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This is an index of full text reprints of stories that I have read that influenced me when I was young. They are rather difficult to come by today, as where I live they are nearly impossible to find. Yes, you can find them on the internet, behind paywalls. Ah, that’s why all those software engineers in California make all that money. Well, here they are FOR FREE. Enjoy reading them.

 

Stories that Inspired Me

 

Here are reprints in full text of stories that inspired me, but that are nearly impossible to find in China. I place them here as sort of a personal library that I can use for inspiration. The reader is welcome to come and enjoy a read or two as well.

 

Robert Heinlein

 

Robert Heinlein had a great role shaping my ideas about freedom and liberty as I was growing up. His juvenile stories were avidly read and absorbed by my young growing mind. Here’s my full sub-Index…

Robert Heinlein

 

 

Hey! Do you want to download a torrent of all the Robert Heinlein novels? Well, all you need to do is ask. Here is a link to the Pirate Bay Torrent that has around 87 Robert Heinlein full-length novels in PDF, and EPUB file formats.

 

 

It sure beats all those websites that insist that you pay, buy a membership or register to access. I just do not care if they say that my credit card will not be billed. It irritates me that I have to disclose personal, private, and confidential financial information to strangers in order to read a book. Especially one that is easily available all over the United States for twenty five cents in a used bookstore.

 

Ray Bradbury

 

He’s a poet. And I love his work. Here’s my full sub-index…

Ray Bradbury

 

 

Hey! Do you want to download a torrent of all the available EPUB versions of Ray Bradbury works? Well, all you need to do is ask. Here is a link to the Pirate Bay Torrent that has a ton load of Ray Bradbury works in EPUB file formats.

 

 

Lewis Padgett

 

This is an amazing author of which it is very difficult to come across his stories today. Sad. But, here we have some great examples of his work.

 

The Proud Robot (Full Text)

 

The Time Locker

 

Joe Haldeman

A. Bertram Chandler

 

Pipe-smoking, action-loving spaceship commander John Grimes (think Captain Kirk with more of a navy, salty attitude) retires from heroic days in Earth’s space navy only to be immediately thrown into adventures on the remote edge of known space…

 

The Road to the Rim (full text) in free HTML by A. Bertram Chandler When I was a young teenager, I voraciously read science fiction stories like they were going out of style. I couldn't help myself. I loved the adventure. I loved the stories about outer space. I loved exploration, and shiny metal mechanisms. I loved to hear the heroes get in and out of their particular predicaments. And as such, I read all the "classics", from anthologies to Heinlein, Bradbury, Asimov, and many others. One of my favorites (alongside my collection of Doc Savage books) was the hundreds of stories by A. Bertram Chandler and his John Grimes saga.

 

Others

 

There were many authors. Here’s just a section of a few for your reading pleasure.

 

MUGWUMP 4 (1959) by Robert Silverberg the complete text of this fine science fiction story

 

Inherit the stars.

 

Plague Ship (Full Text) by Andre Norton (writing as "Andrew North") Here is a piece of classic science fiction. It's a full novel or novelle (if your wish)... maybe a novelette. Plague Ship (Full Text) by Andre Norton. What ever it is, it's a good read from the days of pulp science fiction stories.

 

The Golden Egg (full text) by Theodore Sturgeon Here's a nice classic story from the Golden Age" of Science Fiction literature. It was written by one of the "greats" of the genre, Mr. Theodore Sturgeon and this work is classic. I hope that you read it and enjoy it as much as I have. It's a great story for a nice lazy afternoon day.

 

Correspondence Course

 

The Lottery (Full Text) by Shirley Jackson

 

The Cold Equations (Full Text)

 

Spell my name with an "S" by Isaac Asimov

 

Not the First (Full Text) by A.E. van Vogt

 

The Star Mouse (Full Text)

 

He who shrank (Full Text).

 

The Cask of Amontillado

 

The Long Way Home (full text) by Fred Saberhagen. This is the kind of short science fiction story that I enjoyed reading as a young teenager. A spaceship is out, far out, in deep space. As it crosses the deep depths it discovers a mystery... one that needs investigation. So they check it out, and an adventure ensues...

 

The Liberation of Earth (Full Text) by William Tenn This is the full text of a classic science fiction story called the "Liberation of Earth" by William Tenn. It was first published in the May 1953 issue of the Future Science Fiction monthly magazine, this amusing, insightful and thought-provoking satire of human pretentiousness in a galactic environment. Indeed; the Earth is invaded by warring very-superior, very-different and very-uncaring aliens, with very terrifying results. This was one of the best stories of the distinguished university professor Philip Klass (1920-2010). He was the author of some 60-odd excellent science-fiction stories, mostly under the pen-name of William Tenn.

 

 

The Mad Scientists Club

The Mad Scientists of Mammoth Falls

Arthur C. Clarke

 

 

 

My Fictional Stories

Poetry

 

I love poetry. It’s beautiful and calming.

 

The poem titled “The Road Not Taken” (full text) by Robert Frost. This is the full text of the most wonderful story titled “The Road Not Taken”. "The Road Not Taken" is an ambiguous poem that allows the reader to think about choices in life, whether to go with the mainstream or go it alone. If life is a journey, this poem highlights those times in life when a decision has to be made. Among English speakers and especially in North America it is a comparatively famous poem. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, literal yet also clearly figurative, although its interpretation is noted for being complex and (like the road fork itself) potentially divergent.

 

The poem "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. This is a poem that I memorized in First Grade. I hated the memorization of poems, and cried and protested, to no avail. Later, when I was much older, I began to appreciate this memorization. Not only did it give me an appreciation of English language, but also of art and beauty.

 

Ozymandias (poem) by Percy Bysshe Shelley This is a most excellent poem. In “Ozymandias,” Shelley describes a crumbling statue of Ozymandias as a way to portray the transience of political power and to praise art’s power of preserving the past. I offer the readers to send a copy of it to their Congressman, as a reminder of their role in the larger picture of life and the universe.

 

My Poetry

 

Yes. I do write poetry and paint (in oils). Since I moved to China, I haven’t really taken the time to indulge in my pleasures in these mediums. Most of my works are now gone and missing. All of my paintings were collected, stolen and sold for scrap, and my poetry… it’s all gone.

 

Here’s a fragment…

 

My Kitten Knows

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