Free Firefly novel "My Own Kind of Freedom"

carandol · 02-06-2008, 01:02 PM

Steven Brust has written a novel set in the Firefly universe, and he released it under a Creative Commons license. It's available in PDF and Word; so should be easily convertible to other formats.

I haven't read it yet, so I can't recommend it yet... But it's a Firefly novel, written by Steven Brust, how shiny is that?

You can find it here: http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html.

Nate the great · 02-06-2008, 01:03 PM

Shiny!

carld · 02-06-2008, 01:35 PM

I downloaded this and converted it to a .prc file for the Kindle, but the paragraph indents came through twice as deep as the should normally be. I tried replacing the document's indents with tabs but got the same result. I'm a novice at formatting ebooks, is there an easy way to fix this? I guess I could just delete the indents altogether, but not sure if that would completely mess up the formatting or not.

Hadrien · 02-06-2008, 01:52 PM

I'll add it on Feedbooks today.

carld · 02-06-2008, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

I'll add it on Feedbooks today.

Excellent, thanks Hadrien.

Hadrien · 02-06-2008, 02:34 PM

Done: http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/book/2217
Mobile: http://www.feedbooks.com/mobile/book/2217

Will be in the next update of the Kindle download guide.

carandol · 02-06-2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

Done: http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/book/2217
Mobile: http://www.feedbooks.com/mobile/book/2217

Will be in the next update of the Kindle download guide.

Brilliant, thanks! I'd already started reading it on my PC, but now I can put it on my Palm. (*sigh* I wish my Iliad would hurry up and arrive...)

I must say, he's got the Firefly dialogue perfect; it's like having a whole new TV series to watch. Or maybe like having old friends drop round that you haven't seen for ages...

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-06-2008, 04:49 PM

Jing tsai! Oh, juh jen sh guh kwai luh duh jean jan! Sheh-sheh Steven B and carandol!

</shameless_geek>

carandol · 02-06-2008, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Jing tsai! Oh, juh jen sh guh kwai luh duh jean jan! Sheh-sheh Steven B and carandol!

</shameless_geek>

I've got a new Firefly novel. I'll be in my bunk.

Nate the great · 02-06-2008, 05:55 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb, and tell you guys a secret: my Kindle's name is Vera.

carandol · 02-06-2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I'm going to go out on a limb, and tell you guys a secret: my Kindle's name is Vera.

Best gorram e-book reader you ever owned, no doubt. If I had an unwanted wife, I'd swap you.

Nate the great · 02-06-2008, 06:29 PM

It looks like the days of my being a geek are coming to a middle.

Nate the great · 02-06-2008, 07:46 PM

I don't know about y'all, but I haven't had this much fun since the last time I was in a pro Alliance bar on Unification Day.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-06-2008, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I'm going to go out on a limb, and tell you guys a secret: my Kindle's name is Vera.

Make sure you take it out someplace nice every now and then. So it don't feel neglected.

MachinegunDojo · 02-07-2008, 01:09 AM

What's so shiny about steven brust? What has he done?

02-06-2008, 01:02 PM	#1
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Free Firefly novel "My Own Kind of Freedom" Steven Brust has written a novel set in the Firefly universe, and he released it under a Creative Commons license. It's available in PDF and Word; so should be easily convertible to other formats. I haven't read it yet, so I can't recommend it yet... But it's a Firefly novel, written by Steven Brust, how shiny is that? You can find it here: http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html.

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02-06-2008, 01:03 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Shiny!

02-06-2008, 01:35 PM	#3
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I downloaded this and converted it to a .prc file for the Kindle, but the paragraph indents came through twice as deep as the should normally be. I tried replacing the document's indents with tabs but got the same result. I'm a novice at formatting ebooks, is there an easy way to fix this? I guess I could just delete the indents altogether, but not sure if that would completely mess up the formatting or not.

02-06-2008, 01:52 PM	#4
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	I'll add it on Feedbooks today.

02-06-2008, 02:34 PM	#6
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Done: http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/book/2217 Mobile: http://www.feedbooks.com/mobile/book/2217 Will be in the next update of the Kindle download guide.

02-06-2008, 04:49 PM	#8
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Jing tsai! Oh, juh jen sh guh kwai luh duh jean jan! Sheh-sheh Steven B and carandol! </shameless_geek>

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I'm going to go out on a limb, and tell you guys a secret: my Kindle's name is Vera.

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I don't know about y'all, but I haven't had this much fun since the last time I was in a pro Alliance bar on Unification Day.

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