Thread: What is the best free (public domain) sci-fi book you have read?
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Old 11-01-2011, 02:53 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Penforhire View Post
Accelerando by Charlie Stross. It was free but not, if I recall correctly, public domain.
Correct, Accelerando, at least my copy, is copyrighted under Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives making it free to distribute at no charge and with no alterations but not public domain.

My vote for best PD Science Fiction (strict definition which disallows Fantasy) would be Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus.
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