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Classic Poetry Aloud

Iridic — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:39:19 -0800

Classic Poetry Aloud: free recordings of 427 public domain poems.

Free books, but not just any free books

StrikeTheViol — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:04:22 -0800

Munseys, formerly Blackmask, still my favorite free book site.

They send you a book, you review it.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:58:13 -0800

Blog a Penguin Classic.

Good times, good times!

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:05:13 -0800

Autodidactic goodies on a budget: Free computer books and online lectures, seminars and instructional materials from a variety of renowned institutions.

Free good science fiction

blahblahblah — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:46 -0800

Free, good science fiction for download, some you might have seen, some new, all are worth the time. If you have only a few minutes, Michael Swanick's Science Fiction Table of the Elements features 108 short short stories. If you have a little more time, Kelly Link, called by Neil Gaiman "the best short story writer currently out there" has released her much-praised collection Stranger Things Happen. For longer reads, Charlie Stross has made available his cyberpunk novel Accelerando and his Lovecraftish Colder War. The creepier Peter Watts has posted the New York Times Notable Book Starfish, and its sequels as well [previously]. If you haven't had enough, you should check out the Baen Free Library, with books by everyone from Andre Norton to Larry Niven, as well as a large amount of right-of-center combat-oriented stuff by David Weber and friends. Also, the Science Fiction Channel has made available many well-known classic short stories as well as a lot of contemporary Hugo and World Fantasy Award winners [previously]. Finally, you probably already know that Cory Doctorow has four novels available under creative commons. Happy reading!

Salinger on the web

cmaxmagee — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:15:10 -0800

Read J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" if you're bored at work this week (or stuck in a Mexican hotel). And when you're done with that dig into the rest (with a couple of exceptions) of Salinger's published work.

Free online CliffsNotes

bob sarabia — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:09:18 -0800

CliffsNotes is now offering 180 literature guides available for free online viewing.

myl — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:29:37 -0800

Putting free, unencrypted copies on the web increases book sales, according to science fiction writer Eric Flint.