Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,
Space Viking, The Conquest of America…" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. Comes
as one book.

https://a.co/d/8X3aldW

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and
formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability
on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies:
After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The
Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey… Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool… Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust… H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History… Garrett P. Serviss: The Sky Pirate… Philip K. Dick: Second Variety… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth H. G. Wells: The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A
Descent into the Maelstrom… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein… Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel… R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She
William H. Hodgson: The Night Land… Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward…
Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan
Doyle: The Lost World… Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak
Series Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost
Continent Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift:
Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler:
Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The
Monikins Charlotte P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory:
Meccania the Su...

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On 4/14/2025 11:12 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vtjatu$1ihdk$1@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>,
Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> wrote:

Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,
Space Viking, The Conquest of America…" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. Comes
as one book.

https://a.co/d/8X3aldW

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and
formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability
on all devices.

But not formatted for cutting & pasting apparently:

E. M. Forster The Machine Stops
Read & liked but very little memory

Richard Jefferies After London
DNR

Richard Stockham Perchance to Dream
DNR

Irving E. Cox The Guardians
DNR
Philip F. Nowlan Armageddon 2419 A.D
Classic

George Griffith The Angel of the Revolution
DNR

Percy Greg Across the Zodiac
DNR

David Lindsay A Voyage to Arcturus
Checked it out from the library more than once but
somehow never got to it.

Edward E. Hale The Brick Moon
Gets namechecked a lot for satellites, but DNR

Stanley G. Weinbaum A Martian Odyssey
Classic

Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool
Ship of Ishtar was excellent, this is (somewhere) on the
TBR list.

Edgar Wallace The Green Rust
DNR

H. Beam Piper Terro-Human Future History
Not clear what this includes. Surely some of Piper
is very good.

Garrett P. Serviss The Sky Pirate
DNR

Philip K. Dick Second Variety
Pretty sure read, but no memory

Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth
DNR

H. G. Wells The Time Machine
Classic

Edgar Allan Poe A Descent into the Maelstrom
DNR

Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Classic

Edwin A. Abbott Flatland
Classic

Jack London Iron Heel
DNR

R. L. Stevenson Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Classic

George MacDonald Lilith
DNR

H. Rider Haggard King Solomon's Mines/She
Definitely on the TBR list, but not yet.

William H. Hodgson The Night Land
DNR

Edward Bellamy Looking Backward
DNR

Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
7/8 pretty good. 1/8 awful.

Arthur Conan Doyle The Lost World
Absolute classic

Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series/Caspak Series
Pellucidar not bad (the relative time stuff is
interesting) but not Burroughs best. Caspak DNR.

Francis Bacon New Atlantis
DNR

C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne The Lost Continent
DNR

Margaret Cavendish The Blazing World
DNR

Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels
Not what you would expect given the pop culture that
has accumulated around it, but very good.

William Morris News from Nowhere
DNR

Samuel Butler Erewhon
DNR

Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Coming Race
Is the coming race dark & stormy? DNR

James F. Cooper The Monikins
DNR

Charlotte P. Gilman Herland
DNR

Ayn Rand Anthem
DNR

Owen Gregory Meccania the Super State
DNR

I got lazy and left it the way it was on Amazon, especially since it
didn't list all 165+ books.

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On 4/14/25 11:51 AM, Jay Morris wrote:

Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,
Space Viking, The Conquest of America…" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. Comes
as one book.

https://a.co/d/8X3aldW

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and
formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability
on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies:
After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey… Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool… Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust… H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History… Garrett P. Serviss: The Sky Pirate… Philip K. Dick: Second Variety… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth H. G. Wells: The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A
Descent into the Maelstrom… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein… Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel… R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She
William H. Hodgson: The Night Land… Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward… Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan
Doyle: The Lost World… Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak Series Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost
Continent Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift:
Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler:
Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The
Monikins Charlotte P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory: Meccania the Su...

Can you say "public domain"?

I suppose at only 99 cents it might be worth saving the effort of
downloading what you wanted from Project Gutenberg for free, but the
effort of trying to read something from it as a single book makes it
seem hardly worth it.

