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361 One -shot by James Blish

Computers are increasingly important, and public companies are often taking over roles reserved for government agencies in the 50's. Even the comments about not really understanding how hard it is to produce really random data is all spot on. What was missed of course was the fact computer prices would drop as fast as they grew more powerful, union/mob style gangsters would go out of fashion and ESP wouldn't pan out at all.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 410 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.77
Size: 25KB | 4,815 words | Posted:

362 Monsters of Mars by Edmond Hamilton

Three Martian-duped Earth-men swing open the gates of space that for so long had barred the greedy hordes of the Red Planet.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 209 | Votes: 6 | Score: 7.77
Size: 73KB | 13,036 words | Posted:

363 The Door Into Infinity by Edmond Hamilton

An amazing weird mystery story, packed with thrills, danger and startling events.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 380 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.77
Size: 73KB | 13,073 words | Posted:

364 The Mercenaries by H. Beam Piper

Once, wars were won by maneuvering hired fighting men; now wars are different--and the hired experts are different. But the human problems remain!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1030 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.77
Size: 49KB | 8,643 words | Posted:

365 We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly by Roger Kuykendall

After all--they only borrowed it a little while, just to fix it--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 437 | Votes: 44 | Score: 7.77
Size: 8KB | 1,698 words | Posted:

366 A Coffin for Jacob by Edward W. Ludwig

With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares. or was it follow the leader?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 308 | Votes: 23 | Score: 7.76
Size: 58KB | 10,723 words | Posted:

367 Toy Shop by Harry Harrison

The gadget was strictly, beyond any question, a toy. Not a real, workable device. Except for the way it could work under a man's mental skin....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 981 | Votes: 72 | Score: 7.75
Size: 10KB | 1,907 words | Posted:

368 Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper

No wonder he'd been so interested in the talk of whether our people accepted these theories!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 644 | Votes: 46 | Score: 7.75
Size: 24KB | 4,536 words | Posted:

369 Black Eyes and the Daily Grind by Stephen Marlowe

The little house pet from Venus didn't like New York, so New York had to change.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 372 | Votes: 23 | Score: 7.75
Size: 27KB | 5,216 words | Posted:

370 Pythias by Frederik Pohl

Sure, Larry Connaught saved my life--but it was how he did it that forced me to murder him!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 226 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.75
Size: 9KB | 1,897 words | Posted:
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