{"id":1763,"date":"2013-04-20T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2013-04-20T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T17:16:16","slug":"free-kindle-ebook-of-gerard-k-oneills-classic-the-high-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1763","title":{"rendered":"Free Kindle ebook of Gerard K. O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s classic &#8220;The High Frontier&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an announcement from the <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Studies Institute<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The High Frontier is a FREE Kindle ebook!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Space Access 2013 SSI President Gary Hudson announced the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/the-life-of-gerard-k-oneill\/\" target=\"_d\">Gerard K. O\u2019Neill<\/a>&#8216;s classic <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/reading\/the-high-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The High Frontier<\/strong><\/a> as an exclusive Amazon Kindle ebook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CoverHighFrontier_182x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=1765\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CoverHighFrontier_182x300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"182,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CoverHighFrontier_182x300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CoverHighFrontier_182x300.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1765\" alt=\"CoverHighFrontier_182x300\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CoverHighFrontier_182x300.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today we have another announcement:\u00a0 From Saturday April 20th to Tuesday April 23rd, the Kindle edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/reading\/the-high-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\">The High Frontier<\/a> is absolutely free.\u00a0 Just open the Kindle app on your iOS, Android, Windows PC or Mac and type High Frontier in the Kindle store, or get your free Kindle edition directly from the Amazon.com website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-High-Frontier-ebook\/dp\/B00CB3SIAI\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-High-Frontier-ebook\/dp\/B00CB3SIAI\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/reading\/the-high-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\">The High Frontier<\/a>r was a milestone in the work to make the dream of Space Settlement real for everyone.\u00a0 So many lives were changed by this book.\u00a0 Now a new digital generation can learn the needs, the goals and the potentials that Professor O&#8217;Neill made so clearly understandable.<\/p>\n<p>With The High Frontier Kindle edition you get the full original artwork by Don Davis, the cover art of the 1988 second edition by Pat Rawlings (in full color on supported devices), full text searching and the bonus chapter &#8220;The View from 1988&#8221; that Dr. O&#8217;Neill added to the SSI second edition.*<\/p>\n<p>Already own a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/reading\/the-high-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\">The High Frontier<\/a>?\u00a0 Go ahead and get your Kindle version for free today and save your print version for special times.<\/p>\n<p>Have friends who have never read <em>The High Frontier<\/em>?\u00a0 Pass this email along&#8230; and tell them to pass it along too!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, proceeds from sales of The High Frontier Kindle edition at its regular price of $6.99 do add up to help the important research and projects of The Space Studies Institute and the free promotion does not, but we think that getting The High Frontier out there in the hands of a new generation is worth it.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>Of course\u00a0if you do think that supporting the work of SSI and promotions like this one are a good thing for the cause, we would welcome your your membership or donation. There is a simple PayPal link at <a href=\"http:\/\/SSI.ORG\" target=\"_blank\">SSI.ORG<\/a> that you can use to show your support at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, this is a limited time free offer.\u00a0 Saturday April 20th to Tuesday April 23rd only.**\u00a0 After that, the retail price is back in effect.\u00a0 So get your FREE copy of the High Frontier Kindle edition today!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nRobert Smith<\/p>\n<p>Evangelist<br \/>\nSpace Studies Institute<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=B00CB3SIAI&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an announcement from the Space Studies Institute: The High Frontier is a FREE Kindle ebook! 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