Transition to new url
Posted on February 8th, 2008
Well, it’s official: we’re now at the much friendlier http://freespeculativefiction.com/
There are probably some broken links, mainly in the Free Fiction page, but they should be fixed this weekend.
Be sure to update your bookmark and check your feed to make sure you’re still receiving us loud and clear.
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New Feature: Free Fiction Page
Posted on February 7th, 2008
If you look at the menu bar up top, you will see a Free Fiction button. On that page, I have begun hosting full text versions of some of the more recent stories I have reviewed. It is growing slowly but surely, and adds yet another reading option for you.
Tags: free science fiction, free speculative fiction, public domain fiction
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This Week’s Free Science Fiction
Posted on October 27th, 2007
I’m still working on “The Mummy” because it is big (originally a three volume set) and it did not scan and OCR all that well. So there is a lot of hand editing and proofing to be doen and it is proceeding slowly. I’m about 1/5 of the way through.
In the meantime, though, Futurismic compiles a list every Friday of free fiction available.
This week’s spotlight includes works from R.A. Lafferty, Fritz Leiber, Warren Ellis, and Cory Doctorow among many others.
Futurismic’s Free Fiction Friday (Oct 26)
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Be Back Soon
Posted on August 23rd, 2007
Work obligations are consuming my time and energy at an alarming rate, but I hope to be back posting in a week or so, so stay tuned.
The next story in the timeline is Jane Loudon’s The Mummy.
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A New Direction
Posted on July 9th, 2007
I’ve been rethinking the format for this blog and decided a new approach is in order. Previously, things were a bit slapdash, with Piper chosen at random as the first author just because I happened to be reading him at the time.
From now on, the core science fiction and fantasy books that will be reviewed will be in roughly chronological order, starting with what some consider to be the first SF book, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The goal is to slowly proceed through the history of science fiction and related fantasy to better understand the genres through an examination of their roots. You are invited to read along.
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Welcome
Posted on June 1st, 2007
The first author we are covering will be H. Beam Piper.
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