Last and First Men William Olaf Stapledon http://feedbooks.com/book/2028 urn:isbn:0486219623 en 1930 Novels Science Fiction Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive. Stapledon's conception of history is based on the Hegelian Dialectic, following a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, but it is also one of progress, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. The book anticipates genetic engineering, and the idea of superminds composed of many telepathically-linked individuals. A controversial part of the book depicts humans, in the far-off future, escaping the dying Earth and settling on Venus—in the process totally exterminating its native inhabitants, a marine intelligent species. Stapledon's book has been interpreted by some as condoning such interplanetary genocide as a justified act if necessary for racial survival, though a number of Stapledon's partisans denied that such was his intention, arguing instead that Stapledon was merely showing that although mankind had advanced in a number of ways in the future, at bottom it still possessed the same capacity for savagery as it has always had. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://feedbooks.com/book/2028.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2028.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2028.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2028.mobi 2 B R O 2 B Kurt Vonnegut http://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://feedbooks.com/book/912.png http://feedbooks.com/book/912.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/912.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/912.mobi 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne http://feedbooks.com/book/182 urn:isbn:0812550927 en 1870 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. http://feedbooks.com/book/182.png http://feedbooks.com/book/182.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/182.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/182.mobi The Sargasso of Space Edmond Moore Hamilton http://feedbooks.com/book/3900 en 1931 Short Fiction Science Fiction Helpless, doomed, into the graveyard of space floats the wrecked freighter Pallas. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3900.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3900.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3900.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3900.mobi The Man Who Evolved Edmond Moore Hamilton http://feedbooks.com/book/2358 en 1931 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/2358.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2358.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2358.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2358.mobi The Stars, My Brothers Edmond Moore Hamilton http://feedbooks.com/book/2359 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction He was afraid--not of the present or the future, but of the past. He was afraid of the thing tagged Reed Kieran, that stiff blind voiceless thing wheeling its slow orbit around the Moon, companion to dead worlds and silent space. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2359.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2359.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2359.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2359.mobi The Man Who Saw the Future Edmond Moore Hamilton http://feedbooks.com/book/3664 en 1930 Short Fiction Science Fiction Excerpt: Jean de Marselait read calmly on from the parchment. "It is stated by many witnesses that for long that part of Paris, called Nanley by some, has been troubled by works of the devil. Ever and anon great claps of thunder have been heard issuing from an open field there without visible cause. They were evidently caused by a sorcerer of power since even exorcists could not halt them. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3664.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3664.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3664.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3664.mobi Single: Two Stories Jim Hanas http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023 en 2006 This free ebook—which I like to think of as a "fiction single"—features two previously published short stories: "Miss Tennessee" and "The Cryerer," which originally appeared in The Land-Grant College Review and One Story, respectively. Creative Commons short stories Contemporary literary fiction one story land-grant collage review literary journals http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.mobi The Retro Language Charles Childers http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1004 en 2009 A Guide to the Retro Language and Its Implementation. (Updated March 2009) reference Manual Handbook http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1004.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1004.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1004.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1004.mobi Beautiful Red M. Darusha Wehm http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548 en 2007 The future is boring. Technology has solved most of the world’s most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn’t. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer’s computer system has been invaded. Jack enlists the help of her only friends – her co-worker, Gilles and Adrian, an online friend she’s never met – to help her track down the source of the invasion. Her investigation leads her to a shadowy group called the Red, where Jack learns that not everyone lives a life of quiet servitude. Even though she believes that the Red are responsible for a series of gruesome attacks, Jack begins to become attracted to their worldview. In her search for the people responsible for the attacks, she confronts the leaders of the group as well as her own burgeoning sense of self-awareness. science fiction thriller computers ai mystery cyberpunk future women http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.mobi Secrets of an Undercover Agent Bethany K. Scanlon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1580 en 2008 I am, or should I say was, an undercover operative for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I am somewhat ashamed of who I have become, or better yet, what I have become. Secrets are harmful; secrets rot your gut and cause innumerable nightmares. Secrets can ruin your life. I have kept mine locked away in the deep recesses of my heart. I have my own Pandora's Box, a box that has remained closed until today. For today is the day of new beginnings. Today is the day that the unfulfilled desires of my heart come to pass. A day of new horizons, a day of fresh starts. A day to celebrate the beginning of yet another secret life… Available covered on Amazon.com http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1580.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1580.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1580.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1580.mobi Mars Girl Jeff Garrity http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1206 en 2008 "Mars Girl is reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's early satire ... [It's] a bizarre, satirical romp that offers a glimpse into the media and politics of a future that is probably nearer than most would like to admit." -City Pulse, Lansing, Michigan Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. You are free to download and distribute "Mars Girl" with attribution for noncommercial purposes. www.marsgirl.us science fiction politics Satire media http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.mobi Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson http://feedbooks.com/book/97 urn:isbn:1416500294 en 1883 Novels Adventure While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. http://feedbooks.com/book/97.png http://feedbooks.com/book/97.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/97.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/97.mobi Home Again, Home Again Cory Doctorow http://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://feedbooks.com/book/663.png http://feedbooks.com/book/663.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/663.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/663.mobi Return to Pleasure Island Cory Doctorow http://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://feedbooks.com/book/661.png http://feedbooks.com/book/661.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/661.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/661.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 CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future Cory Doctorow http://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://feedbooks.com/book/2883.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2883.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2883.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2883.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 Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://feedbooks.com/book/250 en 1921 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/250.png http://feedbooks.com/book/250.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/250.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/250.mobi The Music of Erich Zann Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://feedbooks.com/book/271 en 1922 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/271.png http://feedbooks.com/book/271.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/271.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/271.mobi Beyond the Wall of Sleep Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://feedbooks.com/book/237 en 1919 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/237.png http://feedbooks.com/book/237.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/237.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/237.mobi Nyarlathotep Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://feedbooks.com/book/273 en 1920 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/273.png http://feedbooks.com/book/273.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/273.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/273.mobi The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://feedbooks.com/book/24 urn:isbn:0345354907 en 1927 Novels Horror Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in a quiet town near Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://feedbooks.com/book/24.png http://feedbooks.com/book/24.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/24.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/24.mobi