Hey! Today I learned about Weightless Books and I am pretty excited. They sell drm-free ebooks for good prices and are partnered up with a bunch of cool small presses and have a decent scifi and fantasy selections. The website is delightfully not-bloated and feels like something wonderful from 2005. I just pre-ordered the last book in Laurie Marks's wonderful Elemental Logic series https://weightlessbooks.com/format/air-logic/
@susannah I love Weightless Books! I got into buying books there from Small Beer Press, the publisher that they also own that puts out some good stuff.
@jernone Yes! I just found out yesterday Small Beer Press publishes Elemental Logic, which I <3. I was going to go through some of their catalog and see what other gems they've got - any recommendations?
@susannah I love short stories, so in that category on Small Beer, Maureen McHugh is one of my favorite writers, and I also really like Kelly Link's stories. Alan DeNiro's Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead was good too. And I got into Small Beer through their journal Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.
On the novel front, I liked Sean Stewart's Mockingbird and am working my way through Sofia Samatar's A Stranger in Olondria. http://smallbeerpress.com/books-by-author/
I haven't read Elemental Logic. Thanks!
@jernone Stranger in Olondria has been on my to-read list forever. I might just have to bump it up. And McHugh's After the Apocalypse looks *fantastic*.
Thanks for the recs!
If you like good fantasy stories with poly families, disabled and queer people, magic and complex narratives about colonization, Laurie J. Marks's Elemental Logic series might be for you!
http://smallbeerpress.com/books/2014/02/18/fire-logic/
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