Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Main Page - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Main Page - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
Quite a collection and growing constantly.
This planet is crazy: US library ban on JK Rowling - most wanted
Sunday, October 1st, 2006This planet is crazy: US library ban on JK Rowling - most wanted
Puts her in with some good company…
Kinky Friedman up for literary prize - Yahoo! News
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006Kinky Friedman up for literary prize - Yahoo! News
Go Kinkster!
Boing Boing: Google Books promotes banned books for Banned Books Week
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006Boing Boing: Google Books promotes banned books for Banned Books Week
I can hear the “I want total control religous nuts” (of all faiths) screaming to shut the evil Google.com down, NOW!
Andy Ihnatko’s YellowText
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Andy points to a wonderful Gutenberg etext by P.G. Wodehouse, which is one of his Jeeves books that has no US copyright. Wonderful stuff!
Direct link to the text:Â My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse - Project Gutenberg
Chapter 4: Read Excerpts from the New Science Fiction Book Variable Star by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006Chapter 4 is out! Getting better all the time. Something in the flavor makes me wonder if this was written/started around the time of The Door Into Summer?
Chapter 5 due Sept 7. Can’t wait!
Treehugger: Living Like a Hobbit. Small House, Travel & Adventures
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006Treehugger: Living Like a Hobbit. Small House, Travel & Adventures
I’ve read about Dan Price before but there is a lot more available now. Lynette Chlang has written an article on meeting him and visiting his place in the woods. Good stuff and sound like really good people.
William Gibson - Official Website
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006William Gibson - Official Website
Guess the title says it all. Blog, books, assorted bits and bytes. Good stuff!
Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com » News
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com » News
Cory’s personal site. Books, stories, podcasts of books and stories, blog, and more. Good stuff!
Official Variable Star Sci-Fi Book Site: New Reviews of The Lost Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson Science Fiction Book
Friday, September 1st, 2006Chapter 3 is up under Excert. Wonderful stuff!
Where Babies Come From in Germany
Thursday, August 31st, 2006Where Babies Come From in Germany
This seems to be a childrens book that has been scanned and put online. Shows just what the title says. Actually not limited to Germany. Probably not safe for work and most of the tight assed folks I know around here wouldn’t let their kids see it either but is an interesting look at another (non US of A) culture.
Official Google Blog: Download the classics
Thursday, August 31st, 2006Official Google Blog: Download the classics
I know it has been posted elsewhere (everywhere) but I figured I would jump on the byte wagon and list this one too. Glad to see it. Now if they would link up with and/or help fund Project Gutenberg I’d be a lot happier with them about this.
Chris Moriarty Science Fiction Writer
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Chris Moriarty Science Fiction Writer
Guess the title and link say it all. Interesting site. Good articles. Well worth the time.
James Patrick Kelly
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Another Sci-Fi writers website. More good stuff! Worth the look and bookmark.
Read Excerpts from the New Science Fiction Book Variable Star by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Read Excerpts from the New Science Fiction Book Variable Star by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson
A new book by two of my favorite Sci-Fi authors. This is great! I’m gonna have to pre-order this. As it is the excerts will be released on this site.
Rudy’s Blog at rudyrucker.com
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Rudy says that Flurb #1 is now done. More info at his blog.
Congrats on a excelent piece of work! Hope to see many more issues. Only problem I have with you publishing it online is that I keep spending my time reading when there is so much more to do… 
Boing Boing: Cory’s I, Row-Boat live on Flurb
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Boing Boing: Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” live on Flurb
Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” has just been published on Rudy Rucker’s Flurb! Good stuff!
bluespringsbazaar
Sunday, August 27th, 2006Another shameless plug. Actually this is more than that as I have been adding links to a few authors websites and blogs over there. Trying to get back to work on several sites.
THE MACHINE STOPS … E.M. Forster
Sunday, August 27th, 2006THE MACHINE STOPS … E.M. Forster
Sci-fi story from 1909 that is the earliest known (to me) predictor of email/IMs and a world wide machine. Well worth the read.
Also available on this site at:
http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/the-machine-stops-by-em-forster-1909/
