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551 The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer

The ceremonious protocol of the Yills was impressive, colorful--and, in the long run, deadly!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 360 Votes: 13 | Score: 7.43
Size: 29KB | 5,022 words | Posted:

552 Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks

The remarkable thing about Atummyc Afterbath Dusting Powder was that it gave you that lovely, radiant, atomic look--just the way the advertisements said it would. In fact, it also gave you a little something more!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 634 Votes: 53 | Score: 7.43
Size: 22KB | 4,220 words | Posted:

553 Bullet With His Name by Fritz Leiber

Before passing judgment, just ask yourself one question: Would you like answering for humanity any better than Ernie Meeker did?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 377 Votes: 13 | Score: 7.43
Size: 66KB | 12,058 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
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Downloads: 320 Votes: 20 | Score: 7.42
Size: 6KB | 1,343 words | Posted:

555 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: 455 Votes: 17 | Score: 7.42
Size: 17KB | 3,213 words | Posted:

556 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
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Downloads: 227 Votes: 9 | Score: 7.42
Size: 43KB | 7,668 words | Posted:

557 The Destroyers by Randall Garrett

Any war is made up of a horde of personal tragedies--but the greater picture is the tragedy of the death of a way of life. For a way of life--good, bad, or indifferent--exists because it is dearly loved....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 373 Votes: 14 | Score: 7.41
Size: 53KB | 10,206 words | Posted:

558 A Prize for Edie by Jesse F. Bone

The Committee had, unquestionably, made a mistake. There was no doubt that Edie had achieved the long-sought cancer cure. but awarding the Nobel Prize was, nonetheless, a mistake.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 473 Votes: 37 | Score: 7.41
Size: 9KB | 1,621 words | Posted:

559 Round-and-round Trip by H. B. Fyfe

All he wanted to do was go ROUND-AND-ROUND TRIP from here to there--but somehow the entire Milky Way had been converted into a squirrel cage.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 182 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 39KB | 7,053 words | Posted:

560 The Gun by Phillip K. Dick

The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However, they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship, a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area, where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 1097 Votes: 70 | Score: 7.41
Size: 26KB | 4,901 words | Posted:
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