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Posted 05 March 2009 - 03:35 AM

Hey guys, so I was checking out Suvudu today and I discovered they now have this free library thing going on. There are currently 5 sci-fi/ fantasy books that are in PDF form that are available to be downloaded and saved to the computer. I have already picked up some books that I never checked out before that start series, and why not? They are free.

Right now there is:
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Settling Accounts: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt

Apparently new books are added over time as well. Great idea.

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#2 HoosierDaddy

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:28 AM

Thanks for the link, Viz.

I think I'm going to read Red Mars first (I haven't read sci-fi in forever!) Would anybody recommend any of these over the others?

(Not going to bother with Turtledove's, I know that's way far into his series).

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:30 AM

I picked up all of them but Hobb's since I have it.

Though I believe the Turtledove one is a first in the series.

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:31 AM

It's the first in the "continuance" of a series perhaps, he does an entire thing from the Civil War through WWII which this one is part of.

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:38 AM

Wikipedia tells me that you are correct. Not sure that I cares too much anyway, I had had ample opportunity to buy his books and never have, so meh.

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:00 PM

i'm pleased to be able to try the Novik book for free. opinions vary on it.

relatedly, Baen books has a bunch of free sf/fant lit on their site for free, including notably Weber's Bahzell series and Ringo's Council wars that are fantasy fun.

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Posted 06 March 2009 - 01:12 AM

Assassin's Apprentice is really good, i have all of Hobb's books in that series, great stuff and couldnt put em down.

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Posted 06 March 2009 - 08:36 PM

I enjoyed the Mars series, so I'd recommend that one first. I know a lot of people found the politics stuff offputting, but I have a massive sci-fi hardon for terraforming fiction that isn't massive ridiculous or overly implausible.

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#9 Sir Thursday

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Posted 08 March 2009 - 03:44 PM

Peter Watts has all his books up on his website: http://www.rifters.com

I recommend you check it out, if you haven't already - Blindsight is incredible! Starfish is kind of depressing though. Haven't read the other two.

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#10 Illuyankas

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Posted 08 March 2009 - 04:27 PM

Man, the comments are depressing. What a bunch of whiny asses. 'Wah, wah, it's in .pdf, it's so clunky, wah' IT'S FREE YOU LITTLE WHOREBAGS

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#11 Sir Thursday

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Posted 08 March 2009 - 05:04 PM

I just finished reading Three Worlds Collide, a novella by Eliezer S Yudkowsky. It's available for free as a PDF here. One of the funniest things I've read in ages, whilst simultaneously a very thought provoking journey through the field of metaethics, all wrapped up as a Science Fiction story. I'd highly recommend it, and it's not all that long - 56 pages of PDF.

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