95 More Totally Free Stories by Top-Name Talent
The always-awesome website Free Speculative Fiction Online has posted another batch of goodies by top shelf talent.
Check this out:
- Poul Anderson: “The Valor of Cappen Varra” (Fantastic Universe, January 1957)
- Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (as Anthony Gilmore): “The Affair of the Brains” (Analog (Astounding), March 1932)
- Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (as Anthony Gilmore): “The Bluff of the Hawk” (Analog (Astounding), May 1932)
- Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (H. G. Winter): “Under Arctic Ice” (Analog (Astounding), January 1933)
- Stephen Baxter: Manifold: Time [PDF] (Voyager, 1999)
- Elizabeth Bear: “Snow Dragons ” (Subterranean, Summer 2009)
- Damien Broderick: “The Ruined Queen of Harvest World” (Tor.com, August 2009)
- Arthur J. Burks: “Earth, the Marauder” and Part 2 and Part 3 (Analog (Astounding), July 1930)
- Hal Duncan: “Bizarre Cubiques” (Serendipidy #15, 2009)
- Stephen Eley: “Mouse Suits” (Jim Baen’s Universe Vol. 4 No. 2, August 2009)
- Philip José Farmer: “They Twinkled Like Jewels” (Fantastic Universe, January 1954)
- Raymond Z. Gallun: “The Eternal Wall” (Amazing, November 1942)
- Raymond Z. Gallun: The Planet Strappers (Pyramid, 1961)
- David Gerold: “Ganny Knits a Spaceship” (Jim Baen’s Universe Vol. 4 No. 2, August 2009)
- Edmond Hamilton: “The Second Satellite” (Analog” (Astounding), August 1930)
- Frank Herbert: “Old Rambling House” (Galaxy, April 1958)
- Alex Irvine: “Seventh Fall” (Subterranean, Summer 2009)
- Cyril M. Kornbluth: “The Altar at Midnight” (Galaxy, November 1952)
- Fritz Leiber: “The Moon is Green” (Galaxy, April 1952)
- Fritz Leiber: “What’s He Doing in There?” (Galaxy, December 1957)
- Edward M. Lerner: “No GUTS, No Glory” (Jim Baen’s Universe Vol. 4 No. 2, August 2009)
- Marissa Lingen: “Why I Live in the Silver Mine” (Jim Baen’s Universe Vol. 4 No. 2, August 2009)
- A. T. Locke: “Vandals of the Stars” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1930)
- S. P. Meek: “Cold Light” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1930)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr.: “Death of a Spaceman” (Amazing, March 1954)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr.: “The Hoofer” (Fantastic Universe, September 1955)
- Frederik Pohl: “The Hated” (Galaxy, January 1958)
- Mike Resnick: “Mother Scorpion’s House of Fallen Flowers” (Subterranean, Summer 2009)
- H. Thompson Rich: “The Flying City” (Analog” (Astounding), August 1930)
- Ross Rocklynne: “Sorry: Wrong Dimension” (Amazing, March 1954)
- Victor Rousseau: “The Lord of Space” (Analog” (Astounding), August 1930)
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch: “The Blitz Experience” (Jim Baen’s Universe Vol. 4 No. 2, August 2009)
- Robert Sheckley: “Forever” (Galaxy, February 1959)
- Robert Sheckley: “The Leech” (Galaxy, December 1952)
- Robert Sheckley: “Warm” (Galaxy, June 1953)
- Robert Sheckley: “Warrior Race” (Galaxy, November 1952)
- Robert Sheckley: “Watchbird” (Galaxy, February 1953)
- Cordwainer Smith: “The Game of Rat and Dragon” (Galaxy, October 1955)
- Will Smith & R. J. Robbins: “The Soul Master” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1930)
- R. F. Starzl: “The Planet of Dread” (Analog” (Astounding), August 1930)
- Lavie Tidhar: “Bishop Patteson’s Crocodiles” (Serendipidy #3, 2007)
- Catherynne M. Valente: “The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew” (Clarkesworld, August 2009, also in audio)
- Catherynne M. Valente: “Urchins, While Swimming” (Serendipidy #1, 2007)
- Harl Vincent: “Neutral Vessel” (Analog” (Astounding), January 1940)
- Neil Williamson: “Amber Rain” (The Third Alternative #30, 2002)
- Sewell Peaslee Wright: “From the Ocean’s Depths” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1930)
