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171 The Winds of Time by James H. Schmitz

He contracted for a charter trip--but the man who hired his spacer wasn't quite a man, it turned out--and he wanted more than service!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 681 | Votes: 32 | Score: 8.26
Size: 67KB | 12,463 words | Posted:

172 The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fangs of the Wolf World. Across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1148 | Votes: 43 | Score: 8.26
Size: 224KB | 42,297 words | Posted:

173 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: 1097 | Votes: 37 | Score: 8.26
Size: 203KB | 38,028 words | Posted:

174 The Galaxy Primes by E. E. Smith

They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men and two women, all Psionic Primes, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the cosmos to find their way back to Earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered... Here is E. E. Smith's classic science fiction novel -- one of the greatest space operas of all time!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2495 | Votes: 44 | Score: 8.26
Size: 373KB | 68,180 words | Posted:

175 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: 2375 | Votes: 169 | Score: 8.25
Size: 59KB | 11,278 words | Posted:

176 The Wailing Asteroid by Murray Leinster

There was no life on the asteroid, but the miles of rock-hewn corridors through which the earth party wandered left no doubt about the purpose of the asteroid. It was a mighty fortress, stocked with weapons of destruction beyond man's power to understand. And yet there was no life here, nor had there been for untold centuries. What race had built this stronghold? What unimaginable power were they defending against? Why was it abandoned? There was no answer, all was dead. But--not quite all.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 2501 | Votes: 116 | Score: 8.25
Size: 316KB | 56,963 words | Posted:

177 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 736 | Votes: 40 | Score: 8.25
Size: 42KB | 7,718 words | Posted:

178 Moral Equivalent by Kris Neville

Why shouldn't a culture mimic another right down to the last little detail? Because the last detail may be just that--the final one!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 199 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 43KB | 7,822 words | Posted:

179 The Raid on the Termites by Paul Ernst

Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 221 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 144KB | 25,998 words | Posted:

180 The Star Lord by Ed M. Clinton

To some passengers a maiden voyage was a pleasure cruise; to others it meant a hope for new life. Only the Captain knew of its danger! The _Star Lord_ waited, poised for her maiden voyage. The gigantic silvery spindle, still cradled in its scaffoldings, towered upwards against the artificial sky of Satellite Y.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 631 | Votes: 28 | Score: 8.24
Size: 114KB | 21,245 words | Posted:
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