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391 Hail to the Chief by Randall Garrett

A great politician need not be a statesman. but it is inherently futile to be a great statesman, and no politician. Except, of course, for a miracle.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 350 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
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392 Shipping Clerk by Joseph Samachson

If Ollie knew the work he was doing, he would have resigned--if resigning were possible!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 641 | Votes: 57 | Score: 7.70
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393 Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper

To upset the stable, mighty stream of time would probably take an enormous concentration of energy. And it's not to be expected that a man would get a second chance at life. But an atomic might accomplish both--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 783 | Votes: 56 | Score: 7.69
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394 Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown

It is a tough decision to make--whether to give up your life so you can live it over again!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 279 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.69
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395 The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley

When Myles Cabot, inventor of radio transmission of matter, found himself alone on an unknown continent of the planet Venus, he realized that getting back to his old headquarters and his loved ones presented some impossible problems. He'd have to settle a war between primitive natives and an unholy alliance of monsters, dinosaurs and giant insects. He'd have to build an electronic device from raw rocks and untapped resources. And if he succeeded in all that, he'd still have to find his way home
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 531 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.69
Size: 399KB | 72,734 words | Posted:

396 Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper

Lane Fleming was a prominent collector of antique firearms. One night when he was working in his gunroom on a new acquisition, a shot rang out and he was found dead on the floor. The coroner somewhat hastily ruled that the death was an accident; more sober heads assumed it was suicide, but that the truth was hushed up for fear of scuppering a major takeover deal involving Fleming's company.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 1223 | Votes: 37 | Score: 7.69
Size: 375KB | 69,212 words | Posted:

397 The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst

What is the mystery centered in Jupiter's famous "Red Spot"? Two fighting Earthmen, caught by the "Pipe-men" like their vanished comrades, soon find out.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 235 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.69
Size: 132KB | 24,169 words | Posted:

398 Assassin by Jesse F. Bone

The aliens wooed Earth with gifts, love, patience and peace. Who could resist them? After all, no one shoots Santa Claus!
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Downloads: 649 | Votes: 48 | Score: 7.68
Size: 54KB | 9,623 words | Posted:

399 Breakdown by Herbert D. Kastle

How Are You Going to Keep Them Down on the Farm--After They've Seen the Truth?
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Downloads: 238 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.68
Size: 25KB | 4,997 words | Posted:

400 Pushbutton War by Joseph Paul Martino

In one place, a descendant of the Vikings rode a ship such as Lief never dreamed of; from another, one of the descendants of the Caesars, and here an Apache rode a steed such as never roamed the plains. But they were warriors all.
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Downloads: 531 | Votes: 27 | Score: 7.68
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