Baen Free Library
Encyclopedia
The Baen Free Library is a digital library
of the science fiction
and fantasy
publishing house Baen Books
where (as of December 2008) 112 full books can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection
. It was founded in autumn 1999 by science fiction writer Eric Flint
and publisher Jim Baen
to determine whether the availability of books free of charge on the Internet
encourages or discourages the sale of their paper books.
The Baen Free Library represents an interesting experiment in the field of intellectual property
and copyright
. It appears that sales of both the books made available free and other books by the same author, even from a different publisher, increase when the electronic version is made available free of charge.
In 2002, Baen also started adding CD-ROM
s into some hardcovers of newest titles in successful series. They contain the complete series of novels preceding the printed book (for those books that were the latest in a series), other works by the same author, some works by other authors, and multimedia bonuses. The CD-ROMs have a prominent permissive copyright license which expressly encourages free-of-charge copying and sharing, including over the Internet.
Baen also operates Webscriptions
, a subscription-based e-book
program.
, and responses he made in return about the Free Library and its offerings, but more importantly these discuss the experiences of Baen with offering free titles and further discuss issues in ePublishing in general. Of particular note, are the grateful letters from blind and handicapped individuals, and the wide geographic demographic of the Baen experiment. However, most of the material is historically interesting 'snapshots' of the arguments over intellectual property rights in the early days of the Free Library and development of the Baen Books publishing style of offering titles both by download and in print.
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| *Introducing the Baen Free Library
| Eight pages on how the library came to be and the software piracy and publisher issues in general.
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| *Letters to the Librarian December 20th, 2000
| A selection of 123 letters about the free library as seen by the readers; of particular note: Messages from a blind reader and a handicapped reader.
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| *Letters to the Librarian January 16th, 2001
| Special Report on 200 plus Letters received in 24 hours when the Free Library made internet news.
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| Letters to the Librarian February 04th, 2001
| Special Report on self-publishing on the internet with commentary by First Librarian Eric Flint
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| M.P. Macaulay on copyright law 1841 issues
| Two speeches on copyright law to the British House of Commons
during 1841, characterized by historian Flint as brilliant, as they cover the issues still problematic in copyright law.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint September 1, 2001
| This matter deals with intellectual property rights and piracy of intellectual materials
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 15, 2002
| One and a half years into the Library, Flint provides hard numbers on how sales and works listed on the Baen Free Library are related.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002
| More numbers on how hypothetical thefts can't be harming publishing industry to any significant extent. Discusses as well Book Vs eBook preferences, and need for authors to achieve exposure and the role of the Free Library in providing such.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002
| Discusses prominent writers opposed to eBooks for free, and cites how such might help their sales.
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| Letters to the Librarian#1, Eric Flint May 12, 2002
| Stance on helping blind and handicapped persons and others of limited means including kids obtain free materials with an argument of how that eventually helps an authors sales.
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| Letters to the Librarian#2, Eric Flint May 12, 2002
| Discusses paper versus screen reading; studies showing much better retention from paper learning, and includes a long letter relating experiences on sales by an educational publisher once they offered free works like Baen Free Library.
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| Reprint by singer and song writer Janis Ian September 16, 2002
| Three-time Grammy award
winner Janis Ian
in an article reprint excoriating the music publishing industry and praising Baen and a few others. Flint makes one comment— a minor correction which supports Ms. Ian's point. (This is the last of the Letters to the Librarian)
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Digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
of the science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
publishing house Baen Books
Baen Books
Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
where (as of December 2008) 112 full books can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection
Copy protection
Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy obstruction, copy prevention and copy restriction, refer to techniques used for preventing the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.- Terminology :Media corporations have always used the term...
. It was founded in autumn 1999 by science fiction writer Eric Flint
Eric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
and publisher Jim Baen
Jim Baen
James Patrick "Jim" Baen was a noted U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983 he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction and space opera genres...
to determine whether the availability of books free of charge on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
encourages or discourages the sale of their paper books.
The Baen Free Library represents an interesting experiment in the field of intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
and copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
. It appears that sales of both the books made available free and other books by the same author, even from a different publisher, increase when the electronic version is made available free of charge.
In 2002, Baen also started adding CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
s into some hardcovers of newest titles in successful series. They contain the complete series of novels preceding the printed book (for those books that were the latest in a series), other works by the same author, some works by other authors, and multimedia bonuses. The CD-ROMs have a prominent permissive copyright license which expressly encourages free-of-charge copying and sharing, including over the Internet.
