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251 When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells

A man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 832 | Votes: 10 | Score: 8.00
Size: 459KB | 82,224 words | Posted:

252 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..."
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 561 | Votes: 26 | Score: 8.00
Size: 38KB | 6,592 words | Posted:

253 Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak

Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible--and inescapable!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 775 | Votes: 27 | Score: 7.99
Size: 34KB | 6,615 words | Posted:

254 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
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Downloads: 476 | Votes: 32 | Score: 7.99
Size: 45KB | 8,324 words | Posted:

255 A Spaceship Named Mcguire by Randall Garrett

The basic trouble with McGuire was that, though "he" was a robot spaceship, nevertheless "he" had a definite weakness that a man might understand....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 969 | Votes: 58 | Score: 7.99
Size: 85KB | 16,545 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!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 489 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.99
Size: 77KB | 14,339 words | Posted:

257 The Dwindling Years by Lester Del Rey

He didn't expect to be last-but neither did he anticipate the horror of being the first!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 465 | Votes: 31 | Score: 7.99
Size: 30KB | 5,701 words | Posted:

258 Juju by Murray Leinster

A 1919 pulp-press tale of deepest darkest Africa.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 464 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.99
Size: 139KB | 26,539 words | Posted:

259 Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman

It began when a pedestrian got hit by a cab in New York City. No doubt it was the only motor mishap in the history of creation that reached out among the stars--for far out in space a signal was registered: Something has gone wrong....for the doctors discovered their accident patient had two hearts. It was the beginning of the discovery that the Earth had been invaded by 10 such creatures from Outer Space.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 741 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.98
Size: 222KB | 41,476 words | Posted:

260 The Chapter Ends by Poul Anderson

What will the end of the Earth's lifespan look like? What will happen to the humans left on the planet when it fades into obsolescence? These are just a few of the profound questions at the center of science fiction master Poul Anderson's thought-provoking tale The Chapter Ends.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 589 | Votes: 32 | Score: 7.98
Size: 47KB | 8,833 words | Posted:
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