivion by Michael G. Williams (Servant/Sovereign-1)
A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen
We're Here - The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 by Naomi Kanakia and series editor Charles Payseur (short stories)
Little Nothing by Dee Holloway
A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
Rabbits of the Apocalypse by Benny Lawrence
Pluralities by Avi Silver
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The 2024 Fantasy Steampunk Bundle

Blurb:

So much steampunk! So little time! Which means you should read the best of the best. We have gathered them here. From some of the classic steampunk writers to anthologies filled with steampunk stories to writers who will become your new favorites, you’ll find steam and magic and even more in these pages.

You’ll also be able to support a charity that helps young girls gain enough confidence that they will, someday, be able to emulate their favorite steampunk heroines. So what are you waiting for? Check out the bundle…because it will only exist for a very short time.


$5

Frozen Talons by Michael Warren Lucas
Necessary Monsters by Richard A. Kirk
Alchemy & Steam edited by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short stories)
Frock Coat Dreams by J. Daniel Sawyer (short stories)

$20

Protected by Means of Magic by Kari Kilgore (An Odd Society Novel)
Clockwork Universe - Steampunk vs. Aliens by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier (short stories)
Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger
Barkson’s Journey by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Qavnerian Protectorate-2 Fay-10)
The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason (A Stocker and Holmes Novel)
Golden Heart by Christine Pope

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Surprisingly few series books for this genre I think.

The Chronicles of Craddock Game Book Bundle

Blurb:

I've spent over 20 years chronicling stories about how video games are made, the people who make them, and the culture surrounding them. Two decades seemed the right time to reflect on my work, and to open my archives to you, my fellow readers and gamers. For the first time, you can find nearly all of my books about video games in one place—the Chronicles of Craddock Game Book Bundle!

These books run the gamut of video game history. Whether you spent more time at arcades than you did in class back in the day, or you grew up pointing and clicking your way through adventure games, or your alphabet begins with WASD, you'll find something to love in this bundle spanning over 30 books.

$5

GameDev Stories 2 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 1 by David L. Craddock
Angels, Devils & Boomsticks by David L. Craddock

$20

Where Green Things Grew by David L. Craddock
Stay Awhile and Listen - Book 2 by David L. Craddock
Stay Awhile and Listen - Book 1 by David L. Craddock
Stairway to Badass - Stories of Doom by David L. Craddock
Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock
Rocket Jump by David L. Craddock
Red to Black - The Making of Rogue Legacy by David L. Craddock
The Gairden Chronicles Book 2 - Point of Fate by David L. Craddock
One-Week Dungeons by David L. Craddock
Once Upon a Point and Click by David L. Craddock
Monsters in the Dark: Special Edition by David L. Craddock (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM by David L. Craddock
Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1 by David L. Craddock
Kool Stuff by David L. Craddock
Heritage: The Alpha Draft by David L. Craddock
The Gairden Chronicles Book 1 - Heritage by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories X by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 9 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 8 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 7 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 6 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 5 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 4 by David L. Craddock
GameDev Stories 3 by David L. Craddock
Everybody Shake! - The Making of Spaceteam by David L. Craddock
Dungeon Hacks by David L. Craddock
Driving Through the Dark by David L. Craddock
Dialogue Box - Oral Histories of Video Games by David L. Craddock
Bottomless Pit - Vol. 1 by David L. Craddock
Better Together - Stories of EverQuest by David L. Craddock
Beneath a Starless Sky by David L. Craddock
Arcade Perfect by David L. Craddock
Anything But Sports: The Making of FTL by David L. Craddock
150 Words or Less by David L. Craddock

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I got some of the craddock books with the big game bundle and found them a little dull myself.
But I get if you get to 37 books some people must like them.

The 2024 Best of British SFF Bundle

Blurb:

Ah, Britain! Rain, fog, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, bad food, worse weather, Mary Poppins! It is an island separated from the European mainland by the sea, wreathed in legends, and filled to the brim, it sometimes seems, with writers. Well, what else is there to do when it's dark and cold outside, and the rain never stops raining?

This is now the third iteration of the Best of British SFF bundle that I get to do, and they are always so much fun to put together! These are some of my favourite writers – and favourite people! – all writing at the top of their game. From metamorphosed Wild Wests to vampires and apocalypses, spaceborne science fiction to mind-bending classic cyberpunk, this has it all – and I'm delighted to be sharing it with you!

$5

Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley
Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher (6 post-polity long stories)
Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
Best of British Science Fiction 2022 edited by Donna Scott (short stories)

$20

Advanced Triggernometry by Stark Holborn (Triggernometry-2 novella)
Ironclads by Adrian Tchaikovsky (novella)
Hell on Earth by Philip Palmer
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Vurt by Jeff Noon
Four Novellas by Lavie Tidhar (do i need?) (The Big Blind, Cloud Permutations, The Vanishing Kind, and Jesus and the Eightfold Path)

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Post Polity tales? how far in the future is that?
A bit of variety in the books I was doing to comment on the amount of fantasy but then i noticed it was sff not sf.
Variety in size two, a couple of novellas and Hell on Earth is apparently 1000 pages.
As a coincedence I was reading an interview with the editor of the best of british sf in this months Clarkesworld.

