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211 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 639 | Votes: 39 | Score: 8.13
Size: 43KB | 8,117 words | Posted:

212 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.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 500 | Votes: 37 | Score: 8.13
Size: 14KB | 2,705 words | Posted:

213 The Fifth Dimension Tube by Murray Leinster

By way of Professor Denham's Tube, Tommy and Evelyn invade the inimical Fifth-Dimensional world of golden cities and tree-fern jungles and Ragged Men.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 618 | Votes: 15 | Score: 8.13
Size: 157KB | 28,459 words | Posted:

214 The Bluff of the Hawk by Anthony Gilmore

"A trick? Carse was famed for them. A trap? But how?"
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 275 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 71KB | 12,712 words | Posted:

215 Insidekick by Jesse F. Bone

Johnson had two secrets--one he knew and would die rather than reveal--and one he didn't know that meant to save him over his own dead body!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 660 | Votes: 54 | Score: 8.12
Size: 71KB | 12,786 words | Posted:

216 The Barbarians by Algis Budrys

History was repeating itself; there were moats and nobles in Pennsylvania and vassals in Manhattan and the barbarian hordes were overrunning the land.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 622 | Votes: 42 | Score: 8.11
Size: 52KB | 9,611 words | Posted:

217 Delayed Action by Charles V. De Vet

This planet gave him the perfect chance to commit the perfect crime--only he couldn't remember just what it was he had committed.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 269 | Votes: 19 | Score: 8.11
Size: 33KB | 6,269 words | Posted:

218 To Choke an Ocean by Jesse F. Bone

Gourmets all agree that nothing can beat oysters on the half-shell--not even the armed might of the Terran Confederation!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 365 | Votes: 23 | Score: 8.10
Size: 48KB | 8,942 words | Posted:

219 Teething Ring by James Causey

Anyone can make an error, but the higher the society. the more disastrous the mistake!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 242 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.09
Size: 13KB | 2,254 words | Posted:

220 Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles L. Fontenay

Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant,ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics. And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy..
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 432 | Votes: 7 | Score: 8.09
Size: 256KB | 47,120 words | Posted:
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