Stealing Light by Gary Gibson

tech_au · 01-17-2009, 05:25 AM

Just finished reading Stealing Light by Gary Gibson and it was pretty good.
Set in the future where only one alien race , The Shoal, possesses the secret to Faster-Than-Light travel that they are graciously letting the human race use but don't want them to have.
Then a derelict spacecraft is discovered that contains Faster-Than-Light of non-Shoal origin and the race is on to salvage it.
Quite interesting to read and I loved the artificial skin technology that envelopes the wearer when there is no atmosphere.
Don't think it is available from US ebook stores but I bought it from WH Smiths during their recent sale.

lilac_jive · 01-17-2009, 09:05 AM

I think I just saw a post of his on here, I think he is a member (I apologize if you knew that already).

wallcraft · 01-17-2009, 11:51 AM

WH Smith only has ePub. They are an OverDrive retail site, and OverDrive has a retail locator. It identifies the only format as ePub and the only retailers as WHSmith and Waterstones, but:

Quote:

Geographic Rights:
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

I wonder if US is a mistake.

On the other hand it is available as a MOBI directly from Pan Macmillan. They also have Adobe ePub and PDF. This is also advertised on Gary Gibson's home page:

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Now available as an ebook (DRM-free version available exclusively from Pan MacMillan).

Gibbo · 01-17-2009, 01:15 PM

Here's the link of the other post reference Pan's DRM free ebooks.

shighfield · 01-18-2009, 01:12 PM

Well I don't know if it was illegal or not, but I bought a copy from pan's website. I figure if their site knows I'm in Canada and doesn't care then neither do I.

mtravellerh · 01-18-2009, 01:21 PM

Just bought it from here without a problem. (Here=Luxembourg)

01-17-2009, 05:25 AM	#1
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	Stealing Light by Gary Gibson Just finished reading Stealing Light by Gary Gibson and it was pretty good. Set in the future where only one alien race , The Shoal, possesses the secret to Faster-Than-Light travel that they are graciously letting the human race use but don't want them to have. Then a derelict spacecraft is discovered that contains Faster-Than-Light of non-Shoal origin and the race is on to salvage it. Quite interesting to read and I loved the artificial skin technology that envelopes the wearer when there is no atmosphere. Don't think it is available from US ebook stores but I bought it from WH Smiths during their recent sale.

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01-17-2009, 09:05 AM	#2
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I think I just saw a post of his on here, I think he is a member (I apologize if you knew that already).

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Gibbo Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2475053 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Galaxy Tab A (2019) - iPhone 11 - KA1 - Onyx Boox Nova Pro	Here's the link of the other post reference Pan's DRM free ebooks.

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shighfield Groupie!? GROUPIE!?!? Posts: 317 Karma: 649 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Dirty Shwa Device: EBW 1150, Kobo Touch	Well I don't know if it was illegal or not, but I bought a copy from pan's website. I figure if their site knows I'm in Canada and doesn't care then neither do I.

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