This weekend, at C2E2, I came across a booth full of free books! This was the Science Fiction Outreach Project. Here’s their mission statement:
The Science Fiction Outreach Project is a 501(c)(3) corporation run by volunteers which aims to promote our love of the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre, promote literacy, and introduce comics and media fans to science fiction fandom, especially the World Science Fiction Convention. The project will do this by giving away free books and information about upcoming conventions at major comics/media events.
Among the books were The Price of the Phoenix and The Fate of the Phoenix, a couple of Star Trek books my brother Steve had that had always intrigued me, though I didn’t want to read his copies for fear of messing them up and having to replace them. I’m looking forward to reading them and, in a sense, reconnecting with Steve (at least in spirit).
If you see the Science Fiction Outreach Project at a convention near you, check them out. They have some sci-fi gems, and they’re free.
Monsters—from the Id! 
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