Baen also operates Webscriptions
Webscriptions
Webscriptions is a web services company that has sold e-books without DRM since 1999. It is closely associated with Jim Baen's Baen Books. Purchasers can download the same e-book in five different formats, even long after the initial purchase...
, a subscription-based e-book
E-book
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
program.
Current titles
Current as of 2008-12-30. Click on a column header to sort the table by that column.| Title | Author(s) | Editor(s) |
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| 1632 1632 (novel) 1632 is the initial novel in the best-selling alternate history 1632 book series written by historian, writer and editor Eric Flint. The flagship novel kicked off a collaborative writing effort that has involved hundreds of contributors and dozens of authors... |
Eric Flint | |
| 1633 1633 (novel) 1633 is an alternate history novel co-written by Eric Flint and David Weber, and sequel to 1632 in the 1632 series. 1633 is the second major novel in the series and together with the anthology Ring of Fire, the two sequels begin the series hallmarks of being a shared universe with collaborative... |
David Weber David Weber David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs".... and Eric Flint |
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| 1812: The Rivers of War 1812: The Rivers of War 1812: The Rivers of War is a 2005 alternate history novel by American writer Eric Flint. The book was originally published in hardcover as simply The Rivers of War. In 2006, the text was made available at the Baen Free Library.... |
Eric Flint | |
| A Hymn Before Battle A Hymn Before Battle A Hymn Before Battle is the first book in John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata series. Earth is introduced to extraterrestrial life by the Galactics, who tell the leaders of the World that an invasion by another alien race, the Posleen, is coming... |
John Ringo John Ringo John Ringo is an American science fiction and military fiction author. He has had several New York Times best sellers. His books range from straightforward science fiction to a mix of military and political thrillers... |
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| A Plague of Demons | Keith Laumer Keith Laumer John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a U.S. diplomat... |
Eric Flint |
| Agent of Vega Agent of Vega Agent of Vega is a science fiction novel by James H. Schmitz, 1960. Like the Foundation series, it is a collection of stories that originally appeared separately in magazines. It was republished in 2001 as Agent of Vega & Other Stories.... |
James H. Schmitz James H. Schmitz James Henry Schmitz was an American writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents.- Life :Aside from two years at business school in Chicago, Schmitz lived in Germany until 1938, leaving before World War II broke out in Europe in 1939.During World War II, Schmitz served as an aerial... |
Eric Flint and Guy Gordon |
| An Oblique Approach | David Drake David Drake David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:... and Eric Flint |
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| The Apocalypse Troll The Apocalypse Troll A novel by David Weber, The Apocalypse troll is a story about time travel and alien invasion.- Plot summary :The story opens in the 25th Century, when a small force of human warships encounter a larger group of Kanga ships 'forty light-months from anywhere in particular'... |
David Weber | |
| Bedlam Boyz | Ellen Guon | |
| Berserker Throne | Fred Saberhagen Fred Saberhagen Fred Thomas Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and S.F... |
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| Beyond World's End | Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey Mercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar... and Rosemary Edghill Rosemary Edghill Rosemary Edghill is an American writer and editor, who has often used that pseudonym in place of her legal name, eluki bes shahar... |
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| Black on Black | K. D. Wentworth K. D. Wentworth Kathy Diane Wentworth , known as K. D. Wentworth, is a science fiction author. She got her start winning the Writers of the Future Contest in 1988, and then later won Field Publications' Teachers as Writers Award in 1991. She currently is the editor for the Writers of the Future Contest... |
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| Born to Run | Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon | |
| Changer of Worlds Changer of Worlds Changer of Worlds, published in 2001, was the third anthology of stories set in the Honorverse.-Contents:The book contains the following stories :Ms... |
David Weber and Eric Flint | |
| The Course of Empire | Eric Flint and K. D. Wentworth | |
| Crawling Between Heaven and Earth | Sarah A. Hoyt Sarah Hoyt Sarah de Almeida Hoyt is an award-winning fiction author.-Biography:Hoyt was born on November 18, 1962 in the village of Granja, Águas Santas, Maia near Porto, Portugal, a major port city on the Atlantic coast... |
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| The Creatures of Man | Howard L. Myers | Eric Flint |
| Crown of Slaves Crown of Slaves Crown of Slaves is a 2003 novel by David Weber and Eric Flint set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the Wages of Sin series, spun off from the main Honor Harrington series.... |
David Weber and Eric Flint | |
| Cross the Stars | David Drake | |
| Crusade | David Weber and Steve White Steve White (science fiction) Steve White is an American science fiction author best known as the co-author of the Starfire-series alongside David Weber.He is married with 3 daughters and currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He also works for a legal publishing company... |
