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yendiNot a huge amount of deals, and if it weren't for the two daily Kindle ones, I might have skipped this post today. The DVD deals from yesterday on Monk, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, The Universe, and the Universal Studios set are all still active.
But The Last Policeman Trilogy is one of my favorite series from recent years, a very-near-future story of crime in a world that knows it's doomed to die by asteroid impact (down to the second). Really, really good stuff. If you went to the "Book Recommendations from Professional Readers" panel at ReaderCon last year, you might remember Locus editor Liza Groen Trombi and I raving about these books. Because it's generally categorized as mystery (and won an Edgar), it often escape notice in the SF world, although it's the SF Kindle Daily Deal today. The first book's $1.99, and the next two are $2.99 each. Well worth grabbing all of them at this price.
The Kindle YA Deal is on six Calvin and Hobbes books for $1.99 each! Do I need to explain why C&H are awesome?
Other cheap Kindle deals: James Corey's Leviathan Wakes is $2.99, Stephen King's Doctor Sleep: A Novel is $3.75 (note sub-$4 prices on Mr. Mercedes, The Shining, and 11/22/63), Ancillary Justice for $2.99, and National Book Award nominee Station Eleven for $5.99.
Finally, after watching John Oliver's New Year's Eve rant -- which is brilliant in spite of taking a shot at The Boondock Saints -- we went and noticed that the movie is on sale for $4.99 (83% off) on Blu-Ray. In spite of what Oliver says, it's a fun movie. Note that since "region 24714" doesn't exist, I'm assuming this is a legit R1 item.
But The Last Policeman Trilogy is one of my favorite series from recent years, a very-near-future story of crime in a world that knows it's doomed to die by asteroid impact (down to the second). Really, really good stuff. If you went to the "Book Recommendations from Professional Readers" panel at ReaderCon last year, you might remember Locus editor Liza Groen Trombi and I raving about these books. Because it's generally categorized as mystery (and won an Edgar), it often escape notice in the SF world, although it's the SF Kindle Daily Deal today. The first book's $1.99, and the next two are $2.99 each. Well worth grabbing all of them at this price.
The Kindle YA Deal is on six Calvin and Hobbes books for $1.99 each! Do I need to explain why C&H are awesome?
Other cheap Kindle deals: James Corey's Leviathan Wakes is $2.99, Stephen King's Doctor Sleep: A Novel is $3.75 (note sub-$4 prices on Mr. Mercedes, The Shining, and 11/22/63), Ancillary Justice for $2.99, and National Book Award nominee Station Eleven for $5.99.
Finally, after watching John Oliver's New Year's Eve rant -- which is brilliant in spite of taking a shot at The Boondock Saints -- we went and noticed that the movie is on sale for $4.99 (83% off) on Blu-Ray. In spite of what Oliver says, it's a fun movie. Note that since "region 24714" doesn't exist, I'm assuming this is a legit R1 item.
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Boondock Saints
Date: 2014-12-30 03:58 pm (UTC)However, I do recommend Overnight - which is the story of Troy Duffy from the moment the script gets bought until the point where the movie ends up in limited release and he doesn't get any money from the video sales. Apparently Boondock Saints fans love it. I don't know if they love it more than I do though. I hate Boondock Saints and watching the director just burn all bridges (except Willem Dafoe who must be the nicest man in Hollywood) is just beautiful.
Re: Boondock Saints
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