Author name: Terrence Smith

Terrence J. Smith is MetaStellar's assistant fiction editor. He has contributed his writing to nonprofits and both print and digital publications. He enjoys all things technology, but remembers to meditate and appreciate the outside world.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 14, 2025

Reading Time: 9 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes epic fantasy, a dystopia, a tale of EMP survival, and a college student flung into a magical world of fae, orcs, and goblins.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 11, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a shifter romance by a New York Times bestselling author, a book about a space pirate, and a thriller about climate change.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 23, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a paranormal police department, mermaids and dragons, Greek mythology, and a space opera in which humans are fighting against an invading alien force — from within.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 16, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a sexy fae king and his mate, a seductive fae king, forbidden romance between a princess and a barbarian, a trip back in time to ancient Alexandria, and a group of outcast marines who must save humanity and the galaxy.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 2, 2024

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an alien romance, a paranormal romance, a box set from one of our favorite romantic fantasy series, and a sci-fi book about tourists traveling to alternate Earths.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 19, 2024

Reading Time: 9 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes magic, time travel, EMP apocalypses, and mysterious ancient artifacts.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 8, 2023

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes three stories of sexy aliens, an alien invasion, and a young adult paranormal romance by a USA Today bestselling author.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 1, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list features USA Today bestselling authors, a vampire cop, Death trying to figure out why it’s now alive, and a mafia boss trying to save his family in the aftermath of an EMP attack.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 17, 2023

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a rebellion against a magic-wielding space empire, a magic-filled holiday romance, and an alien princess trying to figure out her identity.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 10, 2023

Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an ass-kicking, magic-wielding assassin, a Cinderella who goes to a vampire’s ball, and a sexy gargoyle.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 27, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list features witches, druids, a sexy dragon, and a haunted house mystery by a New York Times-bestselling author.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 20, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes two USA Today bestselling authors, and a collection of stories by Philip K. Dick — plus a book about an academy for druids.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Oct. 6, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a horror novel perfect for the spooky season, an action-packed space opera, and an 800-year-old priest who keeps getting killed and reincarnated.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Sep. 8, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a teenager bouncing around the metaverse, werewolf pets, and an epic fantasy box set.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Aug. 25, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a box set with interstellar war and an alien invasion, plus several paranormal romances, including a sexy gargoyle, a sexy werebear and some sexy vampires.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Aug. 4, 2023

Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a fantasy western, a battle between witches and vampires set in a small town in Australia, a sexy telepathic alien, and a convent of nuns fighting evil with their magic powers.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for July 21, 2023

Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes two different box sets plus a military sci-fi adventure from a USA Today bestselling author.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for July 14, 2023

Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a circus troupe traveling through a fantasy world, a grim reaper who breaks the rules,

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for June 30, 2023

Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes four ghosts who murder bullies and take over their bodies and several fantasy romances.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for June 16, 2023

Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list features an action-packed space opera by a USA Today bestselling author, a secret organization like Men in Black, but for fairies and dwarves, and a couple of very sexy aliens.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for June 9, 2023

Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a space opera by a USA Today bestselling author, a Western with outlaws and mages, and a cynical private eye who shape-shifts into a wolverine.

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Robert J. Sawyer on stage accepting his lifetime achievement award.

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Reflects On Past And The AI Future Of Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Robert J. Sawyer, author of twenty-five novels, including Hominids and the WWW trilogy, won the L. Ron Hubbard Lifetime Achievement Award at the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future Gala this past Friday. This was the day before his 63rd birthday. “Clearly, you’re done achieving when you hit that magic

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for April 28, 2023

Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a ghost trapper dealing with a creepy haunting, a sexy werebear, and a woman who discovers her magical powers just as she’s trapped at a Renaissance Faire.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 21, 2023

Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a war with dragons, a private eye who can tell if someone is lying, and a time-traveling Edgar Allen Poe.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 31, 2023

Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a cursed vampire, a woman who’s part bear and part dragon, and a bed-and-breakfast owner who’s stuck playing host to three smelly aliens.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 24, 2023

Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes space-faring warriors, a zombie apocalypse, and a magic-wielding assassin in a medieval fantasy world.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 17, 2023

Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a dragon king who can teleport, an ancient dragon threatening a kingdom, and a magic portal to a world of dragons. Plus, an exploration trip to Saturn’s largest moon.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 10, 2023

Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a sneak peak at a new Martha Wells novel, a modern-day Cinderella story, and a private eye with magical powers.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 24, 2023

Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a derelict starship brought back to battle aliens, a dragon slayer on a quest to find a magic stone guarded by a dragon, and an assassin in a medieval fantasy world whose knife sucks the souls from his victims.

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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 17, 2023

Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a woman who can never die, a telepathic innkeeper, a team of monster hunters in an epic fantasy world, and an archeologist turned bounty hunter.

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