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"Gregory Gadow" |
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13 Sep 2005 09:50:52 AM |
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Looking for ETexts |
I've just ordered a new handheld PC (a Dell Axim.) One of the things I
would like to do is put together a library of etexts.
I've visited Project Gutenberg and found some of what I'm looking for:
Beowulf, "The Jungle", a few others. I haven't been able to find
Orwell's books "1984" or "Animal Farm", or any of the works by H. P.
Lovecraft (I actually have a bunch of those, but in a much earlier
"compiled" etext whose reader I've lost, so I know they are public
domain.)
So, I'm hoping the geeks in a.a. might have some suggestions on where I
can find downloadable etexts, both public domain (ie free) and more
recent works that can be purchased. I would particularly like classic
sci-fi (Asimov, Bradbury, Zimmer Bradley) and popular science (Stephen
Hawkings, Brian Greene, the kind of stuff you read in Scientific
American), but I'll consider anything.
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Jim07D5" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
13 Sep 2005 10:18:12 AM |
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Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> said:
I've just ordered a new handheld PC (a Dell Axim.) One of the things I
would like to do is put together a library of etexts.
I've visited Project Gutenberg and found some of what I'm looking for:
Beowulf, "The Jungle", a few others. I haven't been able to find
Orwell's books "1984" or "Animal Farm", or any of the works by H. P.
Lovecraft (I actually have a bunch of those, but in a much earlier
"compiled" etext whose reader I've lost, so I know they are public
domain.)
So, I'm hoping the geeks in a.a. might have some suggestions on where I
can find downloadable etexts, both public domain (ie free) and more
recent works that can be purchased. I would particularly like classic
sci-fi (Asimov, Bradbury, Zimmer Bradley) and popular science (Stephen
Hawkings, Brian Greene, the kind of stuff you read in Scientific
American), but I'll consider anything.
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
Googling on "etexts" seems to bring up lots of sources.
Can you convert any screen text to your reader's format? I usually
find texts by googling on the title in quotes plus the author. I
recommend Machiavelli's "The Prince", the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
and "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain. They can be found this
way. Some of them are chapterized, so the conversion will be a bit
tedious.
--- Jim07D5
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| User: "DissidentAggressor" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
13 Sep 2005 11:25:49 AM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
I've just ordered a new handheld PC (a Dell Axim.) One of the things I
would like to do is put together a library of etexts.
I've visited Project Gutenberg and found some of what I'm looking for:
Beowulf, "The Jungle", a few others. I haven't been able to find
Orwell's books "1984" or "Animal Farm", or any of the works by H. P.
Lovecraft (I actually have a bunch of those, but in a much earlier
"compiled" etext whose reader I've lost, so I know they are public
domain.)
try
http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html
for Orwell
--
I won't be force fed prophecies,
From a book of untruths for the weakest mind.
aa#2225
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
13 Sep 2005 11:39:03 AM |
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DissidentAggressor wrote:
Gregory Gadow wrote:
I've just ordered a new handheld PC (a Dell Axim.) One of the things I
would like to do is put together a library of etexts.
I've visited Project Gutenberg and found some of what I'm looking for:
Beowulf, "The Jungle", a few others. I haven't been able to find
Orwell's books "1984" or "Animal Farm", or any of the works by H. P.
Lovecraft (I actually have a bunch of those, but in a much earlier
"compiled" etext whose reader I've lost, so I know they are public
domain.)
try
http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html
for Orwell
Excellent! Thank you. I hadn't realized there might be other countries with
their own such project. I will look for similar sites in other countries.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
13 Sep 2005 10:13:19 PM |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
An e-text reader. ;-)
<FFFFFLLLLEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee.....>
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=
Those first to step up and say,
"Now is not the time for placing blame"
...
...are quite often to blame....
_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
14 Sep 2005 08:12:24 AM |
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Uncle Buck wrote:
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
An e-text reader. ;-)
<FFFFFLLLLEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee.....>
/SMACK
Actually, the PPC will include Microsoft Reader and Internet Explorer, so
..lit files and HTML will be viewable. I've already downloaded the
Mobipocket Reader and will install it when my new toy is delivered latter
today.
So far, my library includes:
Aesops Fables (a *very* complete collection)
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Beowulf
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
Siddharta - Herman Hesse
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tze (not sure of the translator)
The Art of War - Sun Zu (not sure of the translator)
The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
The Age of Reason, Intro and parts I & II - Thomas Paine
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - David Thoreau
The Gilded Age - Mark Twain
I'm tracking down several of the Federalist Papers and will be adding the
Humanist Manifesto I & II (the third one is pretty blah), the United States
Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Desiderata and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It also turns out that Amazon sells ebooks of recent titles and authors;
I'm thinking of getting a combined download of Greg Bear's "Darwin's Radio"
and "Darwin's Children"; I've read the first some years ago, and have not
yet enjoyed the second.
So, anything I'm missing? Any recommendations?