--
Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
"Why is Barack Obama constantly issuing executive orders that are major
power grabs of authority?" --Donald J. Trump [Twitter, 10 July 2012]

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:26:19 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/14/25 11:51 AM, Jay Morris wrote:

Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,=20
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,=20
Space Viking, The Conquest of America=85" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. = Comes=20
as one book.
=20
https://a.co/d/8X3aldW
=20
e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and=20
formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for =

readability=20

on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies:=20
After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The=20
Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon=962419 A.D=85 George Griffith: = The=20
Angel of the Revolution=85 Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David =

Lindsay: A=20

Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum:=

A=20

Martian Odyssey=85 Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool=85 Edgar Wallace: The=

Green=20

Rust=85 H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History=85 Garrett P. =

Serviss: The=20

Sky Pirate=85 Philip K. Dick: Second Variety=85 Jules Verne: Journey =

to the=20

Center of the Earth H. G. Wells: The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A=20
Descent into the Maelstrom=85 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein=85 Edwin A. = Abbott:=20
Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel=85 R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr = Hyde=20
George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She=20
William H. Hodgson: The Night Land=85 Edward Bellamy: Looking = Backward=85=20
Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan=20
Doyle: The Lost World=85 Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak=

=20

Series Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost=20
Continent Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift:=20
Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler:=20
Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The=20
Monikins Charlotte P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory:=20
Meccania the Su...

Can you say "public domain"?

I suppose at only 99 cents it might be worth saving the effort of=20 >downloading what you wanted from Project Gutenberg for free, but the=20 >effort of trying to read something from it as a single book makes it=20
seem hardly worth it.

Depends on how it is organized.

If it has a TOC listing each book at the front, and each book has a
link at the end (or the start of the next book) back to the TOC, then
it might be useable. I might even skip the "list the titles and check
them off" route in that case.

But if it has a TOC listing each and every chapter in each and every
book, then it is likely to be much harder to use. A list of the titles
of the actual books might be very helpful so one at least has some
idea of what it contains.

But if the TOC is clearly a merger of several TOCs with duplicate
copies of some books, or if it has no TOC at all, or a TOC that has no
links back to it, then things can get very dicey [1].=20

I suppose, worse came to worse, one could go through it
screen-by-screen and Bookmark the start of each book. I haven't had to
do that yet, but who can say what the future holds?

[1] Thus, my Dumas omnibus turned out to have not only two copies of
/The Man in the Iron Mask/ but also an essay of the same title
presenting Dumas' theory of who he was (which can be discovered by
reading the novel, BTW/ -- part of a separate collection of essays on
various crimes, some quite interesting, others less so.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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On 4/15/2025 11:10 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

Depends on how it is organized.

If it has a TOC listing each book at the front, and each book has a
link at the end (or the start of the next book) back to the TOC, then
it might be useable. I might even skip the "list the titles and check
them off" route in that case.

But if it has a TOC listing each and every chapter in each and every
book, then it is likely to be much harder to use. A list of the titles
of the actual books might be very helpful so one at least has some
idea of what it contains.

But if the TOC is clearly a merger of several TOCs with duplicate
copies of some books, or if it has no TOC at all, or a TOC that has no
links back to it, then things can get very dicey [1].

I suppose, worse came to worse, one could go through it
screen-by-screen and Bookmark the start of each book. I haven't had to
do that yet, but who can say what the future holds?

[1] Thus, my Dumas omnibus turned out to have not only two copies of
/The Man in the Iron Mask/ but also an essay of the same title
presenting Dumas' theory of who he was (which can be discovered by
reading the novel, BTW/ -- part of a separate collection of essays on
various crimes, some quite interesting, others less so.

Checked the sample read for the TOC. Major heading is type: The Great
Pioneers of SF, The Lost Worlds, The Utopias and Dystopias, Space
Adventures and Operas. Under that is author then each book. Each is a
link. So...

TOC
The Great Pioneers of SF
Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Twenty Thousands Leagues under the Sea
etc..

