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201 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!
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 41 | Score: 8.15
Size: 43KB / 8,117 words | Downloads: 687
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202 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.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 12 | Score: 8.15
Size: 21KB / 4,078 words | Downloads: 261
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203 Anything You Can Do by Randall Garrett

What do you do when an alien with exceptional physical abilities crash lands on Earth and leaves a path of death and destruction in its wake? You use biological modification to create an enhanced human able to match the alien in strength and speed. But is the result still human? Find the answer to this question in Randall Garrett's novel Anything You Can Do...
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 38 | Score: 8.14
Size: 298KB / 54,902 words | Downloads: 1854
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204 Beyond Lies the Wub by Phillip K. Dick

A ship presumably filling its hold ark-like for a long trip picks up a wub, a filthy creature supposedly tasty but also telepathic and intelligent.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 39 | Score: 8.14
Size: 14KB / 2,705 words | Downloads: 543
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205 The Sensitive Man by Poul Anderson

One man stood between a power-hungry cabal and world mastery-but a man of unusual talents.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 31 | Score: 8.14
Size: 115KB / 21,334 words | Downloads: 1001
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206 The Passing of Ku Sui by Anthony Gilmore

A screaming streak in the night--a cloud of billowing steam--and the climax of Hawk Carse's spectacular "Affair of the Brains" is over.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 181KB / 32,862 words | Downloads: 313
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207 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.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 30 | Score: 8.14
Size: 114KB / 21,245 words | Downloads: 689
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208 Supermind by Laurence M. Janifer

FBI Agent Kenneth Malone faces his toughest challenge yet, discovering why the government operates so inefficiently. Is it a plot by some mastermind operating out of the Kremlin? Or is it an even deeper conspiracy whose goal is to sow confusion and chaos throughout the world. Will Malone be able to find the cause of the mysterious psychic static causing the disruption? What will he find when he faces the Supermind?
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 26 | Score: 8.13
Size: 397KB / 73,035 words | Downloads: 1056
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209 Teething Ring by James Causey

Anyone can make an error, but the higher the society. the more disastrous the mistake!
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 19 | Score: 8.13
Size: 13KB / 2,254 words | Downloads: 262
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210 Home Again, Home Again by Cory Doctorow

The customs officer isn't even human, so it feels like just another R&R, another halting conversation carried on in ugly trade-speak, another bewilderment of queues and luggage carousels. Outside: another spaceport, surrounded by the variegated hostels for the variegated tourists, and bipeds are in bare majority. The thing he can't think of it is, is a homecoming.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 8 | Score: 8.13
Size: 56KB / 10,925 words | Downloads: 305
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