When you rate a book and add it to your shelf, make sure it's the audio edition. There are two ways to add the audio editions: Read the excerpt, then click through to read in full.Same goes for whoever added the print editions of Hitch-hiker's Guide, Caves of Steel, Dune, Minority Report, Old Man's War and Armor. ![]() To dive in, scroll down to find a story that interests you. ![]() The best classic sci-fi short stories I could find in the public domain.Īsk yourself: Where would I send someone who wanted to read the BEST sci-fi short stories available online and in the public domain? They have a “Science Fiction Bookshelf” on their site, but it’s a laundry list of everything, not carefully curated. Still, as a reader, you have to go digging for a while into the Gutenberg archive to find the good stuff. They offer ebooks you can side-load onto your devices, or read in HTML. Open source initiatives like Project Gutenberg do a great public service by cataloging and converting these public domain works into readable formats. A few authors have even voluntarily released their work into the public domain, such as Cory Doctorow. Most not at all.įortunately, for those interested in exploring the wealth of “Golden Age” sci-fi stories published from the mid 1930s SF pulp magazine era onwards, there are exceptions.įor starters, a growing number of SF stories are (slowly, ever so slowly) making their way into the public domain-more each year, as the “70 years after death” copyright terms expire, or publishers allow their copyrights to lapse. Some are available as overpriced paperback collections or-more rarely-as ebooks. Even outside of the famous names like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, the majority of stories are still under copyright, and will be for years to come. ![]() These days, it can be difficult to get your hands on many of the most famous classic science fiction short stories.
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