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131 The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft

A Providence, Rhode Island resident teams up with his beloved, antiquarian uncle in studying why a decrepit 18th century house has been left vacant for so long. It appears that anyone who lives in the house long enough goes crazy and/or wastes to death. Of course, our protagonists decide to spend an evening in the cellar of the house...
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 367 Votes: 9 | Score: 8.34
Size: 61KB | 10,663 words | Posted:

132 Vampires of Space by Sewell Peaslee Wright

Commander John Hanson recounts his harrowing adventure with the Electites of space.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 232 Votes: 8 | Score: 8.34
Size: 43KB | 7,819 words | Posted:

133 Address: Centauri by F.L. Wallace

Earth was too perfect for these extraordinary exiles--to belong to it, they had to flee it!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1142 Votes: 30 | Score: 8.34
Size: 377KB | 70,834 words | Posted:

134 Vigorish by John Berryman

If it "takes a thief to catch a thief". what does it take to catch a psi-gifted thief?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 543 Votes: 39 | Score: 8.33
Size: 61KB | 12,078 words | Posted:

135 Anchorite by Randall Garrett

There are two basic kinds of fools--the ones who know they are fools, and the kind that, because they do not know that, are utterly deadly menaces!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 688 Votes: 35 | Score: 8.33
Size: 99KB | 18,664 words | Posted:

136 The Impossibles by Randall Garrett

Kenneth j Malone of the FBI(that's right and from the queen's own FBI!) is back and late model red Cadillacs are being stolen, no suspects are ever seen and it's his job to figure out who, why and how.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1029 Votes: 31 | Score: 8.32
Size: 278KB | 52,338 words | Posted:

137 End as a Hero by Keith Laumer

Granthan's mission was the most vital of the war. It would mean instant victory--but for whom?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 744 Votes: 46 | Score: 8.32
Size: 67KB | 12,493 words | Posted:

138 Plague Ship by Andre Norton

Lured by exotic gems and valuable oils, the crew of the space trader Solar Queen landed on the newly discovered planet Sargol, only to find their most ruthless competitor there ahead of them. Still they tried for fair trade, even according to the sly rules of the feline natives-- whose beauty and grace were equalled only by their determination to drive a hard bargain.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1555 Votes: 52 | Score: 8.32
Size: 327KB | 60,943 words | Posted:

139 Vulcan's Workshop by Harl Vincent

Mighty Luke Fenton swaggers defiantly in Vulcan's Workshop, most frightful of Martian prisons.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 314 Votes: 24 | Score: 8.31
Size: 51KB | 9,425 words | Posted:

140 Gold in the Sky by Alan Edward Nourse

The rock in space was not quite a sphere, being far too tiny a bit of cosmic debris to have sufficient gravity to round off its ragged corners. One side was rough -- like a ragged mountain top that was broken off at the peak and hurled into space by an all-powerful hand. Slowly the Scout Ship edged closer, braking with forward jets. Was this it, at last -- the missing asteroid?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2402 Votes: 135 | Score: 8.31
Size: 206KB | 39,014 words | Posted:
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