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[juliet]

I have finally sourced a functional (well; it'll do) book reader for the G1 Android. I have 24 days on a ship with no internet, followed by another 8 days on a ship with no internet, upcoming. At present I still have access to Project Gutenberg. These three things taken together point to an obvious conclusion. Thus: any recommendations for books available or potentially available on Gutenburg (i.e. first published around 70 yrs or so ago, I think) would be much appreciated.

ION: am having really very splendid time indeed in Melbourne. Also have head full of STUFF, what with upcoming departure & so forth. Obviously having a coffee this morning was therefore a perfectly fine decision, & has in no way led to me sitting in the corner of the cafe and twitching gently. On the upside, I have got in all the work that was due today/tomorrow, which was the purpose of the exercise. Thus: success! I may go and have a nice quiet lie down now.

Comments

[zebrallama]

I don't know for sure and am too lazy to check, but ... is anything by Mark Twain available? Also, I believe there's some free Kurt Vonnegut on the web, although not at Gutenberg.

Books on Gutenberg

[cesy]

I am pretty sure Gutenberg have some of the old L M Montgomery stuff. I'd recommend you avoid Anne and have a look at everything else.

[nanaya]

Do they have Djuna Barnes' stuff on there? How about "Nightwood"?

[damned_colonial]

I'm a big fan of "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray -- nice and snarky in places, and long enough to keep you busy for a while.

Early P. G. Wodehouse is there, I think. Check out the Psmith stuff, if you haven't already. http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a783

It's a little random, but see if you can dig up any old manuals of household economy, cookery, etc. They're quite fascinating if you're at all into women's history, domestic life, etc. A subject search for "cookery" shows you some fun stuff. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4219 amused me, for example.

James Cook's stuff on his voyages of exploration: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/c#a2644

Matthew Flinders' "Voyage to Terra Australis": http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/f#a4720

Dumas's "Three Musketeers" stuff. http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a492 (If I were in your situation I'd invest in a paperback French-English dictionary/grammar and try reading them in the original.)

The Scarlet Pimpernel. http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/o#a45

Also, again if I were in your situation, I would take knitting with me, or some other such handcraft.

[hooloovoo]

http://www.feedbooks.com/ has a bunch of sci-fi released under creative commons copyrights. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow in particular is awesome. They have older stuff as well, I think, though I assume it's the same stuff as on Gutenburg.

[catsgomiaow]

I really like Mary Olivier: A Life by May Sinclair: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9366

Tom Jones by H Fielding (hurrah!) http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6593

I'm sure I can think of some more but brain is a bit fried at the mo :/

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[brrm.livejournal.com]

A fairly obvious suggestion (to me) would be one or more of Darwin's works. I've not yet read them, but was given them for my birthday so intend to Real Soon Now. :-)

Bon voyage!

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, and I think it's all or nearly all on Gutenberg. For me at least it stands a huge amount of rereading.

I don't know how much storage space the G1 has, but Gutenberg do a downloadable CD and/or DVD of Key Stuff which seems quite good to me.

[metame.livejournal.com]

I find all of these travel accounts by Isabella Bird fascinating... highly recommend.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Bird%2C%20Isabella%20L.%20(Isabella%20Lucy)%2C%201831-1904

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I definitely recall them having some Arthur Machen up on there, and I'm always keen to promote his work. Ditto James Branch Cabell - Jurgen is normally the one people start with there.

[pir.livejournal.com]

Which book reader? I could probably do with one...

The world isn't so flat

[obra.livejournal.com]

Australias's copyright laws are a little different. http://gutenberg.net.au/ actually lets you pick up some stuff from as late as 1955.

as found on gutenburg.au

[booklectica]

You've probably read some or all of these but:

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
The Rainbow by D H Lawrence (though Lawrence is a love-or-hate author)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Man Who Was Thursday - G K CHESTERTON (and all the Father Brown books)
The Blue Castle - L M MONTGOMERY
The Daughter of Time - Josephine TEY
Also, Edith Wharton.