Dead World Jack Douglas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3550 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction Out on the ice-buried planet, Commander Red Stone led his Free Companions to almost certain death. They died for a dangerous dream that had only one chance in a thousand trillion to come true. Is there a better reason for dying? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3550.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3550.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3550.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3550.mobi The Jupiter Weapon Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3539 en 1959 Short Fiction Science Fiction He was a living weapon of destruction—immeasurably powerful, utterly invulnerable. There was only one question: Was he human? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3539.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3539.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3539.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3539.mobi Eight Keys to Eden Mark Irvin Clifton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3538 en 1960 Novels Science Fiction The piercing wonder of man's climb to higher intelligence. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3538.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3538.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3538.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3538.mobi Jarwin and Cuffy Robert Michael Ballantyne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3548 en 1900 Novels Adventure Excerpt: "In all the wide expanse of ocean that surrounded that island, there was nothing visible save one small, solitary speck on the far-off horizon. It might have been mistaken for a seagull, but it was in reality a raft—a mass of spars and planks rudely bound together with ropes. A boat’s mast rose from the centre of it, on which hung a rag of sail, and a small red flag drooped motionless from its summit. There were a few casks on the highest part of the raft, but no living soul was visible. Nevertheless, it was not without tenants. In a hollow between two of the spars, under the shadow of one of the casks, lay the form of a man. The canvas trousers, cotton shirt, blue jacket, and open necktie, bespoke him a sailor, but it seemed as though there were nothing left save the dead body of the unfortunate tar, so pale and thin and ghastly were his features. A terrier dog lay beside him, so shrunken that it looked like a mere scrap of door-matting. Both man and dog were apparently dead, but they were not so in reality, for, after lying about an hour quite motionless, the man slowly opened his eyes. Ah, reader, it would have touched your heart to have seen those eyes! They were so deep set, as if in dark caverns, and so unnaturally large. They gazed round in a vacant way for a few moments, until they fell on the dog. Then a gleam of fire shot through them, and their owner raised his large, gaunt, wasted frame on one elbow, while he gazed with a look of eagerness, which was perfectly awful, at his dumb companion. “Not dead yet!” he said, drawing a long sigh." http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3548.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3548.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3548.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3548.mobi The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3573 urn:isbn:0548548641 en 1904 Novels Science Fiction A novel about time travel. Excerpt: "Don't have to keep count," he replied. "See that indicator?" he continued, pointing to a dial in the ceiling which had not been noticed before. "That reads May 3, 1898, now, don't it? Well, it's fixed to keep always tellin' the right date. It counts the whirls we make an' keeps tabs on every day we go backward. Any time all ye hev to do is to read that thing an' it'll tell ye jest what day 'tis." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3573.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3573.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3573.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3573.mobi The Beginning Henry Hasse http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3561 en 1961 Short Fiction Relentlessly, a narrative as old as time drives forward to a climax as old as man—and points a finger as grim as Death. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3561.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3561.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3561.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3561.mobi Unthinkable Rog Phillips http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502 en 1949 Short Fiction Science Fiction If Nature suddenly began to behave differently, what we consider obvious and elementary today might become—unthinkable. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3502.mobi The Right People Adam Rakunas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3563 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Sexuality Imagine what high school would have been like if dealing drugs had been legal when licensed, mobile social networking had been ubiquitous and the in-crowd had more leverage than most political parties… what would the smart-but-slightly-crazy outcasts end up doing? In Adam Rakunas’s novella “The Right People”, they’re in the lucrative but precarious position of selling clandestine bootleg sex toys to the overachievers, but the rug is about to be pulled out from under their operation… It’s simultaneously a slice of full-bore gonzo science fiction blended with a Brat Pack movie, and a timely metaphor for the present presidential tussle, and Futurismic is very proud to present “The Right People” as Adam’s first fiction sale - in fact, I think we’re lucky to have found him first! Do be warned, though - this one’s definitely not for the very young or the easily offended! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3563.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3563.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3563.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3563.mobi Revenge Arthur Porges http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3579 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but the fury of a biochemist scorned is just as great —and much more fiendish. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3579.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3579.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3579.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3579.mobi True Names Cory Doctorow Benjamin Rosenbaum http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction The tale of duelling galactic colony-organisms that are competing to recruit all the matter in the universe for raw computation. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511.mobi A Fine Fix R.C. Noll http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3571 en 1955 Short Fiction Science Fiction Generally speaking, human beings are fine buck-passers—but there's one circumstance under which they refuse to pass on responsibility. If the other fellow says "Your method won't solve the problem!"—then they get mad! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3571.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3571.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3571.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3571.mobi The Double Traitor Edward Phillips Oppenheim http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577 urn:isbn:0554127326 en 1915 Novels History Thriller A story of the diplomatic events leading up to the European War. