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541 The Boats of the "Glen Carrig by William Hope Hodgson

Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 471 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.45
Size: 303KB | 60,459 words | Posted:

542 Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard

This story follows a young Conan (still called the Cimmerian during this era) as he pursues a beautiful nymph across a frozen land, making all kinds of enemies along the way.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 437 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.45
Size: 17KB | 3,213 words | Posted:

543 Holes, Incorporated by L. Major Reynolds

Would you like to see all hell break loose? Just make a few holes in nothing at all--push some steel beams through the holes--and then head for the hills. But first, read what happened to some people who really did it.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 538 | Votes: 44 | Score: 7.45
Size: 10KB | 1,918 words | Posted:

544 The Gravity Business by James E. Gunn

This little alien beggar could dictate his own terms, but how could he--and how could anyone find out what those terms might be?
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Downloads: 303 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.45
Size: 38KB | 6,952 words | Posted:

545 Progress Report by Mark Clifton

Progress is relative; Senator O'Noonan's idea of it was not particularly scientific. Which would be too bad, if he had the last word!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 329 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.45
Size: 30KB | 5,461 words | Posted:

546 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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Downloads: 377 | Votes: 25 | Score: 7.44
Size: 25KB | 4,745 words | Posted:

547 The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman

Through generations the power has descended, now weaker, now stronger. And which way did the power run in the four-year-old in the garden, playing with a pie plate?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 426 | Votes: 35 | Score: 7.44
Size: 11KB | 2,135 words | Posted:

548 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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Downloads: 433 | Votes: 28 | Score: 7.44
Size: 53KB | 10,118 words | Posted:

549 The Terror From the Depths by Sewell Peaslee Wright

Commander John Hanson challenges an appalling denizen of the watery world Hydrot.
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Downloads: 239 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.44
Size: 42KB | 7,654 words | Posted:

550 The Infra-medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright

Into a land of shadows and lost souls goes Pete Grahame in search of his hapless friends.
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Downloads: 222 | Votes: 8 | Score: 7.43
Size: 35KB | 6,754 words | Posted:
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