SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
@Tor.com: The first of a series of free stories pulled from from Year's Best Fantasy 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer contains: "Dalthree" by Jeffrey Ford, "The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D." by Al Michaud, and "Reader's Guide" by Lisa Goldstein. " The Star and the Rockets " by Harry Turtledove. @Mercury Retrograde Press: Death, Inc....
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
@Feedbooks: " The Clean and Wholesome Land " by Ralph Sholto (1952) " The Fifth-Dimension Tube " by Murray Leinster (1933) " Prelude to Space " by Robert W. Haseltine (1954) " Waste Not, Want " by Dave Dryfoos (1954) " The Helpful Hand of God " by Tom Godwin (1961) " Fifty Per Cent Prophet " by Randall Garrett (1961) " High Dragon Bump...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ragged men machine gun scope. 3 out of 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/0/4/0/30408/30408-h/30408-h.htm
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Ragged men machine gun scope. 3 out of 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/0/4/0/30408/30408-h/30408-h.htm
Maximum PC all RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Editor's Note: We're very pleased to welcome David Gerrold , an acclaimed and prolific science fiction writer, to Maximum PC as a regular columnist. David, best known for his numerous contributions to Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, will share his thoughts on topics including the influence of science fiction on technology, the develop of tech trends, and notable technologists. I try...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
@FeedBooks: " Show Business " by Lyle G. Boyd (1953) " The Plague " by Teddy Keller (1961) " Planet of Dreams " by James McKimmey (1953) " The Carnivore " by G.A. Morris (1953) @ManyBooks.net: " Black Eyes and the Daily Grind " by Stephen Marlowe (1952) " High Dragon Bump " by Don Thompson (1958) " Ultima Thule " by D.M. Reynolds...
Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
This wasn't what I thought it would be due to the title. What you do get is a space war type story. Big aggressive expansionist wants to add little guy to his planetary empire. Little guy being another planet, of course. Outgunned, etc., however they have a small organisation that can take a shot at some ESP predictions of what is going to happen in the future. If you can pull that off, you certainly...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Bud Webster's fine article on SF great (and a favorite of this blog) Murray Leinster. Bonus #1: Lots of pulp, digest, and paperback covers used as illustrations. Bonus #2: A really amazing bibliography. Click here .
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
I’ve probably never read as much of Robert Silverberg’s work as I should have: several of his early science-fiction novels from the Fifties, a couple of his pseudonymous sleaze novels published in the Sixties, and maybe a dozen short stories ranging throughout his career. Lately, though, I’ve been thinking that I really ought to expand on that and especially need to read some of his...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of the spectacular QuasarDragon ] @Book View Cafe: " Commuting " by Nancy Jane Moore. @Manybooks: " Gone Fishing " by James H. Schmitz (1961). Astounding Stories February, 1931. @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: " The Mathematics of Faith " by Jonathan Wood. " Of Shifting Skin and Certainty " by Justin Howe. @Clarkesworld: " Spar...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
I’m not a big fan of, nor well read in, the genre sometimes known as “Northerns”. These are stories set in Alaska or Canada, usually centered around the Gold Rush. When I say I’m not a big fan of Northerns, I don’t mean that I dislike them. I simply haven’t read enough of them to say one way or the other. I’ve definitely enjoyed most of the books I’ve...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of miraculous QuasarDragon ] @Tor.com: " First Flight " by Mary Robinette Kowal. @Book View Cafe: " Cracks in the Pavement " by C. L. Anderson. @Manybooks: " Runaway " by Joseph Samachson (1952). The Town Drunk: " Squeak " by Amanda Davis. " I Think I Broke My Human " by Craig Watson. Serial Fiction @Book View Cafe:...
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
“Morale” ends with a spark and a bang, as we learn that psychological warfare works both ways. Parts 6 and 7. 15:47. You’ll notice how much stronger this story is than “Tanks”. A year or two can make a big difference in a writer’s skills — or an editor’s, for that matter. [...]
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
“Morale” continues, as Sergeant Walpole comes up with a plan, and Murray Leinster anticipates the feelings of many television viewers. (Really, an impressive act of extrapolation, in a story published in December 1931.) Part 5. 13:56.
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
“Morale” continues, as Sergeant Walpole takes a midnight ride into a battlefield. Part 4. 13:25.
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