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161 Graveyard of Dreams by H. Beam Piper

Despite Mr. Shakespeare, wealth and name are both dross compared with the theft of hope-- and Maxwell had to rob a whole planet of it!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 516 Votes: 19 | Score: 8.27
Size: 43KB | 8,168 words | Posted:

162 Police Your Planet by Lester Del Rey

Bruce Gordon was an ex-fighter, ex-gambler, ex-cop, ex-reporter, and now he was an ex-patriot of Earth. Security shipped him to Mars with a knife, 100 credits, and a yellow card that meant no return. An SF novel that would appeal to Mickey Spillane fans, Police Your Planet features lots of hands-on violence, assorted beatings, and blood. But this isn't just a crime novel put into space; this is a hard sf novel, and the terraforming of Mars, while not dwelt upon, is central to the story.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 1768 Votes: 56 | Score: 8.27
Size: 242KB | 45,911 words | Posted:

163 The Rat Racket by David H. Keller

With Dr. Keller's genius for hitting at vital spots every time, he now gives us a brand new idea and an ingenious solution. We hope no racketeers read this story. They might, as a result, cause the police some trouble. Fortunately, however, the racket has a flaw.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 308 Votes: 19 | Score: 8.27
Size: 37KB | 7,129 words | Posted:

164 What the Left Hand Was Doing by Randall Garrett

There is no lie so totally convincing as something the other fellow already knows-for-sure is the truth. And no cover-story so convincing....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 349 Votes: 18 | Score: 8.27
Size: 57KB | 10,557 words | Posted:

165 Confidence Game by James McKimmey

Cutter demanded more and more and more efficiency--and got it! But, as in anything, enough is enough, and too much is...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 321 Votes: 14 | Score: 8.27
Size: 38KB | 6,905 words | Posted:

166 The Attack From Space - a Sequel to "Beyond the Heaviside Layer by Captain S.P. Meek

From a Far World Came Monstrous Invaders Who Were All the More Terrifying Because Invisible
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 269 Votes: 12 | Score: 8.27
Size: 58KB | 11,154 words | Posted:

167 The Edge of the Knife by H. Beam Piper

In the distant future of 1973, Professor Chalmers of Blanley University is having a little trouble with his history class. He knows the subject and all his facts are true, the only problem is none of them have happened yet. After a disastrous lesson where he accidently revealed foreknowledge of an assassination yet to happen, Professor Chalmers has to face down against a dean threatening to fire him in spite of tenure.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 872 Votes: 56 | Score: 8.27
Size: 90KB | 16,506 words | Posted:

168 The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison

Slippery Jim diGriz--a.k.a. The Stainless Steel Rat--is back in this classic adventure, originally published in the April, 1960 issue of Astounding Science Fiction! It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship. but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. But a misplaced battleship--in the wrong hands!--can be most dangerous.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2441 Votes: 174 | Score: 8.26
Size: 59KB | 11,278 words | Posted:

169 Gambler's World by Keith Laumer

Once again it is up to Jamie Retief to save another diplomatic mission. Terra has recently signed a treaty with the planet Petreac. But revolution threatens and the Terrans must save the Nenni cast or their mission will end in abject failure.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 769 Votes: 42 | Score: 8.25
Size: 42KB | 7,718 words | Posted:

170 The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice-Burroughs

The Lost Continent is one of the least-known of Burroughs' thrilling science-fiction tales. In the year 2137, civilization has been in decline for nearly two centuries, and war-torn Europe is but a distant memory to the inhabitants of the isolated United States. But an American adventurer rediscovers the Old World, which has become a strange and savage land.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1144 Votes: 38 | Score: 8.25
Size: 203KB | 38,028 words | Posted:
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