The Fantasy Box Set Bundle

Blurb:

If you're reading this, you're probably like me, at least in one important way: I love reading a good fantasy. From a reader's point of view, waiting for The Next Book can be painful, can't it? No matter how quickly the author writes, there's a need to know how your favorite character fares. Is the evil ruler vanquished for good, or are they coming back for round eighteen? Did the third wheel love interest finally get the hint? And what, exactly, is IN that locked box?

That's why I've put together this StoryBundle. Every one of these box sets is a complete story arc!

$5

The Vampire's Reign - A Corvidae Guard Boxed Set by Rissa Blakeley
Elisabeth & Edvard's World Box Set by Astrid V.J.
Godsfall: Books 1-3 by Adam Gaffen

$20

Shadow's Beginning by Peter Sartucci
Edward's Cat by Maria P Frino
Mark of Valliath - Books 0-3 by M. H. Woodscourt
The Dragonmasters Trilogy by Katie Cross
On Behalf of Death - The Complete Series by E.G. Stone

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Can't tell exactly what is in each boxed set, but it says they're complete stories so I assumed they are at least.

The 2024 Big Time Bundle

Blurb:

Who doesn't love a good time travel story? We all time travel in our heads—mostly to some past event that we wish we could change. We can also see future possibilities—if we take this path, then that might happen; if we take that path, something better might happen.

We have all genres of time travel fiction here, from mystery to romance to the Old West. Don't tell the readers, but all of these stories have some kind of science fiction or fantasy underpinning. After all, none of us has time traveled yet, right?

$5

Timeless by Lisa Silverthorne (short stories)
The Trinity Paradox by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
The Gallery of His Dreams by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (novella)
Thunder Mountain by Dean Wesley Smith (Thunder Mountain-1)

$20

The Magical Mystery Cruise! by Ron Collins & Jeff Collins (StoryBundle Exclusive) (Cruise Mountain Novel)
Time, Warped by Robert Jeschonek (StoryBundle Exclusive) (short stories)
Written in the Wind by Kathryn Kaleigh
Two Time Travel Tales by Douglas Smith (StoryBundle Exclusive) (2 Novellas)
Time Travel Holidays edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short stories)
Realms of Chaos - Boxed Set by Michael A. Stackpole (Hero Reborn + Enemy Reborn)

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The 2024 Space Opera Sisterhood Bundle

Blurb:

What is it about space opera that makes us love it so much? The action, the exotic settings, the colorful characters, the alien species? The promise of countless adventures in the face of the great unknown?

In this set of books—including four StoryBundle exclusives—you will meet heroes and villains, all larger than life, roaming myriad worlds and stations and outposts on quests for survival or freedom or love or redemption. You will find yourself with enough thrilling adventures to banish every doldrum, and every one of them will take you far in every way possible.

$5

Earth Under Siege by Rachel Aukes
Starlight by Jennifer M. Eaton (Shadow Space-1)
Shadow Behind the Stars by Lucinda Pebre and A. K. Duboff

$20

Maelstrom by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Diving Universe Novella)
The Sehnsucht Series by Keyla Damaer (StoryBundle Exclusive) (2 books)
Parse Galaxy - Books 0-2 by Kate Sheeran Swed
Krimson Empire - The Complete Series by Julia Huni (StoryBundle Exclusive) (4 books)
Lone Wolves Heroines - Vol. 2 by Barbara G. Tarn (StoryBundle Exclusive) (A Star Minds Universe Collection)
The Complete Gray Lady Omnibus: Vol. 1-3 by Robert Jeschonek and Annie Reed (StoryBundle Exclusive)

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The Fierce Fast-Paced Fantasy Bundle

Blurb:

The statement that started the argument, and brought this StoryBundle to you, was this: "There are no books as fast-paced and fun as the fantasy on TV." This little argument made realize that we are living in the golden era of engaging fantasy. Fantasy that keeps you up late at night reading. Fantasy with characters so heroic and flawed, they feel like friends.

Each book in this collection represents this exciting new era of the fantasy genre. These books will delight long-time fantasy fans AND they will invigorate the newcomers like my husband, who has been drawn to the fantasy genre and now craves fantasy literature that can fill him with wonder and suspense.

$5
Amethyst Dragon by Eileen Mueller
Divinity's Twilight - Rebirth by Christopher Russell
Worldbreaker by Becca Lee Gardner
Tomkin and the Dragon by JA Andrews

$20

An Orchestra of Treachery by Andy Peloquin
The Knights of Dragonwatch by Eric T Knight
The Throne of Ice & Ash by J.D.L. Rosell
The Pain Bearer by Kendra Merritt
Never Die by Rob J. Hayes
Tower of the Four - The Champions Academy Episodes 1-3 by Todd Fahnestock

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Didn't bother checking for series books, they're fantasy so just assume they are.

Has there been another Military Sci fi bundle in the last 12 months?