Starfish Peter Watts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974 urn:isbn:0312868553 en 2000 Novels Science Fiction A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. They send a bio-engineered crew--people who have been altered to withstand the pressure and breathe the seawater--down to live and work in this weird, fertile undersea darkness. Unfortunately the only people suitable for long-term employment in these experimental power stations are crazy, some of them in unpleasant ways. How many of them can survive, or will be allowed to survive, while worldwide disaster approaches from below? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.mobi Blindsight Peter Watts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976 urn:isbn:0765312182 en 2006 Novels Science Fiction Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown. Two months of silence, while a world holds its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn't want to meet? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed, and the fainter one she'll do any good if she is. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge. You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. But you'd give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976.mobi The Shadow out of Time Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29 urn:isbn:0967321530 en 1934 Short Fiction Science Fiction Horror "The Shadow Out of Time" indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination. The story implies that the effect when seen from the outside is similar to spiritual possession. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.mobi In the Year 2889 Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477 urn:isbn:0809501287 en 1889 Short Fiction Science Fiction In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Verne's ideas. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/477.mobi The Centaur Algernon Blackwood http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1059 urn:isbn:1557424624 en 1911 Novels Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1059.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1059.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1059.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1059.mobi Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52 urn:isbn:0553213105 en 1813 Novels Romance Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these—the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy—irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen's radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/52.mobi Persuasion Jane Austen http://www.feedbooks.com/book/51 urn:isbn:0812565886 en 1818 Novels Romance The final novel by the acclaimed writer places heroine Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity and deep emotion, against the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/51.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/51.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/51.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/51.mobi Northanger Abbey Jane Austen http://www.feedbooks.com/book/357 urn:isbn:0375759174 en 1817 Novels Gothic Jane Austen’s first novel, Northanger Abbey—published posthumously in 1818—tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen’s fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature. The satirical Northanger Abbey pokes fun at the gothic novel while earnestly emphasizing caution to the female sex. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/357.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/357.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/357.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/357.mobi The House by the Church-Yard Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1589 en 1863 Novels History Gothic http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1589.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1589.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1589.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1589.mobi Lone Star Planet Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/344 urn:isbn:B00171ISHI en 1958 Novels Science Fiction In 1999, this novel won the Prometheus Award, Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel. This tale features a planet of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks, and whose system of government derives its character from H.L. Mencken's classic essay "The Malevolent Jobholder". The protagonist is an insubordinate junior diplomat who is appointed as ambassador to this cantankerously independent planet in the hope that he will be assassinated (as the previous ambassador had been), thereby justifying the forcible invasion and conquest of the Texans. The crux of the story is the trial of the previous ambassador's assassins--actually paid killers hired by an alien empire also planning invasion--under a legal system that considers the killing of a practicing politician to be justifiable homicide. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/344.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/344.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/344.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/344.mobi He Walked Around the Horses Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/374 en 1948 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/374.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/374.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/374.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/374.mobi Little Fuzzy Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/313 urn:isbn:0809562820 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction The chartered Zarathustra Company had it all their way. Their charter was for a Class III uninhabited planet, which Zarathustra was, and it meant they owned the planet lock stock and barrel. They exploited it, developed it and reaped the huge profits from it without interference from the Colonial Government. Then Jack Holloway, a sunstone prospector, appeared on the scene with his family of Fuzzies and the passionate conviction that they were not cute animals but little 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/313.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/313.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/313.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/313.mobi The Lani People Jesse Franklin Bone http://www.feedbooks.com/book/879 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction The startling science ficton novel of a new breeding system which produced a strange race of beautiful females--all expertly trained to make men feel like gods. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/879.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/879.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/879.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/879.mobi A Dream of Red Hands Bram Stoker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/464 en 1914 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/464.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/464.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/464.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/464.mobi 2 B R O 2 B Kurt Vonnegut http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Humor/Satire 2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been “cured” and population control is mandated and administered by the government. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/912.mobi Scroogled Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670 en 2007 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/1670.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1670.mobi Craphound Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/658 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 1998 Short 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/658.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/658.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/658.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/658.mobi Appeals Court Cory Doctorow Charles Stross http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310 en 2005 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/1310.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1310.mobi Return to Pleasure Island Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/661 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 1999 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/661.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/661.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/661.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/661.mobi Shadow of the Mothaship Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/662 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 2000 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/662.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/662.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/662.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/662.mobi Home Again, Home Again Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/663 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 1999 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/663.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/663.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/663.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/663.mobi Super Man and the Bug Out Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/664 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 2001 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/664.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/664.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/664.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/664.mobi I, Row-Boat Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/338 en 2006 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/338.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/338.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/338.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/338.mobi Eastern Standard Tribe Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/217 urn:isbn:0765310457 en 2004 Novels Science Fiction A comedy of loyalty, betrayal, sex, madness, and music-swapping Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best work of his career and can guarantee that the system will be, without a question, the most counterintuitive, user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth onto the world. Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur. He may live in London and work for an EU telecommunications megacorp, but Art's real home is the Eastern Standard Tribe. Instant wireless communication puts everyone in touch with everyone else, twenty-four hours a day. But one thing hasn't changed: the need for sleep. The world is slowly splintering into Tribes held together by a common time zone, less than family and more than nations. Art is working to humiliate the Greenwich Mean Tribe to the benefit of his own people. But in a world without boundaries, nothing can be taken for granted-not happiness, not money, and most certainly not love. Which might explain why Art finds himself stranded on the roof of an insane asylum outside Boston, debating whether to push a pencil into his brain.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/217.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/217.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/217.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/217.mobi A Place so Foreign Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/660 urn:isbn:1568582862 en 2000 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/660.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/660.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/660.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/660.mobi Anda's Game Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/336 en 2004 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/336.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/336.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/336.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/336.mobi Printcrime Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334 en 2006 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/334.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/334.mobi All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/659 en 2005 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/659.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/659.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/659.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/659.mobi