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561 The Peacemaker by Alfred Coppel

The legends of Jaq Merril are legion--but legends. Hark, ye, then to the true story of the pirate benefactor of Mankind!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 439 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.41
Size: 23KB | 4,348 words | Posted:

562 To Remember Charlie by Roger D. Aycock

Just a one-eyed dog named Charlie and a crippled boy named Joey--but between them they changed the face of the universe. perhaps.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 322 | Votes: 24 | Score: 7.41
Size: 29KB | 5,934 words | Posted:

563 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 163 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 39KB | 7,053 words | Posted:

564 Hail to the Chief by Randall Garrett

A great politician need not be a statesman. but it is inherently futile to be a great statesman, and no politician. Except, of course, for a miracle.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 342 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.41
Size: 71KB | 12,910 words | Posted:

565 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: 373 | Votes: 10 | Score: 7.40
Size: 208KB | 38,107 words | Posted:

566 Tulan by C.C. MacApp

To disobey the orders of the Council of Four was unthinkable to a Space Admiral of the old school. But the trouble was, the school system had changed. A man, a fighter, an Admiral had to think for himself now, if his people were to live.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 596 | Votes: 38 | Score: 7.40
Size: 37KB | 6,855 words | Posted:

567 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: 242 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.40
Size: 5KB | 976 words | Posted:

568 The Eternal Wall by Raymond Z. Gallun

A scream of brakes, the splash into icy waters, a long descent into alkaline depths. it was death. But Ned Vince lived again--a million years later!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 574 | Votes: 40 | Score: 7.40
Size: 23KB | 4,154 words | Posted:

569 The Sword and the Atopen by Taylor H. Greenfield

The conversion of light into electricity by spectrum is an interesting possibility. The idea of using foreign proteins on the human system to repel enemies, is also interesting. Do you get it? We didn't either until we read the story. Read the yarn and you'll get it too.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 266 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.40
Size: 19KB | 3,516 words | Posted:

570 The Altar at Midnight by C. M. Kornbluth

Doing something for humanity may be fine--for humanity--but rough on the individual!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 335 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.40
Size: 13KB | 2,685 words | Posted:
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