01-17-2009, 05:25 AM | #1 |
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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. |
01-17-2009, 09:05 AM | #2 |
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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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01-17-2009, 11:51 AM | #3 | ||
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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:
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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: Quote:
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01-18-2009, 01:12 PM | #5 |
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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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01-18-2009, 01:21 PM | #6 |
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Just bought it from here without a problem. (Here=Luxembourg)
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