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261 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...
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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:

262 A World by the Tale by Randall Garrett

This is about the best-hated author on Earth. Who was necessarily pampered and petted because of his crime against humanity....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 344 | Votes: 34 | Score: 7.97
Size: 16KB | 3,014 words | Posted:

263 The Moons of Mars by Dean Evans

Every boy should be able to whistle, except, of course, Martians. But this one did!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 246 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.97
Size: 32KB | 6,469 words | Posted:

264 The Plague by Teddy Keller

Suppose a strictly one hundred per cent American plague showed up.... One that attacked only people within the political borders of the United States!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 407 | Votes: 47 | Score: 7.97
Size: 25KB | 4,587 words | Posted:

265 Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. Howard

Revenging himself brutally upon the sadistic Hyrkanian lord who vanquished his current band of mercenaries, Conan also rescues his misused mistress, Olivia, a princess of Ophir. Escaping across the seas that separate eastern Hyrkania from western Turan, they come across a seemingly uninhabited island, in which resides the ruins of court lined with life-like bronze statues of a race unknown to the barbarian.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 398 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.97
Size: 67KB | 12,201 words | Posted:

266 Return to Sanity by QM

A Darker England Story (2)
A nation almost destroyed by grief, horror and rage. A group of men both feared and hated by those in power. A destiny revealed and a return to civilised values. Sometimes the return from the edge is fraught with danger, yet hope abides.
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Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Near Future, Romance, Military, Dystopian
Downloads: 726 | Votes: 63 | Score: 7.96
Size: 91KB | 17,401 words | Posted: Concluded:

267 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.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 237 | Votes: 11 | Score: 7.96
Size: 21KB | 4,078 words | Posted:

268 Sabotage in Space by Carey Rockwell

It starts with cadet Roger, urm, nicking a study spool for use in a competitive exam -- but that leads all of our cadets into a fight, and when they're caught at that, a trial. In the midst of the trial they get assigned to duty on a Top Secret Projectile Project, and things go wrong there in ways at once related and impossible to connect. Someone is causing real menace to roost in the cadets' lives, and the worst is still ahead...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1839 | Votes: 64 | Score: 7.96
Size: 254KB | 46,299 words | Posted:

269 Jewels of Gwahlur by Robert E. Howard

The Teeth of Gwahlur are legendary jewels, kept in an abandoned city in the country of Keshan. Conan, following legends of this treasure, has travelled to the lost city, where supernatural gives way to intrigue.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 405 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.96
Size: 95KB | 17,311 words | Posted:

270 The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin

The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage. Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 837 | Votes: 54 | Score: 7.96
Size: 15KB | 2,942 words | Posted:
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