100 sci-fi stories in your pocket

If you're an unabashed science fiction fan it's probably worth taking a look at 100 SciFi Stories for your iPhone or iPod touch. The app is US$0.99. All the stories are in the public domain, and many are true classics. Other selections are less well-known, but worth a read.

You can adjust the text size, and when you relaunch the app, it picks up where you left off. Books you've already started are also marked on the contents page.

The developer claims future updates will include more books at no additional cost. You can scroll the pages continuously, or page by page. The app includes authors like H.G. Wells (of course) and S.P. Meek, George Griffith, Ray Cummings, Edgar Rice Burroughs and many others.

Are there any downsides? A few. When the app first came up I thought it had frozen at the splash screen, but I had to touch on the word 'stories' to actually get to the contents. I think the app should just go directly to the contents page. I'd like to get the text size even bigger, and I'd like to see a landscape mode for reading. I couldn't find a complete list of all the titles included, which I think is a rather big omission.

If you want to give the app a try there is a free 'lite' version with 7 stories. It will give you an idea how the app behaves.

I think 100 SciFi Stories is reasonably priced and could be nice on an overnight or even a long trip. All these books can be found online and downloaded for free, but it's nice to have them grouped together in one app.


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