some random links for your reading pleasure
Free SF Online - indexed, mostly shorts and audio podcasts.
Excellent way to get an intro to some new reads.
Then go out and buy the books.
eg Ted Chiang
On a different note:
"5 things you should know before dating a scientist"
Chad has some good stuff going:
I have several hundred AAS press releases in my inbox, may get to reading some
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So Chad, now that you've had some time to think about it, can you think of a list of books/stories with a really good treatment of science concepts?
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Thanks for the links, Steinn. I wasn't aware of freesfonline before, now I have a whole new exciting way to procrastinate.