Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Stanislaw Lem‘s science fiction novel Eden for only $1.99 (that’s 88% off the regular price of $16. If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of Eden, the book is also available in paperback.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 15, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

Other $1.99 ebook deals today include A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block; Smitten Image by Pam B. Morris, and Slipping by Cathleen Davitt Bell . Also, Lem’s more popular book Solaris is on sale for Kindle for $3.99.

Be sure to check out this month’s Kindle deals: 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 or Less.

About Eden:

A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew’s attempt to communicate with this civilization leads to violence and to a cruel truth-cruel precisely because it is so human. Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

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