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Below you'll find lnks to downloadable editions of the text of Little Brother. These downloads are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license, which lets you share it, remix it, and share your remixes, provided that you do so on a noncommercial basis. Some people don't understand why I do this -- so check out this post if you want my topline explanation for why I do this crazy thing.

It's kind of a tradition around here that my readers convert my ebooks to their favorite formats and send them to me here, and it's one that I love! If you've converted these files to another format, send them to me and I'll host them, but before you do, make sure you read the following:

  • Only one conversion per format, first come, first serve. That means that if someone's already converted the file to a Femellhebber 3000 document, that's the one you're going to find here. I just don't know enough about esoteric readers to adjudicate disputes about what the ideal format is for your favorite device.
  • Make sure include a link to the reader as well. When you send me an ebook file, make sure that you include a link to the website for the reader technology as well so that I can include it below.
  • No cover art. The text of this book is freely copyable, the cover, not so much. The rights to it are controlled by my publisher, so don't include it with your file.
  • No DRM. The Creative Commons license prohibits sharing the file with "DRM" (sometimes called "copy-protection") on it, and that's fine by me. Don't send me the book with DRM on it. If you're converting to a format that has a DRM option, make sure it's switched off.

    Download: Official files
    Plain text file
    HTML file
    PDF file

    Download: Fan-conversions
    * ePub: EPUB file
    (Thanks, Hadrien Gardeur!)

    * eReader for Palm: .PDB file
    (Thanks, Roger Moore!)

    * FBReader: FB2 file
    (Thanks, B. Ross Ashley!)

    * Freenet download: Get the HTML version using the secure, private Freenet protocol
    (Thanks, Alex Davies!)

    * iPhone Books app .ZIP file
    (Thanks, Michael Verdi!)

    * iPhone Text on Phone reader: Link
    (Thanks, Matthew Jesse!)

    * iPod Notes Reader: .ZIP file
    (Thanks, Nathan Wells!)

    * iSilo: .PDB file
    (Thanks, Christopher Sol!)

    * J2ME enabled phones: Link
    (Thanks, Nicholas Bennett!)

    * Kindle: Link
    (Thanks, Ian Bone!)

    * LaTeX: .TEX file
    (Thanks, Mikael Vejdemo Johansson!)

    * Microsoft Reader: .LIT file
    (Thanks, Simon Sherlock!)

    * Mobipocket: .PRC file
    (Thanks, Steve Johnson and Will Wyatt!)

    * PalmDoc (for CSpotRun
    and others): .PDB file
    (Thanks, Nex!)

    * Plucker: .PDB file
    (Thanks, Michael Hellwig!)

    * Second Life Notes Format
    (Thanks, Bubblesort Triskaidekaphobia and RECHCstudent Obolensky!)

    * Sony e-Reader: .LRF file
    (Thanks, Andy Waschick!)

    * Speed Reader: Link
    (Thanks, Trevor Smith!)

    * TI-Reader for Texas Instruments calculators: .ZIP file
    (Thanks, David Bengtson!)

    * Unix help file format: .INFO file
    (Thanks, Daniel!)

    * XO Library Bundle: .XOL file
    (Thanks, FFM!)

    * YuDu version (Flash required)
    (Thanks, Jonathan Cornwell!)

    *Embeddable Facebook version
    (Thanks, John Peck!)


    400 Responses to “Download for Free”

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    9. moz says:

      You know, the remarkable thing is that you've NAMED THE FILE PROPERLY. Thank you for that. Thank you. Oh, and thank you for making the book available as well.

      I am a little sick of downloading books (or anything) called sdlkjfhdslfuysr.book. Yes, thank you for the book. Now, who wrote this and why do I have it?

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    19. Gary G says:

      Can someone point me to a version that I can move to my Kindle? I tried moving the PDF version and the pagination got whacked.

      Any help appreciated.

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    22. Warren says:

      This book is going on the "suggested reading" list for my children, and I'll donate it to their school after we are done with it. A good story and piles of well explained geekery.

    23. [...] The State is that technology will be used to “spy” on you.  Or, in some cases, that we can use the same technology to help keep the government in check. But follow the links to read the introduction to the book linked there: it is chock full of [...]

    24. yogagrrl says:

      Just finished the book and loved it - I'm recommending it to everyone I know.

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    26. Andy Crofts says:

      Hi
      Thanks - started reading it at 07:00 this morning, just finished. Couldn't put it 'down' (OK, e-read).
      Not so far-fetched - See UK.
      Thanks for a damn good read!
      -Andy - Oulu, Finland

    27. [...] Beim Auflesen der englischsprachigen Klassiker und auch für einige Schmankerln der zeitgenössischen Geek-Literatur, die alle gratis zu bekommen sind, hab ich mir sicher ein paar Dutzend Euro gespart (im Vergleich [...]

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    42. StoreCrowd says:

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    47. Rob says:

      Schools are already prisons. Ones that the government says our youth will waste away in until they are considered adequately indoctrinated, er I mean "educated".

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