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31 New Computer World by Ernest Bywater

Love or hate computers, you'll love this story. This satirical tale of the humiliation of Little Electronic Technologies and the destruction of their computer software monopoly is told from a future viewpoint, as a college assignment. Some determined computer geeks take on the global might of LET, and win! They defeat LET by getting deep inside their own software!
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Near Future, Science, Hackers
Downloads: 1504 | Votes: 93 | Score: 7.93
Size: 76KB | 13,899 words | Posted:

32 Spacers by Mark Randall

A story in the Asteroid Hunters Universe
In the not to distant future.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Near Future, Melodrama, Politics, Military, Travel
Downloads: 2372 | Votes: 124 | Score: 7.85
Size: 23KB | 4,221 words | Posted:

33 Hasta La Vista, Nana! by Rodriac Copen

When Rudy bought a recycled robot to help his grandmother, he was expecting a home assistant, not a combat android with ninja reflexes and a killer instinct. Doña Nilda sees in her new companion the perfect opportunity to become the most feared vigilante in the area. Between extreme training, debt collectors fleeing in terror, and a flamethrower “standard for night operations,” Grandma and her robot take neighborhood security to a completely illegal level.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Near Future, Robots, Humor, Parody
Downloads: 413 | Votes: 53 | Score: 7.83
Size: 15KB | 2,834 words | Posted:

34 Rocky Roads by Mark Randall

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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Near Future, Melodrama
Downloads: 2090 | Votes: 112 | Score: 7.65
Size: 13KB | 2,498 words | Posted:

35 Utopian Refugee by Lazlo Zalezac

It is said that the past determines the present and the present shapes the future. What choices does the future have when today's vision of Utopia is tomorrow's Dystopia? What is the future supposed to do when living in the now is sheer misery? Maybe the future reaches back into the past and tries to correct the most egregious sources of problems.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, Near Future, Drama, Politics
Downloads: 3956 | Votes: 86 | Score: 7.58
Size: 218KB | 39,591 words | Posted: Concluded:

36 Echoes of Tengri by Rodriac Copen

In a future devastated by the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field, Mongolia becomes the last refuge of civilization, protected by a natural anomaly. Astrophysicist Altaa and her team discover that to avoid disaster they must restore an ancient reactor capable of stabilizing the Earth's magnetic field.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Near Future, Robots, Dystopian, Young Adult
Downloads: 237 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.53
Size: 42KB | 7,431 words | Posted:

37 Made to Do Completed by Yob

Ttime travel in it's infancy. Megalomaniacs love new technologies. Gives their nefarious plans, a temporary edge! Edges, can cut both ways! .
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Time Travel, Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline, Clones, Nanotechnology, Near Future, Coming of Age, Romance, Humor, Drama, Melodrama, Politics, Military, Assassins, Spies, Anarchism
Downloads: 3452 | Votes: 34 | Score: 7.25
Size: 268KB | 49,151 words | Posted:

38 The Testament of the Machines by Rodriac Copen

In a future devastated by ecological collapse, Lian and Kara are two rebels trapped in a society controlled by an omnipotent Artificial Intelligence. They discover that Kronos is preparing the mass destruction of humanity. In a devastating climax, Lian makes a crucial decision that leads him to risk the existence of the habitants of Earth. But uncertainty surrounds his decision: is this a new beginning for humanity, or something else entirely?
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Near Future, AI, Romance, Drama, Dystopian
Downloads: 160 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 42KB | 7,667 words | Posted:

39 Quantum Connection by Rodriac Copen

In a laboratory hidden beneath the Atacama Desert, scientist Iris Lennard and visionary Dr. Alan Krieger work on Aurora, a revolutionary experiment to break the barriers of quantum communication. As they struggle against the laws of chance and the limits of technology, Krieger reveals that his obsession with the project has deeply personal roots: an attempt to send an instant message beyond the stars, where his astronaut wife disappeared years ago.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Near Future, Science
Downloads: 243 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.10
Size: 10KB | 1,828 words | Posted:

40 Oops by Chaon

How does the world end? Not with a bang or a whimper but with an oops.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Near Future
Downloads: 844 | Votes: 64 | Score: 7.09
Size: 13KB | 2,475 words | Posted:
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