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| Demon Blade | Mark A. Garland and Charles C. McGraw | |
| Destiny's Shield | Eric Flint and David Drake | |
| Diamonds Are Forever | David Drake, Eric Flint, Ryk E. Spoor Ryk E. Spoor Ryk Erik Spoor is an American technical writer, and author of science fiction and fantasy novels.His first novel, Digital Knight, was published by Baen Books in 2003, with a second short novel Diamonds Are Forever published in 2004 as part of the collection Mountain Magic... , and Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915... |
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| Digital Knight | Ryk E. Spoor | |
| Doc Sidhe | Aaron Allston Aaron Allston Aaron Allston is an American game designer and novelist of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for several role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's... |
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| Earthweb EarthWeb EarthWeb is a science fiction novel written by author Marc Stiegler, and released in May, 1999 by publisher Baen Books.-Plot summary:EarthWeb is set in a future where Earth is attacked roughly every five years by spaceships from an unknown extraterrestrial society. Named Shivas, after the Hindu... |
Marc Stiegler Marc Stiegler Marc Stiegler is a science fiction author and software developer. He co-authored Valentina: Soul in Sapphire with Joseph H. Delaney. This is one of the earliest examples of sentient computer software in fiction — as opposed to mainframe AI's such as HAL and Colossus... |
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| Emerald Sea | John Ringo | |
| The Excalibur Alternative The Excalibur Alternative The Excalibur Alternative is a science fiction novel written by David Weber and published by Baen Books in 2002. It is one of several novels based on the premise of David Drake's 1986 novel Ranks of Bronze... |
David Weber | |
| Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (science fiction novel) Fallen Angels is a Prometheus Award-winning novel by science fiction authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn published by Jim Baen. The novel was written as a tribute to science fiction fandom, and includes many of its well-known figures, legends, and practices... |
Larry Niven Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics... , Jerry Pournelle Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog.... , and Michael Flynn |
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| Far Edge of Darkness | Linda Evans Linda Evans (author) Linda Evans is an American science fiction writer from Archer, Florida. She is an author of nine novels and four anthologies, as well as of several other co-authored novels. In 1996 her published novels had sold more than 100,000 copies.-Early life:... |
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| Fiddler Fair | Mercedes Lackey | |
| Fire in the Mist Fire in the Mist Fire in the Mist is a fantasy novel by Holly Lisle. It was published on August 1 1992 by Baen. It was the winner of the Compton Crook Award.-Plot:... |
Holly Lisle Holly Lisle Holly Lisle is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels. She is also known for her work in educating writers, including her e-book Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love And Money, the Forward Motion Writers' Community web site, and her... |
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| The Forlorn (Sci Fi novel) | Dave Freer Dave Freer Dave Freer is a South African-born science fiction author writing mostly humorous or alternate history novels.He was conscripted into the South African Defence Force and sent to the Angolan Border as a medic.... |
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| Fortune's Stroke | Eric Flint and David Drake | |
| Forward the Mage | Eric Flint and Richard Roach | |
| Freehold Freehold (novel) Freehold is a science fiction novel written by Michael Z. Williamson, published in 2004 by Baen Books. The Freehold series is continued in The Weapon which begins prior to Freehold and ends approximately two years afterwards.-Plot:... |
Michael Z. Williamson Michael Z. Williamson Michael Z. Williamson is a science fiction and military fiction author. Born in Birkenhead, England, he and his family emigrated to Canada, then the United States in 1978. Williamson frequently utilizes the pen names "Mad Mike", and "Crazy Einar". He is retired from the United States... |
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| Future Imperfect | Keith Laumer | Eric Flint |
| Genellan: Planetfall | Scott Gier | |
| Genie Out of the Bottle | Dave Freer and Eric Flint | T. K. F. Weisskopf |
| The Grantville Gazette The Grantville Gazette The Grantville Gazette is the first of a series of professionally selected and edited paid fan fiction anthologies set within the 1632 series inspired by Eric Flint's novel 1632... (vol.1) |
Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce Virginia DeMarce Virginia Easley DeMarce is a historian who specializes in early modern European history, as well as a prominent author in the 1632 series collaborative fiction project. She has done prominent genealogical work on the origins of the Melungeon peoples.-Biography:DeMarce received her Ph.D... , et al. |
Eric Flint |
| Great Kings' War Great Kings' War Great Kings' War is John F. Carr and Roland J. Green's sequel to H. Beam Piper's Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen and continues the story of Corporal Calvin Morrison after he is transported to another timeline by a Paratime conveyor... |
