Colossal Short Stories Collection app for iPhone and iPad
Over 2400 great short stories of all literary genres from Dickens, Andersen, Edgar Allan Poe, A. Conan Doyle, Lovecraft, Kipling, Balzac, Tolstoy, Oscar Wilde and many others.
Featured on CNET, TUAW and tens of major tech blogs. A lifetime of reading in a single app, ideal for book worms or occasional readers!
- the greatest short stories of the world literature, perfect for quick 10 minutes evasions to the realm of the extraordinary
- discover great classics and new works you didnt know before
- no extra downloads required - all content included for your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad
- reading time estimate for ech story
- covers all literary genres(adventure, suspense, horror, crime or romance), tastes or reading moods
Dickens, H.C. Andersen, Edgar Allan Poe, A. Conan Doyle, Lovecraft, Kipling, Balzac, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Maupassant, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde and countless others, all just waiting to tell you their stories.
* CNET: "All the greats are here, along with plenty of authors known mostly in scholarly circles. Its a no-brainer for anyone who likes to read... Might just be the e-book bargain of the century.
* TUAW(The Unofficial Apple Weblog): "The vastness of the collection assures that youll always find something that you want to read... The interface is different from any other eBook... Clear and simple... Fun to check out some little known stories from well known authors."
Pros and cons of Colossal Short Stories Collection app for iPhone and iPad
Colossal Short Stories Collection app good for
A wonderful and extensive library & settings to make the reading a pleasure.
So many stories! I also like that it says how long each story is. I usually read short ones. Also like autoscroll. As a suggestion, it would be good if you could mark those stories you have read already, or a personal rating system. Since there is so many I sometimes get lost not knowing if I had read a certain author or story.
I love this application! Although I have not heard of most of these authors and thus have no idea what genre of book they write. Perhaps making an index for Genre as well as Authors would be possible.
Wonderful selection, great price. The only reason it doesnt get the 5 stars is the reading interface; its good, but would have been better paginated as opposed to scrolled. A meagre criticism in lieu of all the good things about this app. Well worth the price.
As far as I can tell, all of these stories are already available (and free) on Project Gutenberg through the Stanza app. Still with this collection you save yourself the hassle of picking & choosing. Plus the stories are always available whether youre online or not. So a pretty good deal.
My one request would be that they index the stories by more than just author names.
The reader is just OK but the sheer amount of short story content is delicious. Some authors presented are TERRIBLE and how they got included is beyond me.
Some bad moments
1. Needs search function
2. Needs page numbers
3. Alphabetize title or author (option).
I already have Wattpad, and Im accustomed to seeing page numbers so I know where I am in the book.
Search? There should be a search so we can...um...search.
Option to index according to author or title.
How good is a short story thats missing a chunk?
Not much.
Beware: Ive found quite a few unfinished works and I havent got to the Cs yet.
