Comments on: Where online can I find good, fresh fiction?

Question: Where online can I find good, fresh fiction?

hifimofo — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:28:59 -0800

OnlineLitFilter: I'm after recommendations for good, current, original fiction available online.

I'm looking for stuff that's being written right now-ish, so Project Gutenberg, out-of-print kind of stuff is off the list.

Bonus points for:

* writers either working purely on the web or who have yet to be published

* non sci-fi/fantasy/fanfic

* individuals versus "magazines"

By: jlkr

jlkr — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:51:20 -0800

Fictionwise.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:58:29 -0800

Scifi writer Charles Stross has made the text of his new novel Accelerando available online, before publication. Last month, he even asked folks to help him proofread the galleys.

By: Urban Hermit

Urban Hermit — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:13:03 -0800

You could try here (novel in progress) or here (short stories) or peruse this journal, though I can't vouch for the quality of everything.

By: gergtreble

gergtreble — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:22:27 -0800

Now I wouldnt consider this Sci - Fi but many would.

Neal Stepehenson's Cryptonomicon

By: octavia

octavia — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:39:24 -0800

I really like Wordriot, the ULA,and Retort.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:51:23 -0800

No bonus points for me, but Baen Free Library. Tor (another mostly Speculative Fiction publisher) is also considering something like that.

By: Parannoyed

Parannoyed — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:19:20 -0800

Well, these seem a bit obvious to me, but I thought I'd share them with you.

Sci-fi has had an archive of good independent fiction for the last 6 years. Should take you a quite a while to get through these.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/archive.html

They've also started a new audio fiction site

http://www.scifi.com/set/

Also, found this the other day, but can't vouch for it's quality.

http://surprisingstories.dcwi.com/

By: AmbroseChapel

AmbroseChapel — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:19:13 -0800

Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosenbaum might be interesting for you.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:42:14 -0800

Check recommendations on this previous thread...

I'd also recommend The Paris Review, although much of the content needs to accessed through subscription.

By: hifimofo

hifimofo — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:03:16 -0800

I declare Urban Hermit the current champion, based on the bonus point system.

Thank you everyone for playing. Late entries are still being accepted.

By: rafter

rafter — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:25:44 -0800

This is exactly what you're looking for.