Show All Tags

Novel-Classic Stories

Displaying stories 251 through 260 of 1134

251 The Last Evolution by John W. Campbell Jr.

"I am the last of my type existing today in all the Solar System. I, too, am the last existing who, in memory, sees the struggle for this System, and in memory I am still close to the Center of Rulers, for mine was the ruling type then. But I will pass soon, and with me will pass the last of my kind, a poor inefficient type, but yet the creators of those who are now, and will be, long after I pass forever..."
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 551 | Votes: 26 | Score: 8.00
Size: 38KB | 6,592 words | Posted:

252 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.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 252 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.00
Size: 33KB | 6,269 words | Posted:

253 Prime Difference by Alan Edward Nourse

Being two men rolled out of one would solve my problems--but which one would I be?
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 299 | Votes: 22 | Score: 8.00
Size: 26KB | 5,093 words | Posted:

254 No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber

The troupers of the Big Time lack no art to sway a crowd-- or to change all history!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 268 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 91KB | 17,324 words | Posted:

255 Wailing Wall by Roger D. Aycock

An enormous weapon is forcing people to keep their troubles to themselves--it's dynamite!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 150 | Votes: 6 | Score: 8.00
Size: 29KB | 5,212 words | Posted:

256 My Lady Greensleeves by Frederik Pohl

This guard smelled trouble and it could be counted on to come--for a nose for trouble was one of the many talents bred here!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 487 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.99
Size: 77KB | 14,339 words | Posted:

257 The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Murray Leinster

If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 652 | Votes: 52 | Score: 7.99
Size: 43KB | 7,893 words | Posted:

258 Summer Snow Storm by Stephen Marlowe

Snow in summer is of course impossible. Any weather expert will tell you so. Weather Bureau Chief Botts was certain no such absurdity could occur. And he would have been right except for one thing. It snowed that summer.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 390 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.99
Size: 25KB | 4,527 words | Posted:

259 Industrial Revolution by Poul Anderson

A good adventure story about the first "armed" resistance of the asteroid miners against an arrogant Earth.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 836 | Votes: 45 | Score: 7.98
Size: 92KB | 16,709 words | Posted:

260 Badge of Infamy by Lester Del Rey

The computer seemed to work as it should. The speed was within acceptable limits. He gave up trying to see the ground and was forced to trust the machinery designed for amateur pilots. The flare bloomed, and he yanked down on the little lever.It could have been worse. They hit the ground, bounced twice, and turned over. The ship was a mess when Feldman freed himself from the elastic straps of the seat. Chris had shrieked as they hit, but she was unbuckling herself now...
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1388 | Votes: 63 | Score: 7.98
Size: 169KB | 31,826 words | Posted:
* Not enough votes to show score yet
Close