http://www.metafilter.com/tags/geekyfun Posts tagged with 'geekyfun' at MetaFilter. Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:46 -0800 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/45235/Free%2Dgood%2Dscience%2Dfiction Free, <em>good</em> 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 <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.html">Science Fiction Table of the Elements</a> 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 <a href="http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/sth/">Stranger Things Happen</a>. For longer reads, Charlie Stross has made available his cyberpunk novel <a href="http://www.accelerando.org/book/">Accelerando </a>and his Lovecraftish <a href="http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm">Colder War</a>. The creepier <a href="http://www.rifters.com/">Peter Watts</a> has posted the New York Times Notable Book <a href="http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm">Starfish</a>, and its sequels as well <small><small>[<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/43709">previously</a>]</small></small>. If you haven't had enough, you should check out the <a href="http://www.baen.com/library/">Baen Free Library</a>, 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 <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/archive.html">many well-known classic short stories</a> as well as <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/awards.html">a lot of contemporary</a> Hugo and World Fantasy Award winners <small><small> [<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/23074">previously</a>]</small></small>. Finally, you probably <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31124">already know</a> that Cory Doctorow has <a href="http://craphound.com/novels.php">four novels </a>available under creative commons. Happy reading! tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.45235 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:34:46 -0800 books creativecommons free geekyfun literature sciencefiction blahblahblah