Accelerando Charles Stross http://feedbooks.com/book/228 urn:isbn:0441014151 en 2005 Novels Science Fiction <p>The book is a collection of nine short stories telling the tale of three generations of a highly dysfunctional family before, during, and after a technological singularity. It was originally written as a series of novelettes and novellas, all published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in the period 2001 to 2004. <br />The first three stories follow the character of "venture altruist" Manfred Macx starting in the early 21st Century, the second three stories follow his daughter Amber, and the final three focus largely on her son Sirhan in the completely transformed world at the end of the century. <br />According to Stross, the initial inspiration for the stories was his experience working as a programmer for a high-growth company during the dot-com boom of the 1990s.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/228.png http://feedbooks.com/book/228.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/228.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/228.mobi All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites Cory Doctorow http://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://feedbooks.com/book/659.png http://feedbooks.com/book/659.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/659.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/659.mobi Appeals Court Cory Doctorow Charles Stross http://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://feedbooks.com/book/1310.png http://feedbooks.com/book/1310.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/1310.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/1310.mobi Burn James Patrick Kelly http://feedbooks.com/book/651 urn:isbn:1892391279 en 2005 Novels Science Fiction <p>Colonization is the theme of this exciting, complex page-turner that provides a provocative and entertaining look at Thoreau's classic eco-text Walden. Eccentric billionaire Jack Winter has bought the planet Beekman's Pea, renamed it Walden, and created a utopia in which members renounce the technologies of human civilization. Marginalized by these newcomers, the planet's original inhabitants are resisting the colony's dominance by setting fires to Walden's artificial ecology. A member of Walden, Prosper Gregory Leung is a veteran firefighter who believes in protecting Winter's utopian vision, but when he is wounded, he begins to learn of the terrible price that the people of Walden are paying for their paradise. Interwoven with themes of environmental responsibility, political struggle, and courage, this adventure novel nimbly combines political and social relevance with a flawless and gripping narrative from a veteran science fiction author.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/651.png http://feedbooks.com/book/651.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/651.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/651.mobi Butcher Bird Richard Kadrey http://feedbooks.com/book/227 urn:isbn:1597800864 en 2005 Novels Horror Fantasy <p>Spyder Lee is a happy man who lives in San Francisco and owns a tattoo shop. One night an angry demon tries to bite his head off before he's saved by a stranger. The demon infected Spyder with something awful - the truth. He can suddenly see the world as it really is: full of angels and demons and monsters and monster-hunters. A world full of black magic and mysteries. These are the Dominions, parallel worlds full of wonder, beauty and horror. The Black Clerks, infinitely old and infinitely powerful beings whose job it is to keep the Dominions in balance, seem to have new interests and a whole new agenda. Dropped into the middle of a conflict between the Black Clerks and other forces he doesn't fully understand, Spyder finds himself looking for a magic book with the blind swordswoman who saved him. Their journey will take them from deserts to lush palaces, to underground caverns, to the heart of Hell itself.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/227.png http://feedbooks.com/book/227.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/227.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/227.mobi I, Robot Cory Doctorow http://feedbooks.com/book/337 urn:isbn:1560259817 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction <p>"I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. <br />The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed. <br />The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower. </p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/337.png http://feedbooks.com/book/337.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/337.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/337.mobi Magic for Beginners Kelly Link http://feedbooks.com/book/3187 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Collections <p>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.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3187.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3187.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3187.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3187.mobi Mothers and Other Monsters Maureen F. McHugh http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2878 urn:isbn:1931520194 en 2005 Short Fiction Collections <p>A debut collection and finalist for the Story Prize. Maureen F. McHugh is an expert craftswoman who brings her clear-eyed vision (and empathy) to the relationships at the heart of our lives. Her stories are relevant, insightful, and beautifully written: She uses her deceptively simple prose to illuminate the unexpected chasms that open between generations.</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/2878.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2878.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2878.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2878.mobi Reborn Again Robert Sheckley http://feedbooks.com/book/2622 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://feedbooks.com/book/2622.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2622.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2622.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2622.mobi Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow http://feedbooks.com/book/260 urn:isbn:0765312808 en 2005 Novels Science Fiction <p>Alan is a middle-aged entrepeneur in contemporary Toronto, who has devoted himself to fixing up a house in a bohemian neighborhood. This naturally brings him in contact with the house full of students and layabouts next door, including a young woman who, in a moment of stress, reveals to him that she has wings--wings, moreover, which grow back after each attempt to cut them off. </p> <p>Alan understands. He himself has a secret or two. His father is a mountain; his mother is a washing machine; and among his brothers are a set of Russian nesting dolls. </p> <p>Now two of the three nesting dolls, Edward and Frederick, are on his doorstep--well on their way to starvation, because their innermost member, George, has vanished. It appears that yet another brother, Davey, who Alan and his other siblings killed years ago, may have returned...bent on revenge.</p> <p>Under such circumstances it seems only reasonable for Alan to involve himself with a visionary scheme to blanket Toronto with free wireless Internet connectivity, a conspiracy spearheaded by a brilliant technopunk who builds miracles of hardware from parts scavenged from the city’s dumpsters. But Alan’s past won’t leave him alone--and Davey is only one of the powers gunning for him and all his friends.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/260.png http://feedbooks.com/book/260.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/260.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/260.mobi The Men in the back room at the country club Rudy Rucker http://feedbooks.com/book/2621 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://feedbooks.com/book/2621.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2621.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2621.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2621.mobi Toy Planes Tobias Buckell http://feedbooks.com/book/914 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://feedbooks.com/book/914.png http://feedbooks.com/book/914.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/914.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/914.mobi