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741 A Martian Odyssey by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

In the 21st century mankind has landed on Mars via atomic powered spaceships. Jarvis sets out across the Martian landscape in a rocket to take photographs of the famed canals. Unfortunately, his rocket crashes and he is forced to set out on foot back to Ares's landing area where the rest of the multi-national crew (French, German, etc) is waiting. He makes friends with an alien named Tweel whom he rescues from a disturbing creature that lures its prey by taking on the appearance of loved ones
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 313 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.16
Size: 55KB | 10,353 words | Posted:

742 Love Story by Irving E.Cox

Everything was aimed at satisfying the whims of women. The popular cliches, the pretty romances, the catchwords of advertising became realities; and the compound kept the men enslaved. George knew what he had to do....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 235 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.16
Size: 33KB | 6,208 words | Posted:

743 Growing Up on Big Muddy by Charles V. De Vet

An intrepid interplanetary explorer named Kaiser suddenly comes to his senses after a scouting mission has gone horribly awry -- only to discover that his messages back to the mother ship have become garbled and incoherent, as if someone else was sending them. Who is this mysterious interloper?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 310 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.16
Size: 30KB | 5,540 words | Posted:

744 The Mantooth by Christopher Leadem

Ten thousand years after nuclear holocaust, Earth has reverted to the savage garden, and Man to his Neanderthal roots. Yet a man-child is born, fully human, and a young woman wakes to find the world she knew is gone.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1136 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.16
Size: 486KB | 90,863 words | Posted:

745 Never Come Midnight by H. L. Gold

Across the void came a man who could not ever have been born--from a world that could never have been conceived--to demand his birthright of an Earth that would have to die to pay it!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 321 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.15
Size: 91KB | 16,836 words | Posted:

746 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: 790 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.15
Size: 63KB | 11,303 words | Posted:

747 Exile by H. B. Fyfe

The Dome of Eyes made it almost impossible for Terrans to reach the world of Tepokt. For those who did land there, there was no returning--only the bitterness of respect--and justice!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 243 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.15
Size: 26KB | 4,785 words | Posted:

748 The Feeling by Roger D. Aycock

If this story holds true in real practice, it may reveal something about us that we've never known.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 210 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.14
Size: 10KB | 1,998 words | Posted:

749 The Slave Ship From Space by A.R. Holmes

Three kidnapped Earthlings show Xantra of the Tillas how "docile" Earth slaves can be.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 871 | Votes: 47 | Score: 7.14
Size: 62KB | 11,668 words | Posted:

750 Home Is Where You Left It by Stephen Marlowe

How black is the blackest treachery? Is the most callous traitor entitled to mercy? Steve pondered these questions. His decision? That at times the villain should possibly be spoken of as a hero.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 306 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.14
Size: 23KB | 4,408 words | Posted:
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