- Jesse F. Bone: “The Issahar Artifacts” (Amazing, April 1960)
- Arthur J. Burks: “Lords of the Stratosphere” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1933)
- Arthur J. Burks: “Monsters of Moyen” (Analog” (Astounding), April 1930)
- Arthur J. Burks: “The Mind Master” (Analog” (Astounding), January 1932)
- Tom Curry: “The Soul Snatcher” (Analog” (Astounding), April 1930)
- David Drake: “The Butcher’s Bill” (Galaxy, November 1974)
- David Drake: “Under the Hammer” (Galaxy, October 1974)
- David D. Friedman: Harald (Baen, 2006)
- Harry Harrison: “The Velvet Glove” (Fantastic Universe, November 1956)
- Joe L. Hensley: “Now We are Three” (Fantastic Universe, August 1957)
- Kij Johnson: “Chenting, in the Land of the Dead” (Realms of Fantasy, November 1999)
- Kij Johnson: “Dia Chjermen’s Tale: The Delmoni Atrocity“
- Kij Johnson: “Elfrithe’s Ghost” (Realms of Fantasy, August 2004)
- Kij Johnson: “Last Dance at Dante’s” (Tales of the Unanticipated, November 1993)
- Kij Johnson: “Myth Girls“
- Kij Johnson: “Schrödinger’s Cathouse” (F & SF, March 1993)
- Kij Johnson: “The Empress Jingu Fishes” (Conqueror Fantastic Anthology, 2004)
- Kij Johnson: “The Horse Raiders” (Analog, May 2000)
- Kij Johnson: “The Snow Wife“
- Kij Johnson: “Wife reincarnated as a Solitaire…[etc.]“
- Thomas H. Knight: “The Man Who Was Dead” (Analog” (Astounding), April 1930)
- Murray Leinster: “Invasion” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1933)
- Frank Belknap Long: “The Man from Time” (Fantastic Universe, March 1954)
- Frank Belknap Long: “The Man the Martians Made” (Fantastic Universe, January 1954)
- S. P. Meek: “The Great Drought” (Analog” (Astounding), May 1932)
- S. P. Meek: “The Ray of Madness” (Analog” (Astounding), April 1930)
- S. P. Meek: “The Solar Magnet” (Analog” (Astounding), October 1931)
- Tracy S. Morris: “Fish Story” (Strip Mauled Anthology, 2009)
- William F. Nolan: “Small World” (Fantastic Universe, August 1957)
- Jody Lynn Nye: “Howl!” (Strip Mauled Anthology, 2009)
- Anthony Pelcher: “Vampires of Venus” (Analog” (Astounding), April 1930)
- Nathan Schachner: “Pirates of the Gorm” (Analog” (Astounding), May 1932)
- Robert Sheckley: “Beside Still Waters” (Amazing, October 1953)
- Robert Sheckley: “Cost of Living” (Galaxy, December 1952)
- Robert Sheckley: “The Hour of Battle” (Space Science Fiction, September 1953)
- Harl Vincent: “Creatures of Vibration” (Analog” (Astounding), January 1932)
- Harl Vincent: “High-Frequency War” (Analog” (Astounding), February 1940)
- Harl Vincent: “Microcosmic Buccaneers” (Amazing, November 1929)
- Harl Vincent: “Terrors Unseen” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1931)
- Harl Vincent: “The Copper-Clad World” (Analog” (Astounding), September 1931)
- Harl Vincent: “Too Many Boards” (Amazing, April 1931)
- Harl Vincent: “Vulcan’s Workshop” (Analog” (Astounding), June 1932)
- Harl Vincent: “Wanderer of Infinity” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1933)
- Tim Waggoner: “Blame It on the Moonlight” (Strip Mauled Anthology, 2009)
- Donald Wandrei: “Raiders of the Universes” (Analog” (Astounding), September 1932)
- David Weber: “A Certain Talent” (The Williamson Effect Anthology, 1996)
- K. D. Wentworth: “Special Needs” (Strip Mauled Anthology, 2009)
- Robert Moore Williams: “Be It Ever Thus” (Fantastic Universe, January 1954)
- Jack Williamson: “Salvage in Space” (Analog” (Astounding), March 1933)
There are some great books in this list ! Is there a complete database of free SF books that I could turn too?
/: C
Beside the link above, also try our Free Fiction Acrhive.
Last year I came across a copy of The Planet Strappers and found it pretty enjoyable. If you’ve run out of Heinlein juveniles to reread, give it a try.