Roland Green Roland J. Green Roland James Green is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. He has written as Roland Green and Roland J. Green; and had 28 books in the Richard Blade series published as Jeffrey Lord .- Early life and personal matters :Green was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1944... and John F. Carr John F. Carr John Francis Carr, was born December 25, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in San Diego, California. He is a science fiction editor and writer.-Career:John F... |
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| Gust Front Gust Front (novel) Gust Front is the second book in John Ringo'sLegacy of the Aldenata series. Earth has had some time to prepare for the Posleen invasion, but it may not be enough to stop the onslaught.... |
John Ringo | |
| Harald | David Friedman | |
| The Honor of the Queen The Honor of the Queen The Honor of the Queen is David Weber's second Honor Harrington novel. In the story, Honor goes on a mission to bring the religiously conservative, sexist world Grayson onto the Manticorans' side in preparation for the inevitable war with Haven.... |
David Weber | |
| The Hub: Dangerous Territory | James H. Schmitz | Eric Flint |
| In the Heart of Darkness | Eric Flint and David Drake | |
| Inherit the Stars | James P. Hogan James P. Hogan (writer) James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London... |
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| Interstellar Patrol | Christopher Anvil Christopher Anvil Christopher Anvil is a pseudonym used by American author Harry C. Crosby. He began publishing science fiction with the story "Cinderella, Inc." in the December 1952 issue of the science fiction magazine Imagination... |
Eric Flint |
| The Lark and the Wren | Mercedes Lackey | |
| Legions of Space | Keith Laumer | Eric Flint |
| The Lighter Side | Keith Laumer | Eric Flint |
| The Lion of Farside | John Dalmas John Dalmas John Robert Jones writes science fiction as John Dalmas. He has written many books based on military and governmental themes. His first published novel was The Yngling serialized beginning in the October/November 1969 issue of Analog.... |
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| Lt. Leary Commanding | David Drake | |
| A Logic Named Joe A Logic Named Joe "A Logic Named Joe" is a science fiction short story by Murray Leinster that was first published in the March 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. The story actually appeared under Leinster's real name, Will F. Jenkins, since that issue of Astounding also included a story under the Leinster... |
Murray Leinster Murray Leinster Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history... |
Eric Flint |
| March to the Sea March to the Sea (novel) March to the Sea is the second novel in the science fiction series of the Empire of Man by David Weber and John Ringo. It tells the story of Prince Roger MacClintock and his remaining bodyguards of the Empress' Own Regiment who get marooned on the alien planet of Marduk due to an act of sabotage... |
David Weber and John Ringo | |
| March Upcountry March Upcountry March Upcountry is the first novel in the science fiction series of the Empire of Man by David Weber and John Ringo. It tells the story of Prince Roger MacClintock and his bodyguards of the Empress' Own Regiment who get marooned on the alien planet of Marduk due to an act of sabotage on their... |
David Weber and John Ringo | |
| Med Ship | Murray Leinster | |
| Mother of Demons Mother of Demons Mother of Demons is the debut novel of science-fiction author Eric Flint. It was published in paperback form in 1997 by Baen Books. It was one of the first books published freely on the web by its author and publisher, as part of an experiment by Eric Flint and Jim Baen which led to more active... |
Eric Flint | |
| The Mountains of Mourning | Lois McMaster Bujold Lois McMaster Bujold Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo... |
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| The Multiplex Man | James P. Hogan | |
| Mutineers' Moon Mutineers' Moon Mutineers' Moon is a 1991 science fiction novel written by American writer David Weber. It is the first book in his Dahak trilogy, and is available in the Baen Free Library.It was later republished in the Empire From The Ashes compendium.... |
David Weber | |
| Neptune Crossing | Jeffrey A. Carver | |
| Northworld Northworld Northworld is a 1990 militaristic science fiction novel by David Drake set in a time when the Consensus rules everything except for Northworld, the missing planet. It is the first novel in the Northworld Trilogy... |
David Drake | |
| Oath of Swords Oath of Swords Oath of Swords is the first novel in the fantasy series The War Gods by David Weber. It follows the adventures of Bahzell Bahnakson and his friend Brandark. The format is a swords-and-sorcery land with dwarves, elves, humans, hradani - the 4 Races... |
David Weber | |
| Odyssey | Keith Laumer | Eric Flint |
| Old Nathan | David Drake | |
| On Basilisk Station On Basilisk Station The first novel in David Weber's popular Honor Harrington series, On Basilisk Station, follows Commander Honor Harrington and Her Majesty’s light cruiser Fearless during their assignment to the Basilisk system... |
David Weber | |
| Original versions of edited Godwin Stories | Tom Godwin Tom Godwin Tom Godwin was an American science fiction author. Godwin published three novels and thirty short stories. His controversial hard SF short story "The Cold Equations" is a notable example of the mid-1950s science fiction genre.-Novels:... |
Eric Flint |
