FREE BOOKS: 4 by Peter Watts (multi-format)

daffy4u · 08-27-2008, 04:58 PM

Saw this posted on the Amazon Forums.

Available as PDF, HTML and MOBI

Malestrom
Behemoth
Blindsight
Starfish [back again for those who may have missed it earlier in the summer]

Note from the author on the Behemoth page with a little 4-letter word editing by moi.

Quote:

Author's Note

This is the way it was meant to be. Well, not all pixellated and virtual or (at best) home-printed, but integrated, dammit, a single novel in a single package, and f*ck the beancounters and their Solomonesque book-splitting travesties. We aren't in the old-school economy any more, Toto— we're giving this stuff away now, and you can judge it for better or worse as a single standalone entity. You may agree with Publisher's Weekly and call this the capstone to one of the major works of hard-sf in the new century. Or you may side with Kirkus and dismiss it as horrific porn, rife with relentlessly clinical scenes of sexual torture. (Hell, you may even decide they're both right.) But whatever you decide, at least you'll be basing that assessment, finally, on complete data.

—Peter Watts, 2007

Edit: These books can also be read online.
Edit2: Be sure to get the Blindsight.prc download from the John Joseph Adams link.

bwaldron · 08-27-2008, 05:59 PM

These are and have been available at FeedBooks, FYI.

daffy4u · 08-27-2008, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwaldron

These are and have been available at FeedBooks, FYI.

Yep, you're right. I would have never guessed they would be available there. Thanks.

igorsk · 08-27-2008, 07:59 PM

And in our eBook section too~ For quite a long time, actually.

daffy4u · 08-27-2008, 08:09 PM

Well now, everyone like me, who would have never guessed that these books would be available in either place have more choices for downloads.

bwaldron · 08-27-2008, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

And in our eBook section too~ For quite a long time, actually.

I didn't even think to look here!

I've downloaded many, many books here that our wonderful community has shared, but I have the Peter Watts from Feedbooks, I believe from before I joined MobileRead.

Dr. Drib · 08-28-2008, 09:26 AM

Thanks, daffy4u, for letting me know about these.

And thanks, bwaldron, for letting me know they're available at Feedbooks.

I discarded the html versions fron the author's site and immediately went to Feedbooks and downloaded the PDFs (for the Sony).

Don

NOTE: If you like epubs, make certain you always check to see if they work on the Reader

JSWolf · 08-28-2008, 09:53 AM

Maelstrom in LRF, Mobi, IMP
ßehemoth in LRF, Mobi, IMP
Blindsight in LRF
Starfish in LRF, Mobi, IMP

Seems I need to fix up Blindsight a little bit and make the PRC & IMP editions.

Dr. Drib · 08-28-2008, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Maelstrom in LRF, Mobi, IMP
ßehemoth in LRF, Mobi, IMP
Blindsight in LRF
Starfish in LRF, Mobi, IMP

Seems I need to fix up Blindsight a little bit and make the PRC & IMP editions.

So these were ALREADY available? Thank you. I'll go and get your lrf versions. Much appreciated.

Don

igorsk · 08-28-2008, 10:34 AM

How did you miss my post above, Don?...

Dr. Drib · 08-28-2008, 10:41 AM

I was asleep at the computer!

For the actual reason I missed so many downloads, here's an explanation.

I was on hiatus for awhile, moving from Cincinnati and back to Arkansas in preparation for my move to Peru in order to be close to my fiance.

Then the dreaded INCIDENT happened: My computer's hard disk crashed! --- ARGGGHHH! as they used to say in the comics. (I think they've since changed it to ARRGGGGGHH, with more emphasis on the gargling sound.)

I still need to mass download ALL the lrf files and stash them away somewhere safe.

Don

haridasi · 08-30-2008, 10:14 AM

Thank you :-) Even if they are in the MR library, I wouldn't have known it (unless I spesifically looked). I truly value the posts found in this forum about free books, recommendations etc.

jerryleejr · 08-30-2008, 10:31 AM

Thanks Duck always looking for more books

JJ

JSWolf · 08-30-2008, 05:37 PM

I'm updating in a few min the LRF edition of Blindsight. I'll do a Mobi and then IMP later on.

Gaurnim · 07-22-2009, 07:52 AM

Sorry for raising an old thread from the dead, but this felt like the right place.

I just saw Blindsight (french version) in a bookshop here in France.
I greatly enjoyed it as an ebook so I bought it as a keeper.

Score one more for the free release of ebooks !

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bwaldron Wizard Posts: 1,229 Karma: 543210 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee Device: Kindles: Paperwhite Signature Ed., Oasis 2, Voyage	These are and have been available at FeedBooks, FYI.

08-27-2008, 07:59 PM	#4
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	And in our eBook section too~ For quite a long time, actually.

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Well now, everyone like me, who would have never guessed that these books would be available in either place have more choices for downloads.

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Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,980 Karma: 55647515 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Thanks, daffy4u, for letting me know about these. And thanks, bwaldron, for letting me know they're available at Feedbooks. I discarded the html versions fron the author's site and immediately went to Feedbooks and downloaded the PDFs (for the Sony). Don NOTE: If you like epubs, make certain you always check to see if they work on the Reader

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,840 Karma: 134368292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Maelstrom in LRF, Mobi, IMP ßehemoth in LRF, Mobi, IMP Blindsight in LRF Starfish in LRF, Mobi, IMP Seems I need to fix up Blindsight a little bit and make the PRC & IMP editions.

08-28-2008, 10:34 AM	#10
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	How did you miss my post above, Don?...

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Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,980 Karma: 55647515 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I was asleep at the computer! For the actual reason I missed so many downloads, here's an explanation. I was on hiatus for awhile, moving from Cincinnati and back to Arkansas in preparation for my move to Peru in order to be close to my fiance. Then the dreaded INCIDENT happened: My computer's hard disk crashed! --- ARGGGHHH! as they used to say in the comics. (I think they've since changed it to ARRGGGGGHH, with more emphasis on the gargling sound.) I still need to mass download ALL the lrf files and stash them away somewhere safe. Don

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haridasi Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 603 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: irex iliad	Thank you :-) Even if they are in the MR library, I wouldn't have known it (unless I spesifically looked). I truly value the posts found in this forum about free books, recommendations etc.

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Gaurnim Final Five n°42 Posts: 789 Karma: 3599 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon, France Device: Cybook Gen3	Sorry for raising an old thread from the dead, but this felt like the right place. I just saw Blindsight (french version) in a bookshop here in France. I greatly enjoyed it as an ebook so I bought it as a keeper. Score one more for the free release of ebooks !