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Uncle Buck" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
14 Sep 2005 09:56:05 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:12:24 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
An e-text reader. ;-)
<FFFFFLLLLEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee.....>
/SMACK
Actually, the PPC will include Microsoft Reader and Internet Explorer, so
.lit files and HTML will be viewable. I've already downloaded the
Mobipocket Reader and will install it when my new toy is delivered latter
today.
So far, my library includes:
Aesops Fables (a *very* complete collection)
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Beowulf
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
Siddharta - Herman Hesse
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tze (not sure of the translator)
The Art of War - Sun Zu (not sure of the translator)
The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
The Age of Reason, Intro and parts I & II - Thomas Paine
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - David Thoreau
The Gilded Age - Mark Twain
I'm tracking down several of the Federalist Papers and will be adding the
Humanist Manifesto I & II (the third one is pretty blah), the United States
Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Desiderata and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It also turns out that Amazon sells ebooks of recent titles and authors;
I'm thinking of getting a combined download of Greg Bear's "Darwin's Radio"
and "Darwin's Children"; I've read the first some years ago, and have not
yet enjoyed the second.
So, anything I'm missing? Any recommendations?
As far as what I would consider "useful" reading, I liked "Focault's
Pendulum" and "The Illuminatus Trilogy". And of course, who could
ever forget the "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books. :-)
And these may come across as odd recommendations, but I consider them
_excellent_ study into the deeper, darker aspects of human character:
The "Hannibal Lecter" trilogy - "Red Dragon", "The Silence of the
Lambs" and "Hannibal". The end of "Hannibal" - the book, not the
movie - was breathless, imho.
--
L8r,
Uncle Buck
_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=
Those first to step up and say,
"Now is not the time for placing blame"
...
...are quite often to blame....
_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=~_o-O=
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
14 Sep 2005 07:24:34 PM |
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Uncle Buck <UncleBuck@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in
news:7eohi1hni86iehjs33n332dlaqk06bg40n@4ax.com:
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:12:24 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
Uncle Buck wrote:
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow
<techbear@serv.net> wrote:
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider
essential to an etext library.
An e-text reader. ;-)
<FFFFFLLLLEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee.....>
/SMACK
Actually, the PPC will include Microsoft Reader and Internet Explorer,
so .lit files and HTML will be viewable. I've already downloaded the
Mobipocket Reader and will install it when my new toy is delivered
latter today.
So far, my library includes:
Aesops Fables (a *very* complete collection)
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Beowulf
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
Siddharta - Herman Hesse
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tze (not sure of the translator)
The Art of War - Sun Zu (not sure of the translator)
The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
The Age of Reason, Intro and parts I & II - Thomas Paine
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - David Thoreau
The Gilded Age - Mark Twain
I'm tracking down several of the Federalist Papers and will be adding
the Humanist Manifesto I & II (the third one is pretty blah), the
United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the
Desiderata and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It also turns out that Amazon sells ebooks of recent titles and
authors; I'm thinking of getting a combined download of Greg Bear's
"Darwin's Radio" and "Darwin's Children"; I've read the first some
years ago, and have not yet enjoyed the second.
So, anything I'm missing? Any recommendations?
As far as what I would consider "useful" reading, I liked "Focault's
Pendulum" and "The Illuminatus Trilogy". And of course, who could
ever forget the "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books. :-)
And these may come across as odd recommendations, but I consider them
_excellent_ study into the deeper, darker aspects of human character:
The "Hannibal Lecter" trilogy - "Red Dragon", "The Silence of the
Lambs" and "Hannibal". The end of "Hannibal" - the book, not the
movie - was breathless, imho.
http://www.baen.com/library/
esp "An Oblique Approach" and "Old Nathan"
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas
must be prepared to see them misunderstood."
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Jos Flachs - skip the aa" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
16 Sep 2005 07:02:05 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
So, I'm hoping the geeks in a.a. might have some suggestions on where I
can find downloadable etexts, both public domain (ie free) and more
recent works that can be purchased. I would particularly like classic
sci-fi (Asimov, Bradbury, Zimmer Bradley) and popular science (Stephen
Hawkings, Brian Greene, the kind of stuff you read in Scientific
American), but I'll consider anything.
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
Try www.memoware.com
Essential: "Gaul is divided into three parts ...."
The Bello Gallico, the Bello Civilis and the Alexandrian Wars.
Essentail if you are interested in Roman history, that is.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Looking for ETexts |
16 Sep 2005 08:53:37 AM |
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Jos Flachs wrote:
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:50:52 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote:
So, I'm hoping the geeks in a.a. might have some suggestions on where I
can find downloadable etexts, both public domain (ie free) and more
recent works that can be purchased. I would particularly like classic
sci-fi (Asimov, Bradbury, Zimmer Bradley) and popular science (Stephen
Hawkings, Brian Greene, the kind of stuff you read in Scientific
American), but I'll consider anything.
I would also enterain suggestions on what you would consider essential
to an etext library.
Try www.memoware.com
Essential: "Gaul is divided into three parts ...."
The Bello Gallico, the Bello Civilis and the Alexandrian Wars.
Essentail if you are interested in Roman history, that is.
Very nice! Thanks.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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