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791 Tony and the Beetles by Phillip K. Dick

Sunlight filtered through the windows into the sleep-compartment. Tony Rossi yawned, then opened his black eyes and sat up quickly. He tossed the covers back and slid to the warm metal floor. It looked like a nice day. The landscape outside was motionless.In the dining compartment his mother and father had finished breakfast. Their voices drifted to him as he clattered down the ramp. A disturbed murmur; he paused to listen. What were they talking about? Had he done something wrong, again?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 356 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.07
Size: 26KB | 4,866 words | Posted:

792 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
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Downloads: 886 | Votes: 48 | Score: 7.07
Size: 62KB | 11,668 words | Posted:

793 Darkness and Dawn Book I: The Vacant World by George Allan England

Allan Stern and his secretary Beatrice Kendricks awake in New York City, one thousand years after an asteroid destroys most life on earth. Just his luck, Allan is a master engineer and can make explosives, build bridges, fly bi-planes, etc. Beatrice is the gorgeous, spunky blond along for the ride (she even gets kidnapped by a giant gorilla at one point!).In the first part the discussion is of what happened, and how they will save themselves and rebuild civilization.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 1497 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.07
Size: 247KB | 44,761 words | Posted:

794 A Touch of E Flat by Joe Gibson

Warning: never let anyone point any weapon at you; even something as harmless-looking as a water pistol--it may be a Cooling gun!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 286 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.07
Size: 39KB | 7,097 words | Posted:

795 Something Will Turn Up by David Mason

Err. maybe it had to do with this being a non-Parity universe, perhaps? Some things can't be simply inverted, after all....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 223 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.07
Size: 11KB | 2,087 words | Posted:

796 Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson

An astounding chronicle of two Lunarians' conquest of time and interstellar space.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 160 | Votes: 6 | Score: 7.06
Size: 43KB | 8,210 words | Posted:

797 Hawk Carse by Anthony Gilmore

One of the spectacular exploits of Hawk Carse, greatest of space adventurers.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 446 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.05
Size: 101KB | 18,667 words | Posted:

798 Poppa Needs Shorts by Leigh Richmond

Given valid data, you can reach completely wrong conclusions. But given a wrong conclusion, you can still get a right answer!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 436 | Votes: 23 | Score: 7.05
Size: 11KB | 2,039 words | Posted:

799 Cost of Living by Robert Sheckley

If easy payment plans were to be really efficient, patrons' lifetimes had to be extended!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 252 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.05
Size: 18KB | 3,368 words | Posted:

800 The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner

When a slightly mad robot drunk on AC, wants you to join an experiment in optimum ecology--don't do it! After all, who wants to argue like Disraeli or live like Ivan the Terrible?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 202 | Votes: 6 | Score: 7.05
Size: 93KB | 16,813 words | Posted:
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