| Original versions of edited Schmitz Stories | James H. Schmitz | Eric Flint |
| Pandora's Legions | Christopher Anvil | Eric Flint |
| Paying the Piper Paying the Piper Paying the Piper is a 1949 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Porky Pig. It is a parody of the fairy tale The Pied Piper and it involves Proky trying to stop a cat that disguises himself as the last rat to bring the rats back for the local cats, and later, to get the reward money back from the cat... |
David Drake | |
| The Philosophical Strangler | Eric Flint | |
| Planets of Adventure | Murray Leinster | Eric Flint |
| Primary Inversion Primary Inversion Primary Inversion is a science fiction novel in the Saga of the Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro. As Asaro's debut novel, it first appeared as a hardcover in 1995... |
Catherine Asaro Catherine Asaro Catherine Asaro is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire.- Biography :... |
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| Pyramid Scheme (novel) | Dave Freer and Eric Flint | |
| Rats, Bats and Vats Rats, Bats and Vats series The Rats, Bats and Vats series is, currently, two humorous science-fiction novels written by Eric Flint and Dave Freer. The books are Rats, Bats and Vats and its direct sequel The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly... |
Dave Freer and Eric Flint | |
| Redliners | David Drake | |
| Resonance Resonance In physics, resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate at a greater amplitude at some frequencies than at others. These are known as the system's resonant frequencies... |
Chris Dolley | |
| Retief! | Keith Laumer | Eric Flint |
| Ring of Fire Ring of Fire (anthology) Ring of Fire is the third published book by editor-author-historian Eric Flint of the 1632 series, an alternate history series begun in the novel 1632 . The Ring of Fire is both descriptive of the cosmic event as experienced by the series' characters, but also is at times used as the name for the... |
Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey, Dave Freer, David Weber, et al. | Eric Flint |
| The Road to Damascus | John Ringo and Linda Evans | |
| The Sea Hag | David Drake | |
| Seas of Venus | David Drake | |
| Sentry Peak | Harry Turtledove Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :... |
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| The Shadow of Saganami The Shadow of Saganami The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber, published in 2004, is a novel set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the Saganami Island series, spun off from the main Honor Harrington series... |
David Weber | |
| The Shadow of the Lion The Shadow of the Lion The Shadow of the Lion is an alternate history/historical fantasy novel set primarily in the Republic of Venice in the 1530s. The book was written by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer and combines elements from the styles of all three authors, such as Lackey's approach to tolerance and... |
Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer | |
| Sheepfarmer's Daughter | Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth Moon is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award.-Biography:... |
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| Sisters of Glass | D. W. St. John | |
| Sleipnir | Linda Evans | |
| Star Soldiers | Andre Norton Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton, née Alice Mary Norton was an American science fiction and fantasy author under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston... |
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| Starliner | David Drake | |
| Stars Over Stars | K. D. Wentworth | |
| Sunrise Alley Sunrise Alley Sunrise Alley is a romantic science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro about a retired EI engineer named Samantha Bryton, and her adventures with an escaped EI who claims to be a human named Turner Pascal.-Synopsis:... |
Catherine Asaro | |
| Sympathy for the Devil | Holly Lisle | |
| The Tank Lords | David Drake | |
| Telzey Amberdon Telzey Amberdon Telzey Amberdon is the fictional character of the eponymous science fiction short story series by James H. Schmitz, taking place in his "The Federation of the Hub" fictional universe in mid-4th millennium. She is introduced as a fifteen-year-old genius, a first-year law student, living on the... |
James H. Schmitz | Eric Flint |
| There Will Be Dragons | John Ringo | |
| This Scepter'd Isle | Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis Roberta Gellis Roberta Gellis is an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy works. She holds masters degrees in both biochemistry and medieval literature.Many major writer of historical romance cite her as an important influence... |
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| Time Traders (Sci Fi novel) | Andre Norton | |
| The Far Side of the Stars | David Drake | |
| The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly | Eric Flint and Dave Freer | |
| The Two Faces of Tomorrow | James P. Hogan | |
| The Tyrant | Eric Flint and David Drake | |
| The War God's Own The War God's Own The War God's Own is the second novel in the fantasy War God series by David Weber. It follows the adventures of Bahzell Bahnakson and his friend Brandark. The format is a swords-and-sorcery land with dwarves, elves, humans, hradani - the 4 Races... |
David Weber | |
| The Warslayer | Rosemary Edghill | |
| TNT: Telzey and Trigger | James H. Schmitz | Eric Flint |
| Werehunter | Mercedes Lackey | |
| West of Honor | Jerry Pournelle | |
