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681 Belly Laugh by Randall Garrett

Well, it seems that Ivar Jorgensen has hit on the ultimate engine of destruction: a weapon designed to exploit man's greatest weakness. The blueprint can be found in the next few pages; and as the soldier in the story says, our only hope is to keep a sense of humor!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 463 Votes: 28 | Score: 7.26
Size: 4KB | 924 words | Posted:

682 The Last Supper by T. D. Hamm

Before reading this story, prepare yourself for a jolt and a chill in capsule form. O. Henry could have been proud of it. It could well become a minor classic.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 264 Votes: 18 | Score: 7.26
Size: 2KB | 467 words | Posted:

683 General Max Shorter by Kris Neville

To spread Mankind to the stars carries a high cost in lives--and not all of them are human!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 364 Votes: 17 | Score: 7.26
Size: 40KB | 7,257 words | Posted:

684 Hunter Patrol by H. Beam Piper

Many men have dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. If one man did have that power, could mankind afford to pay the price?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 825 Votes: 27 | Score: 7.25
Size: 63KB | 11,303 words | Posted:

685 Jaywalker by Ross Rocklynne

Women may be against progress because it means new pseudo-widowhoods. Space-widowhood, for instance....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 426 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.25
Size: 27KB | 5,055 words | Posted:

686 Jamieson by Bill Doede

A Konv cylinder was the key to space--but there was one power it could not match!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 348 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.25
Size: 26KB | 5,015 words | Posted:

687 The Graveyard of Space by Steven Marlowe

Nobody knew very much about the Sargasso area of the void; only one thing was certain: if a ship was caught there it was doomed in
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 796 Votes: 59 | Score: 7.24
Size: 25KB | 4,769 words | Posted:

688 Prospector's Special by Robert Sheckley

Lost in the vast Scorpion Desert of Venus, he needed all the courage a man could own--and every bit of credit he could raise!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 382 Votes: 27 | Score: 7.24
Size: 46KB | 8,395 words | Posted:

689 Spacemen Die at Home by Edward W. Ludwig

One man's retreat is another's prison. and it takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 469 Votes: 33 | Score: 7.24
Size: 25KB | 4,919 words | Posted:

690 Devil Crystals of Arret by Hal K. Wells

Facing a six-hour deadline of death, young Larry raids a hostile world of rat-men and tinkling Devil Crystals.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 201 Votes: 9 | Score: 7.23
Size: 50KB | 8,977 words | Posted:
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