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221 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: 648 | Votes: 53 | Score: 8.09
Size: 71KB | 12,786 words | Posted:

222 The Carnivore by Katherine MacLean

Why were they apologetic? It wasn't their fault that they came to Earth much too late.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 357 | Votes: 22 | Score: 8.08
Size: 11KB | 2,093 words | Posted:

223 Now We Are Three by Joe L. Hensley

Where are we going? What will the world be like in the days--perhaps not too distant--when we have tested and tested the bombs to the finite degree? Joe L. Hensley, attorney in Madison, Indiana, and increasingly well known in SF, returns with this challenging story of that Tomorrow.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 255 | Votes: 17 | Score: 8.07
Size: 19KB | 3,637 words | Posted:

224 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: 610 | Votes: 36 | Score: 8.07
Size: 43KB | 8,117 words | Posted:

225 All Day September by Roger Kuykendall

Some men just haven't got good sense. They just can't seem to learn the most fundamental things. Like when there's no use trying--when it's time to give up because it's hopeless....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 289 | Votes: 25 | Score: 8.07
Size: 30KB | 5,643 words | Posted:

226 Two Timer by Fredric Brown

Two Timer in the February 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Here is a brace of vignettes by the Old Vignette Master. short and sharp. like a hypodermic! - Experiment - Sentry
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 259 | Votes: 16 | Score: 8.06
Size: 3KB | 708 words | Posted:

227 The Judas Valley by Randall Garrett

Why did everybody step off the ship in this strange valley and promptly drop dead? How could a well-equipped corps of tough spacemen become a field of rotting skeletons in this quiet world of peace and contentment? It was a mystery Peter and Sherri had to solve. If they could live long enough!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 719 | Votes: 49 | Score: 8.06
Size: 67KB | 12,278 words | Posted:

228 Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Randall Garrett

That he was a phony Swami was beyond doubt. That he was a genuine prophet, though, seemed. but then, what's the difference between a dictator and a true prophet? So was he....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 309 | Votes: 20 | Score: 8.05
Size: 43KB | 8,079 words | Posted:

229 Letter of the Law by Alan Edward Nourse

Zeckler was a con-man, a human con-man. But he had no idea what he was up against when he decided to try to outwit the Altairians, an alien race that believes telling the truth is a weakness. Really he never had a chance.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 416 | Votes: 24 | Score: 8.05
Size: 31KB | 5,733 words | Posted:

230 Rough Beast by Roger D. Aycock

The most dangerous, utterly vicious carnivorous animal the Galactics knew had escaped. to Earth! Because contact with Earth was forbidden, they knew little of Earth. which led to certain false conclusions.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 673 | Votes: 42 | Score: 8.05
Size: 21KB | 3,750 words | Posted:
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