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3577.mobi Mr. Menzies' Baby Elephant William Murray Graydon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3544 en 1893 Short Fiction Adventure A traveler who goes around the world necessarily sees a great deal. This ruby ring which I wear on my finger was purchased at Colombo, the capital of Ceylon, and it always reminds me of a very amusing thing that occurred during my brief stay on that island. As I was strolling alone one day, whom should I meet but an old friend, Mr. Menzies, whose acquaintance I had made in Calcutta. He was there on business at the time, and had since returned to Ceylon. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3544.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3544.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3544.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3544.mobi Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Lewis Wallace http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540 urn:isbn:1404185712 en 1880 Novels History Religion Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. Wallace's work is part of an important sub-genre of historical fiction set among the characters of the New Testament. The novel was a phenomenal best-seller; it soon surpassed Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the best-selling American novel and retained this distinction until the 1936 publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The central character is Judah, prince of the Hebrew house of Hur. Judah grows up in Jerusalem, during the turbulent years around the birth of Christ. His best friend is Messala, a Roman. As adults Judah and Messala become rivals, each hating the other, which leads to Judah's downfall and eventual triumph. Elements of the story include leprosy, naval battles among galleys, the Roman hippodrome, Roman adoption, Magus Balthasar, the Arab sheikh Ilderim. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3540.mobi Junior Achievement William M. Lee http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3572 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fallout is, of course, always disastrous— one way or another. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3572.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3572.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3572.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3572.mobi Starman's Quest Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493 en 1958 Novels Science Fiction The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars—but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. So they did the only thing they could do. They formed a guild of Spacers, and lived their entire lives on the starships, raised their families there, and never set foot outside their own Enclave during their landings on Earth. They grew to despise Earthers, and the Earthers grew to despise them in turn. There was no logical reason for it, except that they were—different. That was enough. But not all Starmen liked being different. Alan Donnell loved space, and the ship, and life aboard it. His father, Captain of the Valhalla, lived for nothing but the traditions of the Spacers. But his twin brother, Steve, couldn't stand it, and so he jumped ship. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3493.mobi Salomy Jane Bret Harte http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3552 en 1898 Novels Romance Western When beautiful Salomy Jane resists the romantic advances of a young ruffian, she is rescued by Jack Dart, who has his own additional reasons for tangling with the man. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3552.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3552.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3552.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3552.mobi The Adventures of Don Lavington George Manville Fenn http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3543 en 1896 Novels Young Readers Adventure Lindon, known as Don, is a boy in his late teens who has left school, and who lives with his mother and uncle Josiah, his father being dead, and works as a clerk in the office, the business being sugar and tobacco importation, in Bristol, England, which he does not much like. One day some money is missing from the office. It’s pretty obvious who the thief is, but Uncle Josiah continues to accuse Don. Another worker has a row with his new young wife, and Don and he (Jem) decide to go away for a bit, both feeling rather ill-used. Unfortunately they are taken that night by the press-gang, and after some attempts to get away, they sail away to New Zealand. Here they manage to escape from the ship, though the search for them is keen. They fall in with some Maoris, among whom lives an Englishman, who is actually an escaped convict, but a good chap nonetheless. They assist the Maoris in their own battles against other tribes. The scene turns to some English settlers. They become friendly with our heroes. A Maori tribe attacks then, having been set up to do so by three villains, who have also escaped from the convict settlement at Norfolk Island. They hold their own, but there is a timely intervention by the police. One of the three villains turn out to have been the man who actually stole the money from Uncle Josiah’s office. From this point things begin to turn out for the better, and the two heroes return to England, and all is forgiven. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3543.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3543.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3543.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3543.mobi Among The Pathans William Murray Graydon http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3542 en 1891 Short Fiction Adventure War Excerpt: When Jack Chetwynd dropped into the Bundar Cafe at Delhi one scorching afternoon in September of last year and informed me that we were ordered off to the Punjaub, I could have shouted for joy. I did not do it, though, for I well knew how scornfully Jack would regard any such demonstration. I merely nodded my head, lazily, and went on reading the Post with as much calmness as if such news was a mere every day affair. "Yes, my boy," went on Jack, dropping into a chair and ordering a lemon squash, "we are going to have some fun. You know those rascally Pathans killed two or three of our fellows near the frontier station at Oghi some time ago, so an expedition is going up to give them a drubbing for it. It's a deuce of a country, they say, that Black Mountain region, and these Pathans are terrible fellows, too; fight like tigers. Plenty of chance for glory there, Charlie; so prepare yourself!" This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3542.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3542.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3542.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3542.mobi Afloat On The Flood Lawrence J. Leslie http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3541 en 1915 Novels Young Readers Adventure Excerpt: "What's the latest weather report down at the post office, Max?" "More rain coming, they say, and everybody is as gloomy as a funeral." "My stars! the poor old town of Carson is getting a heavy dose this spring, for a fact; nothing but rain, rain, and then some more rain." "Never was anything to beat it, Bandy-legs, and they say even the oldest inhabitant can't remember when the Evergreen River was at a higher stage than it is right now." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3541.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3541.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3541.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3541.mobi