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531 Disowned by Victor Endersby

The tragic misadventure of a man to whom the sky became an appalling abyss, drawing him ever upward.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 161 Votes: * | Score: *
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532 Meeting of the Minds by Robert Sheckley

What mission had the Quedak been given? Even he couldn't remember any more--but he refused to die till it was completed!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 377 Votes: 15 | Score: 7.46
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533 Temple Trouble by H. Beam Piper

Miracles to order was a fine way for the paratimers to get mining concessions--but Nature can sometimes pull counter-miracles. And so can men, for that matter....
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Age Rating: Older than 7
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Downloads: 609 Votes: 23 | Score: 7.46
Size: 68KB | 12,358 words | Posted:

534 Turning Point by Alfred Coppel

The man is rare who will give his life for what is merely the lesser of two evils. Merrick's decision was even tougher: to save human beings at the expense of humanity, or vice versa?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 247 Votes: 14 | Score: 7.46
Size: 26KB | 4,782 words | Posted:

535 Satellite System by H. B. Fyfe

Fyfe's quite right. there's nothing like a satellite system for a cold storage arrangement. Keeps things handy, but out of the way....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 288 Votes: 19 | Score: 7.46
Size: 26KB | 4,977 words | Posted:

536 The Man Who Played to Lose by Laurence M. Janifer

Sometimes the very best thing you can do is to lose. The cholera germ, for instance, asks nothing better than that it be swallowed alive....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 276 Votes: 21 | Score: 7.46
Size: 36KB | 7,189 words | Posted:

537 Hex by Laurence M. Janifer

She was a young, enthusiastic worker for the Welfare Department. She liked helping people. only she really-but-good helped them!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 453 Votes: 29 | Score: 7.45
Size: 53KB | 10,118 words | Posted:

538 Life Sentence by James V. McConnell

"Happy New Year!" she cried. But how often should one hear it said in a single lifetime?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 311 Votes: 17 | Score: 7.45
Size: 26KB | 4,898 words | Posted:

539 Unbegotten Child by Winston Marks

If this was true, there ought to be another edition of What Every Young Girl Should Know!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 351 Votes: 20 | Score: 7.45
Size: 17KB | 3,158 words | Posted:

540 The Four-faced Visitors of Ezekiel by Arthur W. Orton

Ezekiel, they say, "saw de wheel"--but he saw somewhat more than that. And Orton suggests that what he saw made perfectly good sense. to the understanding!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 331 Votes: 16 | Score: 7.45
Size: 37KB | 6,985 words | Posted:
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