Free fiction: Some stories by well known authors from "Imperial Stars" anthology series edited by Jerry Pournelle

Free SF Reader links Imperial Stars 3: The Crash of Empire at Webscripton. 3 stories are free:

1. Gregory Benford's "Pebble Among The Stars"; download.
   
2. Christopher Anvil's "The Claw And The Clock"; download.
   
3. Cyril Kornbluth's "The Only Thing We Learn"; download: This has already been online as part of David Drake, Jim Baen, & Eric Flint (Ed)'s "The World Turned Upside Down" anthology: Frontiersmen always return as raiders of their ancient homes...

The series at Webscription has some more free fiction from "Imperial Stars 2: Republic & Empire":

1. Norman Spinrad's "Outward Bound"; download.
   
2. Wayne Wightman's "In The Realm Of The Heart, In The World Of The Knife"; download.
   
3. Hayford Pierce's "Doing Well While Doing Good"; download.