Thread: What is the best free (public domain) sci-fi book you have read?
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Old 11-09-2011, 01:12 PM   #46
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Cool Arthur C. Clarke
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Originally Posted by VicLavigne View Post
The golden age of SF has not quite made it into PD, with the exception of a few books and stories. Harry Harrison has a few books that can be found, Clifford Simak also has a few stories. The most famous author that has something for free is probably Isaac Asimov, whose story "Youth" is available as a free download (I've got it but havent read it yet).

I'd really like to see Arthur Clarke and Heinlein released to PD, but under current laws its not gonna happen. At least Heinlein has some books released by the publisher as ebooks, Arthur C. Clarke has nothing released as such.

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That's not so. In the UK, at least, pretty much all his books are available as eBooks, published by Gollancz.
i get 47 books in kindle format at the usa amazon web site
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