Alchymical Romance Lee Battersby http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3005 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Romance Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3005.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3005.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3005.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3005.mobi CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883 urn:isbn:1892391813 en 2008 Non-Fiction Essay Collections Hailed by Bruce Sterling as “a political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,” the Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebrated with the first collection of his infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Irreverently championing free speech and universal access to information—even if it's just a free download of the newest Britney Spears MP3—he leads off with a mutinous talk given at Microsoft on digital rights management, insisting that they stop treating their customers as criminals. Readers will discover how America chose Happy Meal toys over copyright, why Facebook is taking a faceplant, how the Internet is basically just a giant Xerox machine, why Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and how to enjoy free e-books. Practicing what he preaches, all of the author's books, including this one, are simultaneously released in print and on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their reuse and sharing. He argues persuasively that this practice has considerably increased his sales by enlisting readers to promote his work. Accessible to geeks and nontechies alike, this is a timely collection from an author who effortlessly surfs the zeitgeist while always generating his own wave. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883.mobi Dry Frugal With Death Rays Alex Wilson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3291 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Dry Frugal With Death Rays is a dark satire of office politics, corporate bureaucracy, thwarted ambition and revenge gone awry - enjoy! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3291.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3291.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3291.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3291.mobi Free-to-Copy eBooks Richard Herley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2266 en 2008 Non-Fiction Essay Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2266.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2266.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2266.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2266.mobi Little Brother Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2466 urn:isbn:0765319853 en 2008 Novels Young Readers Science Fiction Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2466.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2466.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2466.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2466.mobi Mallory Leonard Richardson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2824 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Geek hackers and classic arcade games, electronic Darwinism and domestic espionage, venture capital and Valley-esque start-ups … and a healthy dose of intellectual property panic. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2824.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2824.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2824.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2824.mobi Maquech Silvia Moreno-Garcia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3030 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction A haunting and darkly beautiful tale of dreams and desperation set in a scarcity-riddled near-future Mexico City. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3030.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3030.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3030.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3030.mobi Password Incorrect Nick Name http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127 en 2008 Short Fiction Collections 25 short, sometimes funny and sometimes mean stories ideal to rediscover the joy of reading a book as shiny and beautiful as a brand new cell phone. A look from a distance at the absurdity of our present day lives: fights with the less and less comprehensible equipment, pursuit of the latest technological news, pitfalls of our modern lifestyle, useless inventions and issues racing in all directions at a breakneck speed. A lot of entertainment and a little food for thought. Just perfect for the moment when you're finally bored with exploring the alarm settings on your new iPhone. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.mobi Refuge Richard Herley http://feedbooks.com/book/3025 en 2008 Novels Science Fiction Thriller Like The Penal Colony, this is a thriller set in the near future. It is twelve years on from a global plague. John Suter believes himself the sole survivor. He has gradually come to terms with his fate and has settled into a steady and self-reliant daily routine. One morning he finds a mutilated body in the river near his house. In his terror, Suter knows he has no choice but to investigate. What he discovers upstream stretches his endurance to its limits and forces him to reassess not only his own humanity, but also his place within the human family he had once believed extinct. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3025.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3025.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3025.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3025.mobi Solitude Ripples From The Past David Reagan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2825 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction A story about where the ultimate results of China’s one-child policy might lead her people. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2825.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2825.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2825.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2825.mobi Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1 Paulo Coelho http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3887 en 2008 Short Fiction Collections “Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren” is a stroll through the universal traditions and legends, lulled by the unforgettable magic words “Once upon a time…” This book by Paulo Coelho contains joyful, amazing and dramatic stories for readers of all ages. Most of them recount traditional legends and tales from many cultures. Included are also stories inspired by the author’s personal experience and episodes from the lives of celebrated names, as means of reflection. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3887.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3887.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3887.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3887.mobi Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 2 Paulo Coelho http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3888 en 2008 Short Fiction Collections “Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren” is a stroll through the universal traditions and legends, lulled by the unforgettable magic words “Once upon a time…” This book by Paulo Coelho contains joyful, amazing and dramatic stories for readers of all ages. Most of them recount traditional legends and tales from many cultures. Included are also stories inspired by the author’s personal experience and episodes from the lives of celebrated names, as means of reflection. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3888.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3888.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3888.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3888.mobi The Ant King and Other Stories Benjamin Rosenbaum http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872 urn:isbn:1931520534 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Collections A dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron’s zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipated children’s collective goes house hunting. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2872.mobi The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories John Kessel http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3189 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Collections An ex-con finds himself falling, once more, under a seductive, amoral woman's spell. A hidden door in a summer house leads to a land of plenty. An inventor's life converges with the pulp fiction he reads. In "Pride and Prometheus," the Bennett sisters encounter Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. And, in his acclaimed and award-winning Lunar Quartet, Kessel explores the gender dynamics, politics, and long-term sustainability of a matriarchal lunar colony. This astonishing collection ranges from science fiction to the surreal while intersecting with Frank L. Baum's Oz and the characters of Flannery O'Connor, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. By turns satirical, horrific, funny, and generous, these stories showcase the manifold gifts of a modern-day master. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3189.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3189.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3189.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3189.mobi The Plastic Elf of Extrusion Valley David McGillveray http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3456 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Strange things are afoot in the computer-controlled fabrication farms of Germany’s Altes Land… Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3456.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3456.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3456.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3456.mobi The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471 urn:isbn:0300137400 en 2008 Non-Fiction Essay In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age—today’s heated battles over intellectual property. Boyle argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights, every citizen should also understand intellectual property law. Why? Because intellectual property rights mark out the ground rules of the information society, and today’s policies are unbalanced, unsupported by evidence, and often detrimental to cultural access, free speech, digital creativity, and scientific innovation. Boyle identifies as a major problem the widespread failure to understand the importance of the public domain—the realm of material that everyone is free to use and share without permission or fee. The public domain is as vital to innovation and culture as the realm of material protected by intellectual property rights, he asserts, and he calls for a movement akin to the environmental movement to preserve it. With a clear analysis of issues ranging from Jefferson’s philosophy of innovation to musical sampling, synthetic biology and Internet file sharing, this timely book brings a positive new perspective to important cultural and legal debates. If we continue to enclose the “commons of the mind,” Boyle argues, we will all be the poorer. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3471.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 The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2746 en 2008 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2746.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2746.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2746.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2746.mobi The Tide Mill Richard Herley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265 en 2008 Novels History Adventure The setting is feudal Sussex in the thirteenth century, a landscape and society that have changed almost beyond recognition. The power of the Church is at its zenith, and the bishop of Alincester is one of the richest men in England. He derives income from the watermills in his diocese: the forces of wind and rain are held to be divine. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2265.mobi The Way of the Bow Paulo Coelho http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3873 en 2008 Short Fiction “The Way of the Bow” relates the story of Tetsuya, the best archer of the country, who conveys his teachings to a boy in his village. Using the metaphor of archery the author leads us through several essential thoughts : our daily efforts and work, how to overcome difficulties, steadfastness, and courage to take risky decisions. 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