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191 Null-abc by H. Beam Piper

There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learnin'" is held responsible.?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 569 Votes: 11 | Score: 8.17
Size: 198KB | 35,645 words | Posted:

192 Cum Grano Salis by Randall Garrett

Just because a man can do something others can't does not, unfortunately, mean he knows how to do it. One man could eat the native fruit and live. but how?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 536 Votes: 35 | Score: 8.16
Size: 45KB | 8,324 words | Posted:

193 Angel's Egg by Edgar Pangborn

When adopting a pet, choose the species that is most intelligent, obedient, loyal, fun to play with, yet a shrewd, fearless protector. For the best in pets--choose a human being!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 807 Votes: 32 | Score: 8.16
Size: 74KB | 13,942 words | Posted:

194 A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber

The loss of solar heating has caused the Earth's atmosphere to freeze into thick layers of "snow". The boy's father had worked with a group of other scientists to construct a large shelter, but the earthquakes accompanying the disaster had destroyed it and killed the others. He managed to construct a smaller, makeshift shelter called the "Nest" for his family, where they maintain a breathable atmosphere by periodically retrieving pails of frozen oxygen to thaw over a fire.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 446 Votes: 29 | Score: 8.16
Size: 29KB | 5,916 words | Posted:

195 Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert

It's hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men. But the problem Orne had was one step tougher than that!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 647 Votes: 39 | Score: 8.16
Size: 45KB | 8,201 words | Posted:

196 Common Denominator by John D. MacDonald

Advanced races generally are eager to share their knowledge with primitive ones. In this case. with Earthmen!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 611 Votes: 26 | Score: 8.16
Size: 18KB | 3,355 words | Posted:

197 The Birds of Lorrane by Bill Doede

Intelligent birds! They knew a dead-end planet when they visited one!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 366 Votes: 28 | Score: 8.16
Size: 20KB | 3,839 words | Posted:

198 What Do You Read? by Boyd Ellanby

Writers have long dreamed of a plot machine, but the machines in Script-Lab did much more than plot the story--they wrote it. Why bother with human writers when the machines did the job so much faster and better?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 222 Votes: 12 | Score: 8.15
Size: 24KB | 4,570 words | Posted:

199 The Unnecessary Man by Randall Garrett

Sometimes an organizational setup grows, sets its ways, and becomes so traditional that once-necessary jobs become unnecessary. But it is sometimes quite hard to spot just which man is the unnecessary one. In this case. not the one you think!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 687 Votes: 41 | Score: 8.15
Size: 43KB | 8,117 words | Posted:

200 Diagnosis by Ray Palmer

Take two men and one girl--the eternal triangle--and mix well with an oscilloscope gone haywire. What comes out? With ingredients like these, the result is adventure, terror and, of course, romance.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 261 Votes: 12 | Score: 8.15
Size: 21KB | 4,078 words | Posted:
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