Last Sun of Krypton #3 Samantha Chapman http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3966 en 2008 Last Sun of Krypton, Part 3 (of 3). "If Lyla had still been there to talk him out of it, Kal knew that he would never have even suggested this solution, let alone volunteered for it. He stood alone in the middle of a large, barren field, staring up at the monolith that was an energy plant, and he could feel the heat of the world gathering beneath his feet. Two days had already gone by, two more days of heartache and fear, of disbelief and thick, destructive denial. Despite the official pleas from the Board, and despite the few ready rockets off-world that had already left for the colonies, most of the population refused to budge from their homes on only the word of Jor-El. Kal’s breathing was quick and nervous in the heated air. All of those people were depending on his bravery, his intellect… …and on the nuclear bomb strapped to the hood of his small electric car. " science fiction Comics DC3 Krypton http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3966.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3966.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3966.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3966.mobi Western Stories James Buttinger http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7231 en 2009 Short stories from the borderlands of the American West. Published in serial fashion every couple of weeks. New stories noted. Stories so far: Body Count. Horse Stealers. Killing. The Bull of the Quarrel is Rising. Running. NEW STORY: Mafia Western short stories Short short stories Westerns http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7231.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7231.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7231.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7231.mobi Excision Wendy Palmer http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5987 en 2009 In a dystopic future world, Neema searches for a way to help her sister. science fiction short stories zombies http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5987.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5987.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5987.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5987.mobi Living History Ben Essex http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7088 en 2009 (A story about clones, dinosaurs and the Concept of Benjamin Franklin). Jacob White works for the Salmon Corporation. It's an easy job, provided you do what you're told and don't ask too many questions. Jacob is told to start bringing historical figures back to life, somehow- the details are up to him. He doesn't ask too many questions. It all seems straightforward enough, until White realises that his latest task is actually impossible. Faced with a choice between unacceptable failure and the world's most elabourate bluff, White opts for the latter. Unfortunately for him things are more complicated than they appear, and his lie will have terrible consequences. In the city-state of America Little, every idea has its price and every fantasy comes with a fee. For his great illusion, Jacob will find the cost laid out in blood and revolution. science fiction thriller fantasy history adventure action ben future future dinosaurs america Living little Benjamin Franklin Living History Personal Identity Large Benjamin Franklin Clones http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7088.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7088.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7088.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7088.mobi Ladykiller - "Hush" Charlotte Gill http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6077 en 2005 "Brian loves Patty in a quiet, sublime sort of a way, always has. He feels lucky, exempt from the marital cycles of jagged passion and boredom. But lately? He hears her shoes on the steps and his ass clenches. Since his accident, as he likes to think of it, or perhaps even before, there’s been something new. " Canada short stories ladykiller http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6077.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6077.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6077.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/6077.mobi The Reluctant Terrorist Harvey A. Schwartz http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2574 en 2008 Could the Holocaust happen in America? A leading civil rights lawyer projects a future in which Homeland Security paranoia is used to justify detention of the latest breed of terrorists: Israelis fleeing from the nuclear destruction of their country. American Jews are forced to choose whether to stand by and allow this to happen, or to fight against their own government. This is a terrifying and thought provoking depiction of the consequences of, in Jefferson's warning, trading "a little freedom for a little security." science fiction fiction future civil rights Jewish terrorists political fiction http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2574.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2574.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2574.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2574.mobi bury We below the Weeds J.L. Dale http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4680 en 2008 One of the five novelettes that compose the arching story of Pattern of the Wolf or the Guts of a Cop. A re-birthed romance brings biological chaos to the world, in the form of a plant-based networking system. See LastJunto.com for a link to buy Pattern of the Wolf and download a free machete-western comic book. science fiction Novel technology fiction science dystopia sci-fi singularity organic http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4680.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4680.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4680.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4680.mobi His Robot Girlfriend Wesley Allison http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854 en 2009 Mike Smith's life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike's life is about to change. science fiction future robot girlfriend http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5854.mobi the Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle Blackbird Crow Raven http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631 en 2009 Warble McGorkle and his entourage travel back in time to alter history. Their meddling in Revolutionary Times, at Custer's Last Stand, the Alamo, Woodstock, as well as a detour to 1st century Jerusalem to kidnap Jesus--or Judas--leads to catastrophic consequences for those living in modern times. Among the things Warble and his gang perpetrate are: 1. The origin of Preemptive Strikes (umpires calling strikes before the ball is thrown) 2. George Washington being banished to England for inventing the peanut (and thus being responsible for "Peanut Envy") 3. Changing song lyrics and altering drugs at Woodstock to change the politics and personalities of the hippies there 4. "Helping out" at the Alamo, so that it's the Mexicans who ultimately get "saddled" with Texas. These are just a few of the hilarious shenanigans that culminate in a climactic scene as the protagonists return to the present and see what their changes have wrought. science fiction Satire dystopia time travel social commentary http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3631.mobi An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/210 urn:isbn:0679783369 en 1776 Non-Fiction Science Politics <p>Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society.</p> http://www.feedbooks.com/book/210.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/210.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/210.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/210.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #23 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911 en 2008 TQF#23 has science fiction from Wayne Summers and John Greenwood, fantasy from Richard K. Lyon & Andrew J. Offutt, horror from Anna M. Lowther and John Hall, and reviews galore. Altogether, there are 52,534 words of free reading material in this magazine (but no one will blame you for skipping the 4,394-word editorial). science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.mobi Peter the Brazen George F. Worts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3895 urn:isbn:1928619444 en 1919 Novels Crime/Mystery <p>Excerpt: <br />When Peter Moore entered the static-room, picked his way swiftly and unnoticingly across the littered floor, and jerked open the frosted glass door of the chief operator's office, the assembled operators followed him with glances of admiration and concern. No one ever entered the Chief's office in that fashion. One waited until called upon. </p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3895.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3895.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3895.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3895.mobi The Great Impersonation Edward Phillips Oppenheim http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3877 urn:isbn:1920265643 en 1920 Novels Crime/Mystery Romance Adventure <p>Excerpt: <br />The trouble from which great events were to come began when Everard Dominey, who had been fighting his way through the scrub for the last three quarters of an hour towards those thin, spiral wisps of smoke, urged his pony to a last despairing effort and came crashing through the great oleander shrub to pitch forward on his head in the little clearing. It developed the next morning, when he found himself for the first time for many months on the truckle bed, between linen sheets, with a cool, bamboo-twisted roof between him and the relentless sun. He raised himself a little in the bed. <br />"Where the mischief am I?" he demanded. </p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3877.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3877.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3877.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3877.mobi