Beasts of New York: A children's book for grown-ups Jon Evans http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976 en 2007 An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park. http://www.beastsofnewyork.com/ fantasy animals urban fantasy http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.mobi In a Grove Ryūnosuke Akutagawa http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205 en 1922 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Psychology "In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis for Kurosawa's "Rashoumon." (from Wikipedia) --- Note: The original Japanese text version is also available on Feedbooks at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4204 This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205.mobi A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay http://www.feedbooks.com/book/901 urn:isbn:0803280041 en 1920 Novels Science Fiction A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted alien worlds ever conceived, a profoundly moving journey of discovery into the metaphysical heart of the universe, and a shockingly intimate excursion into what makes us human and unique. After a strange interstellar journey, Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus. As he journeys northward, guided by a drumbeat, he encounters a world and its inhabitants like no other, where gender is a victory won at dear cost; where landscape and emotion are drawn into an accursed dance; where heroes are killed, reborn, and renamed; and where the cosmological lures of Shaping, who may be God, torment Maskull in his astonishing pilgrimage. At the end of his arduous and increasingly mystical quest waits a dark secret and an unforgettable revelation. A Voyage to Arcturus was the first novel by writer David Lindsay (1878–1945), and it remains one of the most revered classics of science fiction. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/901.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/901.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/901.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/901.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 Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873 urn:isbn:1931520003 en 2001 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear. These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you. Stories from Stranger Things Happen have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. Stranger Things Happen was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice's 25 Favorite Books of 2001, and was nominated for the Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2873.mobi Magic for Beginners Kelly Link http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Collections Link's engaging and funny second collection -- call it kitchen-sink magical realism -- riffs on haunted convenience stores, husbands and wives, rabbits, zombies, weekly apocalyptic poker parties, witches, superheroes, marriage, and cannons -- and includes several new stories. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3187.mobi R.U.R. Karel Čapek http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4199 en 1921 Science Fiction Plays R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science fiction play in the Czech language by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921 and is famous for having introduced and popularized the term robot. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4199.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4199.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4199.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4199.mobi The Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Russell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198 en 1912 Non-Fiction Philosophy A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer reading for students and specialists, and a casual reading for the general public. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4198.mobi Lost in the Future John Victor Peterson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3866 en 1954 Short Fiction Science Fiction Did you ever wonder what might happen if mankind ever exceeded the speed of light? Here is a profound story based on that thought—a story which may well forecast one of the problems to be encountered in space travel. They had discovered a new planet—but its people did not see them until after they had traveled on. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3866.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3866.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3866.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3866.mobi The Crystal Crypt Philip K. Dick http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878 en 1954 Short Fiction Science Fiction Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl ... and the grim red planet was not far behind. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3878.mobi Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3841 urn:isbn:0554392216 en 1909 Novels Romance A girl from the dregs of society, loves a young Cornell University student, and it works startling changes in her life and the lives of those about her. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3841.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3841.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3841.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3841.mobi The Enchanted Type-Writer John Kendrick Bangs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2841 urn:isbn:158715496X en 1899 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2841.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2841.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2841.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2841.mobi The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1513 urn:isbn:0553212702 en 1851 Novels Romance Gothic In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family’s salvation—or its downfall. Hawthorne called The House of the Seven Gables “a Romance,” and freely bestowed upon it many fascinating gothic touches. A brilliant intertwining of the popular, the symbolic, and the historical, the novel is a powerful exploration of personal and national guilt, a work that Henry James declared “the closest approach we are likely to have to the Great American Novel.” http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1513.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1513.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1513.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1513.mobi