07-20-2009, 03:41 PM | #16 |
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We have a Star Trek ebook? Where?
I second 'Little Brother.' Can we nominate short story collections, or only novels? I have been meaning to read the Kelly Link collection 'Stranger Things happen' and I know she's contemporary and freely available here. |
07-20-2009, 04:15 PM | #17 |
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I third Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and at the same time nominate 1984 by George Orwell along the same lines (and quite contemporary considering Amazon's actions in just the last week.)
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By the way, did anyone know that Little Brother had been turned into a play? It just finished a short run at the Griffin Theatre in Chicago. See http://www.griffintheatre.com/NewLit...therPage1.html Last edited by Elsi; 07-20-2009 at 04:36 PM. |
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07-20-2009, 04:35 PM | #19 |
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07-20-2009, 05:27 PM | #23 |
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The more I think about it, the more I'm sure it would be fun to compare/contrast and discuss Little Brother and 1984. It's obvious that the title of Doctorow's book is taken from the "Big Brother" in Orwell's novel.
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07-20-2009, 06:08 PM | #24 |
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I would like to nominate Topper by Jason Thorne Smith. It meets the criteria by being set during the period from 1900 to now and it was a free read I downloaded from Munseys (I'll check on th origin and get back to you). However, I think the author might be dead.
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I would like to nominate Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow.
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It's the only Star Trek book I think we'll ever have here legally. LRF - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11822 PRC - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12979 IMP - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14114 PDB - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15001 I really should make an ePub of this one. |
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I'd like to second Nineteen Eighty-Four, even though it's not out of copyright everywhere...
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07-20-2009, 07:08 PM | #30 |
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I would like to nominate 1984.
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