There's a TOC link on each author, book, and chapter page that takes you
up one level.

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On 4/14/2025 11:26 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

On 4/14/25 11:51 AM, Jay Morris wrote:

Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,
Space Viking, The Conquest of America…" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. Comes
as one book.

https://a.co/d/8X3aldW

e-artnow presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and
formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for
readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard
Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E.
Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George
Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac
David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon
Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey… Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool… >> Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust… H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future
History… Garrett P. Serviss: The Sky Pirate… Philip K. Dick: Second
Variety… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth H. G. Wells:
The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A Descent into the Maelstrom… Mary
Shelley: Frankenstein… Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron
Heel… R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith
H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She William H. Hodgson: The
Night Land… Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward… Mark Twain: A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost
World… Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak Series Francis
Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost Continent Margaret
Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels
William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edward
Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The Monikins Charlotte
P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory: Meccania the Su...

Can you say "public domain"?

I suppose at only 99 cents it might be worth saving the effort of downloading what you wanted from Project Gutenberg for free, but the
effort of trying to read something from it as a single book makes it
seem hardly worth it.

I knew that but if one was interested it saved searching out and
downloading each book. The TOC appears to be organized such that it
makes it easy to single out books you want to skip.

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In Message-ID:<vtm9ta$ad4p$2@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>,
Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me> wrote:

On 4/14/2025 11:26 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:

On 4/14/25 11:51 AM, Jay Morris wrote:
Amazon has "Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds,
Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales: The War of the Worlds, Anthem,
Space Viking, The Conquest of America…" for $0.99. 28,442 pages. Comes
as one book.

Big snippage.

Can you say "public domain"?

I suppose at only 99 cents it might be worth saving the effort of
downloading what you wanted from Project Gutenberg for free, but the
effort of trying to read something from it as a single book makes it
seem hardly worth it.

I knew that but if one was interested it saved searching out and
downloading each book. The TOC appears to be organized such that it
makes it easy to single out books you want to skip.

As noted, they're all public domain. But I wonder if the Amazon book
is DRMed.

(I replied to both Newsgroups, but I only follow .fandom.)

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:50:17 -0500, Jay Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.me>
wrote:

On 4/15/2025 11:10 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

Depends on how it is organized.
=20
If it has a TOC listing each book at the front, and each book has a
link at the end (or the start of the next book) back to the TOC, then
it might be useable. I might even skip the "list the titles and check
them off" route in that case.
=20
But if it has a TOC listing each and every chapter in each and every
book, then it is likely to be much harder to use. A list of the titles
of the actual books might be very helpful so one at least has some
idea of what it contains.
=20
But if the TOC is clearly a merger of several TOCs with duplicate
copies of some books, or if it has no TOC at all, or a TOC that has no
links back to it, then things can get very dicey [1].
=20
I suppose, worse came to worse, one could go through it
screen-by-screen and Bookmark the start of each book. I haven't had to
do that yet, but who can say what the future holds?
=20
[1] Thus, my Dumas omnibus turned out to have not only two copies of
/The Man in the Iron Mask/ but also an essay of the same title
presenting Dumas' theory of who he was (which can be discovered by
reading the novel, BTW/ -- part of a separate collection of essays on
various crimes, some quite interesting, others less so.

Checked the sample read for the TOC. Major heading is type: The Great=20 >Pioneers of SF, The Lost Worlds, The Utopias and Dystopias, Space=20 >Adventures and Operas. Under that is author then each book. Each is a=20 >link. So...

TOC
The Great Pioneers of SF
Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Twenty Thousands Leagues under the Sea
etc..

There's a TOC link on each author, book, and chapter page that takes you=

=20

up one level.

That should work quite well.

One omnibus of not-in-copyright books (I think Haggard) had such links
(highest level was series), even though it consistently used "Table of
Content" as the link back up to the next highest level. This worked
quite well, spelling error notwithstanding.

Being me, I pronounced that to myself as it if were an abbreviated
form of "Table of Contentment". Because to feel contentment is to be
content.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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