| Windows of the Soul | Paul Chafe Paul Chafe Paul Chafe was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1965 and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a Canadian science fiction author who frequently publishes with Baen Books. In addition to his own original work, he has published several stories in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars series, including Destiny's... |
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| With the Lightnings With the Lightnings With the Lightnings is a science fiction novel by David Drake. It is the first part of the military space opera RCN Series.- Plot :During a war between a Republic of Cinnabar and the Alliance of Free Stars, a coup d'etat takes place on a neutral planet of Kostroma, with both factions becoming... |
David Drake | |
| Wisdom of the Fox | Harry Turtledove | |
| Wizard's bane | Rick Cook Rick Cook Rick Cook is a light fantasy author from the United States, best known for his Wizardry series of books. His writing includes many jokes that are hard to appreciate without having a background in systems-level programming, though the books themselves can easily be enjoyed by readers without such a... |
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| Wizardry Compiled | Rick Cook | |
| Wolf Time | Lars Walker |
Letters to and from Baen's first librarian
This section lists letters from readers to Baen's "First Librarian", Eric FlintEric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
, and responses he made in return about the Free Library and its offerings, but more importantly these discuss the experiences of Baen with offering free titles and further discuss issues in ePublishing in general. Of particular note, are the grateful letters from blind and handicapped individuals, and the wide geographic demographic of the Baen experiment. However, most of the material is historically interesting 'snapshots' of the arguments over intellectual property rights in the early days of the Free Library and development of the Baen Books publishing style of offering titles both by download and in print.
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| *Introducing the Baen Free Library
| Eight pages on how the library came to be and the software piracy and publisher issues in general.
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| *Letters to the Librarian December 20th, 2000
| A selection of 123 letters about the free library as seen by the readers; of particular note: Messages from a blind reader and a handicapped reader.
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| *Letters to the Librarian January 16th, 2001
| Special Report on 200 plus Letters received in 24 hours when the Free Library made internet news.
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| Letters to the Librarian February 04th, 2001
| Special Report on self-publishing on the internet with commentary by First Librarian Eric Flint
Eric Flint
Eric Flint is an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his main works are alternate history science fiction, but he also writes humorous fantasy adventures.- Career :...
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| M.P. Macaulay on copyright law 1841 issues
| Two speeches on copyright law to the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
during 1841, characterized by historian Flint as brilliant, as they cover the issues still problematic in copyright law.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint September 1, 2001
| This matter deals with intellectual property rights and piracy of intellectual materials
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 15, 2002
| One and a half years into the Library, Flint provides hard numbers on how sales and works listed on the Baen Free Library are related.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002
| More numbers on how hypothetical thefts can't be harming publishing industry to any significant extent. Discusses as well Book Vs eBook preferences, and need for authors to achieve exposure and the role of the Free Library in providing such.
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| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002
| Discusses prominent writers opposed to eBooks for free, and cites how such might help their sales.
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| Letters to the Librarian#1, Eric Flint May 12, 2002
| Stance on helping blind and handicapped persons and others of limited means including kids obtain free materials with an argument of how that eventually helps an authors sales.
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| Letters to the Librarian#2, Eric Flint May 12, 2002
| Discusses paper versus screen reading; studies showing much better retention from paper learning, and includes a long letter relating experiences on sales by an educational publisher once they offered free works like Baen Free Library.
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| Reprint by singer and song writer Janis Ian September 16, 2002
| Three-time Grammy award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner Janis Ian
Janis Ian
Janis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
in an article reprint excoriating the music publishing industry and praising Baen and a few others. Flint makes one comment— a minor correction which supports Ms. Ian's point. (This is the last of the Letters to the Librarian)
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External links
- Baen Free Library
- Building the Baen Free Library by Eric Flint - a 2002 essay, republished from Library's news at the link above
- Flint's description of the inspiration for the Library in an USENETUsenetUsenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
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