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501 Sight Gag by Laurence M. Janifer

Intelligence is a great help in the evolution-by-survival--but intelligence without muscle is even less useful than muscle without brains. But it's so easy to forget that muscle--plain physical force--is important, too!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 270 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.50
Size: 17KB | 3,177 words | Posted:

502 Beach Scene by Marshall King

It was a fine day at the beach for Purnie's game--but his new friends played very rough!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 219 | Votes: 10 | Score: 7.50
Size: 28KB | 5,345 words | Posted:

503 The Syndic by C. M. Kornbluth

West of the Mississippi was Mob territory, a society whose entire system of values was totally opposed to the Syndic. Here morality ruled with an iron hand. When a wave of assassinations broke out in New Your, it was clealy time to take action against the Mob!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 630 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.50
Size: 269KB | 50,015 words | Posted:

504 The White Feather Hex by Don Peterson

A misterious man seeks the truth behind the tales of a so-called white feather hex but carries a very different purpose.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 236 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.50
Size: 26KB | 4,905 words | Posted:

505 The Fire and the Sword by Frank M. Robinson

Nothing could have seemed pleasanter than that peaceful planet. Then why was a non-suicidal man driven to suicide there? Yet it made sense.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 408 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.50
Size: 58KB | 10,919 words | Posted:

506 Cubs of the Wolf by Raymond F. Jones

It may be that there is a weapon that, from the viewpoint of the one it's used on, is worse than lethal. You might say that death multiplies you by zero; what would multiplication by minus one do?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 318 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.49
Size: 93KB | 17,079 words | Posted:

507 Charley De Milo by Laurence M. Janifer

It isn't at all obvious--at first thought--that having two perfectly good, usable arms could be a real handicap to a man....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 225 | Votes: 10 | Score: 7.49
Size: 53KB | 10,087 words | Posted:

508 License to Steal by Louis Newman

The history of man becomes fearfully and wonderfully confusing with the advent of interstellar travel. Of special interest to the legally inclined student is the famous Skrrgck Affair, which began before the Galactic Tribunal with the case of _Citizens vs. Skrrgck_.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 325 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.49
Size: 19KB | 3,302 words | Posted:

509 No Strings Attached by Lester Del Rey

Poor Henry was an unhappy husband whose wife had a habit of using bad clichès. Alféar was a genii who was, quite like most humans, a creature of habit. Their murder compact was absolutely perfect, with--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 397 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.49
Size: 25KB | 4,745 words | Posted:

510 The K-factor by Harry Harrison

Speed never hurt anybody--it's the sudden stop at the end. It's not how much change that signals danger, but how fast it's changing....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 811 | Votes: 41 | Score: 7.49
Size: 53KB | 9,940 words | Posted:
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