_ . . . . . # . . . . . . . | | ___ ##________ . | | | _ \ \_______ \ . | | | |\ \ ## \ \ . | | | | \ \ ##_______\ \ . | | | | \ \ ##\ _____ \ . | | | | \ \## \ \ \ \ | | | | \ \#__\ \____\ \ | | |_| \_____\__________\| | . . . . . . . . . . . . \| Graphic by Ian. n e w a g e l i b r a r y 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 ******* The Past Through Tomorrow ****** ******* Robert A Heinlein ****** 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴쩡컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Book Supplier : Zophar Release Date : 21/10/2000 Scanner : SeaGull NO. Of Disks : 01 Packager : Zaphod Format : txt/html/lit 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Proofers : DwimRodel Cover art included: Y : wOrlock Quality control : SeaGull, Zaphod : Mr Intrad Release Number : 23 : Jack Frost : SeaGull 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴좔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Jacket Blurb 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� It뭩 been a full third of a century since Robert A. Heinlein began to write fiction about an imaginary-but highly possible-future. His most recent novel, TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE (1973), is the capstone of this great life뭩 work. As the stories poured forth, Heinlein created a gigantic chart-filling an entire wall of his study-to keep track of his future world and the progress of its people and civilizations. Now, for the first time in paperback, here are all the future-history tales written to date, arranged according to the great chart-accompanied by the chart itself. It is a landmark in science fiction. The New Age library proudly presents this major work of Science Fiction. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� What's In Progress? 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Here's the list of projects on the go. The letter codes before each title is interpreted according to the following: -S means the raw scan has been done -P means all we have is a paperback copy, and the test scan showed a lot of errors. We're looking for the hardcover to scan it before we inflict it on our valiant proof reading team. -C means we scanned it from various sources, and the scan is of mixed quality (applies to collections, anthologies, series, etc...) -I means scanning is in progress -Q means we have a raw scan, but there are quality issues that will slow release -O means the raw text, or at least part of it, has been sent out to proof readers -F means all parts of the raw text have been returned by proof readers, and the text is awaiting final proof reading P The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison I Telempath by Spider Robinson P Time Pressure by Spider Robinson SQ Night of Power by Spider Robinson SO Gateway (and the other four Heechee books) by Frederick Pohl I Time Enough for Love by Robert A Heinlein F A Jungle of Stars by Jack L Chalker P The Well World Series (all 5 of 'em) by Jack L Chalker SO (Q?) Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A Heinlein F Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg SO Battle Circle (released as three novels) by Piers Anthony IO Cities in Flight (four novels) by James Blish SO The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester I The Genesis Machine by James P Hogan F The Avatar by Poul Anderson F Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov SOQ Sixth Column by Robert A Heinlein SO The Best of Frederick Pohl, edited by Lester Del Rey SO The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by J.J. SO Assorted short stories and novellas by Alfred Bester SO Assorted short stories and novellas by Murray Leinster S Assorted short stories and novellas by Roger Zelazny S Assorted short stories by Spider Robinson SO The Proteus Operation by James P Hogan I Code of the Lifemaker by James P Hogan SO The Ringworld Throne, by Larry Niven By the time you're reading this, it may be a bit out of date, but at least you'll have an idea of what's going on. We're going to stop picking on Larry Niven after we release Footfall (somebody else is taking care of picking on him:)) except we may scan Oath of Fealty in the (somewhat) near future. SeaGull found a big box of old issues of Analog, and F&SF at a garage sale ($5 he paid for 'em!) and we'll pick some good shorts out of those, if 'Gull can figure a way to get a decent scan out of 40 year old newsprint. There may be a bit of a pause in releases while we work on The Past Through Tomorrow. The raw scan was 1.8 megs, so it's a bit large, and is using a significant amount of our proof reader resources and time. It's worth it. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� ******** NAL Members ******* 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� ******** News and Release List ******* 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� We need still more proof readers. E-mail zopharnal@hotmail.com for details. No fringe benefits, no glory(well, some glory, but damn little) just a lot of hard work. Some of our earlier releases were not quite up to standard. Look for updated and corrected versions in the future, with better cover scans. SeaGull has spent the last three days evaluating OCR software, and evaluating our scanning/proofreading procdures, in an effort to reduce errors. As a side effect, he reduced the work required to produce a scan greatly. SeaGull shelled out a little over 1000 bucks (Canadian...about $700US these days) of his own money for two new scanners, a pile of hardcover SF books, and a nice big 19' monitor for proofreading. Unfortunately, the scanning process involves destroying the original paper copy, and only works well with hardocvers, so we plan to haunt every used bookstore between here and Montreal to find all those old classics. If you have any old hardcover SF books you want to see in etext format, and don't want back, e-mail any member of NAL. We will be finishing ongoing projects that have been started from scanned paperbacks. If you are a proofreader, finish up what you have and send it back. New projects will done by the new procedure, which results in less than one OCR error per page of scanned text (we can nearly release the raw OCR text as the finished product!). Proof readers will be e-mailed complete works (unless it's huge) in the future. Releases so far: Voyage from Yesteryear by James P Hogan The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Spirals (Short Story) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Double Star by Robert A Heinlein The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Callahan's Lady by Spider Robinson Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein The Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein Neutron Star (Short Story) by Larry Niven Relic of the Empire (Short Story) by Larry Niven Friday by Robert A Heinlein Callahan's Legacy by Spider Robinson The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell by Harry Harrison Neutron Star (Short Story Collection) by Larry Niven A Gift From Earth by Larry Niven Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Orphans of the Sky by Robert A Heinlein Farnham's Freehold by Robert A Heinlein Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl Note: We Do Not Mail our releases, so don't ask, please 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 ******** How to contact us ******* 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Contact Info : IRC : #Bookwarez on Dalnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Email : 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Last Updated [10/14/00] by SeaGull FAQs: Q: What do you mean by quality? A: Many (if not most) of the scans we've seen are unformatted raw text files, fresh from the scanner. OCR errors make the reading experience much less enjoyable. Our releases are spell checked, proof read, and compared to the original for an absolute minimum of errors. In addition, cover scans will be included with each release. Q: Can I download this file if I don't own a paper copy? A: No. Buy the book ya cheap bastid. The e-book versions are intended solely as a back-up copy for the personal use of those entitled to have a copy (ie: those who have made sure the author got paid). If you don't have the paper copy, delete this file now. Q: Isn't scanning, proof-reading, etc a hell of a lot of work? A: Yes, it is. If you want to help NAL, contact Zophar at zopharnal@hotmail.com. Put NAL as the subject of your e-mail, or it will be ignored. NAL is looking for members with scanners, a large SF library, a good OCR proggy (which we can supply), and some time to dedicate to preserving classic SF. If you don't own a scanner, you can still help as a proof reader. Mail Zophar. We are particularly interested in proof readers who own the dead tree editions (ie: paper) of ongoing projects, since it helps enormously to have the paper copy as a reference when proof reading (see the 'What's next for release' list below.) Proof readers will be e-mailed approximately 100 pages of the raw OCR text, and are expected to remove page headers and footers, spell check, correct OCR errors, correct formatting errors, and return the proof read text in a timely manner (generally within 7 days of getting it). If you have a favourite book you would like to see in e-text format, mail Zophar with a request. Requests that are accompanied by a proof read text file will be given priority..:) Q: Where can I get NAL releases? A: Try #bookwarez on DalNet or GalaxyNet, or alt.binaries.e-books on usenet. All NAL releases are regularly posted to usenet. After what happened to the Bookwarez site a while back, we'll pass on www.