Official Downloads:
Above you’ll find links 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.
Fan conversions:
- Danish translation from Science Fiction Cirklen
- ePub: EPUB file (Thanks, Hadrien Gardeur!)
- eReader for Palm: .PDB file (Thanks, Roger Moore!)
- FBReader: FB2 file (Thanks, hDenis Malinovsky!)
- Freenet download: Get the HTML version using the secure, private Freenet protocol (Thanks, Alex Davies!)
- iPhone Books app .ZIP file (Thanks, Michael Verdi!)
- 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!)
- Kindle (.mobi): Link (Thanks, Immanuel Hayden!)
- 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!)
- SiSu: .SST file (Thanks, Ralph Amissah!)
- 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!)
- Kepub version (Thanks, Arda Ozkal!)
I have an e-reader on the Iphone called Stanza. Any advice from readers on how to download Little Brother to my Iphone utilizing Stanza.
It is comptabible with Project Gutenberg among others.
Thanks!
@KT, just get a .PDF version onto your computer and then follow this link for instructions: http://www.agiriley.com/?p=64
@KT I think it is available within Stanza if you search for it in the Project Guttenberg collection
I just finished reading “Little Brother”. I went with the free, online version. I started with the PDF for a few chapters, then changed over to the HTML version, and read the last half as a text file. Thank you for making them all available. I enjoyed the story.
It made me think. A lot. It’s weird, I’m pushing forty, so I’m not sure I’m the target audience being ten years and change over the “trust no one over twenty-five” line, but the book had me thinking about my beliefs, social and political.
I’ve fancied myself a Republican and I voted for George W. Bush twice. I think, had it not been for President Bush, John McCain might have made a good President. That’s a gut-thought, as are/were a lot of my beliefs, but one I think I still see some truth in. Of course, I voted for Obama in the last election. There’s many reasons for that, and I won’t go into them because they’re not well thought out, and you probably don’t really care. I haven’t been converted though, at least, in the sense that I’m a Democrat now — that hasn’t happened.
The truth is, I don’t know what I am anymore. I’m conservative by nature, but I’m not religious. I don’t believe in “gay marriage”, just marriage and I think it should be a right for everyone, no matter sexual orientation. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” seems like a stupid policy (anyone willing and brave enough should be allowed to serve their country), but at the same time I feel that if you want to be a soldier, you need to be a soldier. Keep your sexuality out of it. I thought I believed in trading some of my personal liberty for better security — protection against the terrorists — but I’ve been having my doubts and “Little Brother” hasn’t helped.
Maybe I’m starting a mid-life crisis, except instead of ditching my wife for some 20-year-old hottie with big, fake boobs; I going through a sociopolitical rebirth. Actually, more likely fueling my recent awakening is that I have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter. I want her to grow up safe and free. Are we headed in that direction?
I know this is incoherent. Welcome to my brain. This is praise though, at least I mean it to be. I’m at a point in my life we’re I’m confused and not seeing things the way I used to. But I’m also at a point where I want to figure things out. “Little Brother” seems to have dropped in my lap at just the right time to make an impact on me. I want to be like M1k3y, but in truth, I’m probably more like his father after the bombing. What do I need to do change? (I’m asking myself this.)
I guess I wanted to say thank you. It was very entertaining. And again, because I think it was what you were going for, it made me think and I thought you should know. I’ve been questioning my beliefs for a while, and “Little Brother” was a cup of gas thrown on those burning embers. I’ll probably buy a copy for myself, but I will definitely donate a copy through your website.
– Jeff
Thank you, Jeff. That was a wonderful note.
Cory –
Thanks for the great writing, the great ideas, and being a fine fellow in general. The planet spins easier with you on it.
Could you provide public key signatures for the ascii versions of your downloadable books? Centuries from now, after your works have been edited and remixed, it would be helpful for scholars and loyal readers to be able to authenticate what you actually wrote, and track all the fascinating changes that occurred over the life of the stories born from your keyboard.
SF writer Zenna Henderson began chapters of her “People” novels with Bible quotes. She died; bad planning. The current copyright owner stripped the quotes to make the work more commercial. I’m an agnostic, but it pisses me off that she has been censored by the copyright holders. Don’t let that to happen to you.
If life moved in a linear fashion, this would be next year’s news. But life sits, dawdles, and then jumps — something similar to this could be tomorrow’s reality.
And the book is a fun read.
The fan conversions are just great. I love it. Especially the LRF file for my Sony E-Reader. Thanks!
This book is important for everyone to read and understand. So now I am going to go out and buy it even after I have read it.
I have an e-reader on the Iphone called Stanza. Any advice from readers on how to download Little Brother to my Iphone utilizing Stanza.
It is comptabible with Project Gutenberg among others.
Thanks!
to 12. Jeff – kudos for reflecting on yourself. I believe your daughter will also be taking on that trait. Well done! We could all use your example of self examination.
Hey, Cory.
I have a few of my friends (and coworkers) reading Little Brother. I have shared the copies I have onboard, and they love it. Here’s hoping that “The Man” of tomorrow’s authoritarian institutions is Manned by men and women of conscience, striving for freedom, while securing our rights to privacy.
Dang man! I love this book! Good thing this is a “White Pine” novel, otherwise I’m doomed for life! D:
You see, I don’t read any kind of book; I only read specific kinds… like the book “Little Brother”. I wish I can also watch the play of “Little Brother”… I live in Canada. Other than that, I hope you would publish a similar book or you could atleast mention a good book (like Little Brother) for Gr 10 or up!
Oh, and I’m in Gr. 9. :]
~Joji~
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