Spontaneous ∂erivation

Peter Watts kindly provides his work online for free on his website, under the backlist section, under a Creative Commons Attribution – Noncommercial – Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

Unfortunately, an eBay seller, e-bookkeeper_norwich, is fraudulently selling copies of Watts books in clear violation of both copyright and the non-commercial Creative Commons license, which is quite a feat of legal stupidity. ETA: These copies were not authorized by Peter Watts.

Do not buy from this guy, and report him to eBay.co.uk as much as possible.

Please spread the word.

Update: Peter Watts also posted about this, and the seller actually apologized in the comments and removed the item, as well as all the other copyright-infringing CD-roms and now sells club wear.

While we’re all waiting for the various eBook deals for Tor to pass, here’s some Kindle material from the “free e-book bonanza” authors that’s available right now.

Part 1 is here. Part 3 comes tomorrow. Meanwhile, here’s part 2.

David Drake (Lord of the Isles)

• Fortress of Glass – First volume of The Crown of the Isles series

Jane Lindskold (Through Wolf’s Eyes)

• The Dragon of Despair – Third book of the Firekeeper Saga, which started with Through Wolf’s Eyes
• Wolf Captured – Fourth book of the Firekeeper Saga
• Child of a Rainless Year – Stand-alone fantasy novel

Harry Turtledove (The Disunited States of America)

• In High Places – Part of the Crosstime Traffic series, of which The Disunited States of America is also part
• Gunpowder Empire – Part of the Crosstime Traffic series
• Curious Notions – Part of the Crosstime Traffic series
• and this is Harry Turtledove, so there’s much, much more.

Karl Schroeder (Sun of Suns)

• Permanence – Stand-alone science fiction novel
• Special: Ventus – free directly from Karl Schroeder’s site

Peter Watts (Starfish)

• Maelstrom – sequel to Starfish

John C. Wright (Orphans of Chaos)

• Mists of Everness – Book 2 of War of the Dreaming
• The Golden Age – Book 1 of The Golden Age

Photography: tvol

More about some of the authors featured at Tor’s Freebies Bonanza. Here was part 1.

Onwards…

Reiffen’s Choice – Fantasy – Book 1 of a Series
by S. C. Butler

I don’t know if he likes bears in real life, but he does like writing about shape-shifting ones. Also, he writes a monthly column for SF Novelists, with entries like Why I Like Jane Austen and E.E. “Doc” Smith.

Sun of Suns – Science Fiction – Book 1 of a Series
by Karl Schroeder

Among other things (like being a cool user of Plone), he’s involved with technological foresight work for the Canadian government.
You can also get another novel of his, Ventus, for free at his website.

Four and Twenty Blackbirds – Alternate History – Book 1 of a Series
by Cherie Priest

Gal blogs a lot; hooray for writers-what-are-bloggers! And also she’s got a really good About page, as well as columns over at SF Novelists.

Spirit Gate – Fantasy – Book 1 of a Series
by Kate Elliott

Here’s another site of hers with great articles related to writing. She’s also been featured on John Scalzi’s The Big Idea series.

Starfish – Science Fiction – Book 1 of a Series
by Peter Watts

He knows cool stuff about marine animals! His older novels and short stories are available on his site for download under the Creative Commons License. PDFs are available for all, and MobiPocket for the books.

Touch of Evil – Fantasy – Book 1 of Series
by C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp

A dynamic duo in paranormal romance, it’s rare that two authors can work in tandem so well. (They each have also published separately.) Cathy also wrote a list of articles about writing.

A Shadow in Summer – Fantasy – Book 1 of a Series
by Daniel Abraham

His short story, The Cambist and Lord Iron, is 2008 Hugo nominee. He has a great deal to say about fiction and writing.

Orphans of Chaos – Fantasy – Book 1 of a Series
by John C. Wright

His blog is quite fun to read and I highly recommend it. Bloggers try not to bore; he doesn’t seem to have that problem.

The authors of books 18 – 24 will be covered tomorrow.

And now I shall go cuddle with my Kindle.