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551 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 520 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.43
Size: 10KB | 1,918 words | Posted:

552 Spoken For by Joseph Samachson

He was lost--anyone could see that--but she had no idea how entirely lost he was nor why!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 384 | Votes: 33 | Score: 7.43
Size: 14KB | 2,736 words | Posted:

553 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 239 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.43
Size: 26KB | 4,782 words | Posted:

554 Pipe of Peace by James McKimmey

There's a song that says "it's later than you think" and it is perhaps lamentable that someone didn't sing it for Henry that beautiful morning....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 293 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.42
Size: 6KB | 1,343 words | Posted:

555 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 272 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.42
Size: 26KB | 4,977 words | Posted:

556 Meeting of the Board by Alan Edward Nourse

This is a parody of corporate management in a world where unions own the means of production and the managers are treated like factory workers.Faced with a corporate system that is breaking down - workers want immediate dividends rather than investments in developing new products - management goes on strike to readjust the power between management and unions.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 314 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.42
Size: 32KB | 5,804 words | Posted:

557 Accidental Death by Peter Baily

The most dangerous of weapons is the one you don't know is loaded.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 442 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.42
Size: 16KB | 3,273 words | Posted:

558 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: 782 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.42
Size: 53KB | 9,940 words | Posted:

559 A Scientist Rises by Anthony Gilmore

"The face of the giant was indeed that of a god...."
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 233 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.42
Size: 14KB | 2,646 words | Posted:

560 Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night by Algis Budrys

He was a vendor of dreams, purveying worlds beyond imagination to others. Yet his doom was this: He could not see what he must learn of his own!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 205 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.42
Size: 43KB | 7,668 words | Posted:
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