In accordance with my semi-recent postings on the gpub
format, I have been steadily making gpubs and posting
them in the "People's Circumlunar Library". It is
available via gemini[1] and the web[2].

1. gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~sloum/collections/
2. https://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~sloum

There are a few different collections presently:

1. Nature Writing (Non-fiction)
2. Science Fiction
3. Western/Frontier
4. Horror

The biggest collection, and the one I work on the
most, is the Science Fiction collection. It is a
mixture of pulp sci-fi from the early days and so-
called "golden age" works spanning into the '60s.

The horror is essentially just H. P. Lovecraft.

The other two, Nature Writing and Western/Fronteir
contain works by authors I like/admire, but I have
not worked to expand as much. The Western/Frontier
collection has both American and Australian westerns.


The web version of the library works well on both
dillo and netsurf. I find it easier to browse than
the gemini version, but both are good.

I have, so far, been reading mostly sci-fi stuff
from the collection. I can thoroughly recommend:

1. "West of the Sun" by Edgar Pangborn
   This story is about a research team being the
   first from earth to go to another planet that
   matches specs for human life. It has its own
   life and they have crash landed and are now
   stuck there. They make connections with two
   sentient/intelligent alien races that are more
   or less humanoid. It is very anthropological
   and covers linguistics, morality, ethics,
   found family, collectivism, etc. I really
   liked it, though the first chapter or two
   were rough. There are a lot of characters and
   at first it is written in a sort of disjointed
   and confusing way.
2. Anything I have up from Murray Leinster
   I have read "The Wailing Asteroid", "Pirates of
   Zan", and am in the middle of "The Med Ship".
   The first is really good, though of its era
   (especially in that the women in the book are
   cardboard cutouts relegated to secretarial
   work and cooking for their men). "Pirates" is
   a lot of fun and has some Douglas Adams or
   Robert Sheckley vibes (though was a precursor
   to both). It is humorous, but thoughtful as
   well and has some good things to say. The final
   one is a collection of novelettes and novellas
   all based around Calhoun, who works for the
   intergalactic med service. They sit in the middle
   of the two other works and seem to share the
   same world as "Pirates" (they use the same kind
   of technology for ships and such), though the
   tone is different for the med ship stories.
   
At present there are 69 books posted to the library.
Almost everything is in the Public Domain, though some
are Creative Commons licensed.

If you need a reader, I recommend:

https://peregrin.colorfield.space/

To use it, simply download a book from the library to
your system then load it in Peregrin. Then click/tap
the book's title in Peregrin. Enjoy!

If using a web browser to read isn't your thing:

https://tildegit.org/sloum/gpr

You can build gpr and use a terminal.

If you have been enjoying any of the gpubs: reach
out and let me know! I have no idea if anyone other
than me is using the library or any of the reader
software I have written. It would be good to get a
little feedback.

sloum /AT/ colorfield dot space