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561 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!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 551 Votes: 26 | Score: 7.41
Size: 87KB | 16,181 words | Posted:

562 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.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 401 Votes: 10 | Score: 7.40
Size: 208KB | 38,107 words | Posted:

563 No Moving Parts by Murray F. Yaco

We call them trouble-shooters. They called 'em Gypsies. Either way, they were hep to that whole bit about.... A futuristic tale of man and technology. A warning about losing your past.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 392 Votes: 35 | Score: 7.40
Size: 34KB | 6,163 words | Posted:

564 Solomon's Orbit by William Carroll

There will, sooner or later, be problems of "space junk," and the right to dump in space. But not like this...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 423 Votes: 30 | Score: 7.40
Size: 20KB | 3,754 words | Posted:

565 No Pets Allowed by M.A. Cummings

He didn't know how he could have stood the four months there alone. She was company and one could talk to her.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 386 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.40
Size: 6KB | 1,261 words | Posted:

566 Test Rocket! by Jack Douglas

It's amazing how much you can learn about absolute strangers if you just stop to think about the kind of an animal they'll put in a.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 257 Votes: 14 | Score: 7.40
Size: 5KB | 976 words | Posted:

567 Ripeness by Jesse Roarke

Shakespeare wrote it, in the tragedy of King Lear--a phrase to live by: Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither;
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 180 Votes: 10 | Score: 7.40
Size: 47KB | 8,927 words | Posted:

568 The Reluctant Heroes by Frank M. Robinson

Pioneers have always resented their wanderlust, hated their hardships. But the future brings a new grudge--when pioneers stay put and scholars do the exploring!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 570 Votes: 16 | Score: 7.40
Size: 36KB | 7,100 words | Posted:

569 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 289 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.39
Size: 36KB | 7,189 words | Posted:

570 The Last Letter by Fritz Leiber

Who or what was the scoundrel that kept these couriers from the swift completion of their handsomely appointed rondos?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 310 Votes: 15 | Score: 7.39
Size: 22KB | 3,903 words | Posted:
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