OT:Sci-Fi Books

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  1. spaceb

    spaceb Well-Known Member

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    Hey all!

    I'm looking for Sci-Fi e-books for download (freely of course). Specially those novels or short stories from Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick.

    Does anyone have some books from them? Could you post the name and if you can send it to me? what's the file size? Could you post the plot and your comments?

    Of course, other Sci-Fi writters and welcome too!

    thanks! :D

    PS: Post links for download or if not, i can give you my email so you send it. Preffered format: pdf, or doc (pdf better ;) )
     
  2. biles

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    Available on a Kazaa Lite near you.

    Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep - Phillip K Dick - PDF
    We Can Build You - Phillip K Dick - PDF
    Hope I Shall Arrive Soon - Phillip K Dick - PDF

    And also available on a Kazaa Lite near you:

    Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - PDF
    Quicker Than The Eye - Ray Bradbury - PDF
    Something Wicked This Way Comes- Ray Bradbury - PDF
     
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    hi spaceb,

    or:
    rent a donkey and find via search:
    Ray.Bradbury - Las.Doradas.Manzanas.del.Sol.pdf
    Ray.Bradbury - Crуnicas.marcianas.pdf
    Ray.Bradbury - Fahrenheit.451.pdf
    13.novelas.de.Arthur.C..Clarke.pdf
    H.G.Wells - La.mбquina.del.tiempo.pdf
    H.G.Wells - El.nuebo.acelerador.pdf

    most of them are less than 500k of size.
    haven't found stanislav lem or robert a. heinlein in spanish...
     
  4. spaceb

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    hi

    I got got so far:

    Ray Bradbury:

    -Fahrenheit 451
    -The Martian Chronicles

    Philip K. Dick:

    -Short Story: Impostor (in spanish)
    -World Jones Made
    -Planeta de Paso (spanish)
    -Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep (also know for the movie Blade Runner)
    -We Can Build You
    -Divine Invasion
    -Short Story: The Minority Report
    -Ubik
    -Second Variety
    -Complete Stories 4 - The Minority Report and Other Stories

    @Ledada, could you get this books?
    Ray.Bradbury - Crуnicas.marcianas.pdf
    Ray.Bradbury - Fahrenheit.451.pdf
    HG Wells - La maquina del tiempo

    I don't have that sharing program.

    btw, I love HG Wells! My favourite book is the Time Machine, i bought it long time ago at Amazon.com, it's great.

    @biles, some users in Kazaa won't allow me to download their books. Could you download some and share them with me?

    thanks!
     
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    hi spaceb
    i'm sorry I can't provide you any book in pdf, but at least i can give you my opinion :).

    if you want to read something more from P.K.Dick - read this :A Scanner Darkly - it is about narcotics and human mind; very nice
    best book from him imho - it has all the problems like all of his books - strong and interesting idea, dramatic evolution and not very subtle end
    but - contrary to most of his books - this is not shit written for money

    my 2nd choice from Dick would be: Flow My Tears, Policeman Said. Totally screwed end but that is normal.
     
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    I also dunno PDF or e-books. But I suggest Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy !!!

    :dura: :super: :@prayer: :dura: :rtfm:
     
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    Have you read 1984 ?
     
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    Great, fucking great book.
     
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    Have you read his posthumous book?
     
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    No, I got only all parts of 'Hitchhicker's Guide' and 'The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'.

    I prefer SF. ;)
     
  12. spaceb

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    I have to read 1984, I heard good comments on that book. And I really like George Orwell, specially his book named: Animal Farm.
    If you haven't read it, do it.

    btw, I have 1984 in pdf (english) 384 kb if you want it. If so, just post your email and I'll send it.

    @manoce, yeah... Philip always relate his stories to narcotics, what is real or what is not, religious matters, etc. very classic of him.
    thanks for your suggestion, I already wrote the names of those two books.


    Don't you guys like Ray Bradbury?
     
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    Thanks for the tip ;)

    Although there's not much Sci-Fi there.
     
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    btw for those who don't know Philip work here you can get some info:

    Movies Based on the Novels, Stories or Life of Philip K. Dick:

    Blade Runner
    Screamers
    Total Recall
    Minority Report
    Confessions d'un Barjo (1992)
    The Nervous Breakdown of Philip K. Dick
    Paycheck
    The Trouble With Dick (1987)
    Impostor (<<< great one, I saw it 2 days ago)
    A Scanner Darkly

    Movies In The Style of Philip K. Dick (some movies also based in his works or used his concepts):

    Dark City
    eXistenz
    Gattaca
    The Matrix
    Slipstream
    Solaris (Russian movie)
    Sphere
    The Thirtheenth floor
    The Truman Show
    Twelve Monkeys
    and others.

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    I'm reading the book Maze of Death, which the movie Matrix concept is based on (i think in "Valis" too). Really nice.
     
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    have spacesuit, will travel
    i forgot the author >.<
     
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    I'm reading Hyperion by some guy.

    It's pretty much about the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and the future battle between it and technology.

    It's sweet.
     
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    Robert A Heinlein
     
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    sorry biles.
    i'm wining it.
    exec.

    Aarggggh [deleted]
     
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