Free Classic Science Fiction
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at
12:15 am
The website Free Speculative Fiction Online has just added a batch of newly available fiction that you can read online for free. Check out this juicy list:
- “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
- “Bears Discover Fire” byTerry Bisson
- Islands of Space by John W. Campbell
- “The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell
- “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
- “Reave theJust” by Stephen R. Donaldson
- Fortune’s Stroke by Eric Flint & David Drake
- “The Trentino Kid‘ by Jeffrey Ford
- “Streets of Ashkelon” by Harry Harrison
- “Magic, Inc.” by Robert A. Heinlein
- “Requiem” by Robert A. Heinlein
- “Do Neanderthals Know?” by Robert J. Howe
- Gateway to Elsewhere by Murray Leinster
- The Duplicators by Murray Leinster
- “A Logic Named Joe” by Murray Leinster
- “Dear Charles” by Murray Leinster
- “The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator” by Murray Leinster
- “The Pirates of Zan (a.k.a. “The Pirates of Ersatz”) by Murray Leinster
- “Duel” by Richard Matheson
- Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton
- The Defiant Angels by Andre Norton
- Space Viking by H. Beam Piper
- “A Slave is a Slave” by H. Beam Piper
- “Oomphel in the Sky” by H. Beam Piper
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Many of these titles have been available (in multiple formats) at Project Gutenberg, Memoware.com, Manybooks.net and others. Lots of good, legally available stuff out there.
And let’s not forget the Free Library at the Webscriptions service of Baen Books. Current, in print books for free. Can’t beat that with a stick.
:O
There are some great titles in there that I definitely want to read, but not online. I’d much rather have the book in hand when reading.
Carl, many of those titles are downloads. You can read them on your PC or a PDA. Of course if that don’t work for you, if they are text files, you can print them out. If that still doesn’t work…there’s always ABEBooks.com and other OOP sources.
There’s also this new invention called “The Library”
I use spec fiction a lot. It really is a great service.
And “go to the library” what? are you 90? what? yeah Library when
I do research MAYBE but if I want CC material that is complete
this place is just the deal. Now yes, some of the new material
is excerpts – thats their choice. But I have written to many of
the authors and asked if I can use their material in a non comercial
read and get great responses. Cant do that at the library.
Everyone should check this site out. There is something there for
everyone.
Paul WRFR lp/fm Beameup podcast