Show All Tags

Novel-Classic Stories

Displaying stories 561 through 570 of 1126

561 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!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 215 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.42
Size: 43KB | 7,668 words | Posted:

562 Noble Redman by Jesse F. Bone

It was a big joke on all concerned. When you look back, the whole thing really began because his father had a sense of humor. Oh, the name fit all right, but can you imagine naming your son....
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 808 | Votes: 52 | Score: 7.42
Size: 36KB | 7,031 words | Posted:

563 Security Risk by Ed M. Clinton

General David Walker looked up again at the seamed face of the Chief of Staff, General Marcus Meriwether. "This could be serious," he said slowly, with a sick sense of the statement's inadequacy. An old tic suddenly returned, tugging at the left corner of his mouth. The deadly, unsmiling expression on Meriwether's face did not change as he slid more tightly into his chair. "You know as well as I that it means the Interplanetary Confederation is ready to go to war with us."
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 631 | Votes: 42 | Score: 7.42
Size: 22KB | 4,006 words | Posted:

564 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....
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 359 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.41
Size: 53KB | 10,206 words | Posted:

565 The Great Nebraska Sea by Allan Danzig

It has happened a hundred times in the long history of Earth--and, sooner or later, will happen again!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 668 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.41
Size: 24KB | 4,212 words | Posted:

566 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.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 169 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 39KB | 7,053 words | Posted:

567 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.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1065 | Votes: 70 | Score: 7.41
Size: 26KB | 4,901 words | Posted:

568 Vagabonds of Space by Harl Vincent

From the depths of the Sargasso Sea of Space came the thought-warning, "Turn back!" But Carr and his Martian friend found it was too late!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 521 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.41
Size: 87KB | 16,181 words | Posted:

569 This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch

Harry is one of the growing number of people who can't stand the over-crowded cities. He lives in a cramped bachelor's apartment -- he could upgrade to a larger one if he'd get married, but he'd also have to add an hour to his commute each way, bringing the total to six hours. One day he suffers a mental breakdown and is sent to a bucolic clinic in the country, where he soon enters a relationship with a nurse.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 378 | Votes: 10 | Score: 7.40
Size: 208KB | 38,107 words | Posted:

570 The Meteor Girl by Jack Williamson

Through the complicated space-time of the fourth dimension goes Charlie King in an attempt to rescue the Meteor Girl.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 391 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.40
Size: 42KB | 7,763 words | Posted:
* Not enough votes to show score yet