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971 The Rat Race by Jay Franklin

Lieutenant Commander Frank Jacklin is blown up in a thorium bomb explosion while on the battleship Alaska. He awakens in the body of Winnie Tompkins who had perpetrated the explosion. As Tompkins, he learns of a plot by German agents to poison Franklin D. Roosevelt and he tries to warn the authorities. He continues to become involved in intrigue until another accident restores Tompkins to his body, leaving Jacklin in the body of a dog.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 283 | Votes: 7 | Score: 6.46
Size: 429KB | 82,604 words | Posted:

972 The Gray Plague by L. A. Eshbach

Maimed and captive, in the depths of an interplanetary meteor-craft, lay the only possible savior of plague-ridden Earth.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 232 | Votes: 8 | Score: 6.45
Size: 66KB | 11,699 words | Posted:

973 The Weakling by Everett B. Cole

A strong man can, of course, be dangerous, but he doesn't approach the vicious deadliness of a weakling--with a weapon!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 391 | Votes: 15 | Score: 6.45
Size: 92KB | 17,131 words | Posted:

974 The Dark Door by Alan Edward Nourse

Harry Scott is being pursued by some things. They're not human. They're not-men. A door bangs. Footsteps tread heavy. A phone ringing. Can Doctor Webber help poor, delusional Harry?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 264 | Votes: 12 | Score: 6.41
Size: 47KB | 8,844 words | Posted:

975 Slaves of the Dust by Sophie Wenzel Ellis

Hale Oakham heads into the mysterious jungle to find the mysterious Sir Basil Addington and his laboratory where he has supposedly discovered amazing secrets about life, including ones which enable him to produce monsters and to change the physical characteristics of humans.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 129 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 48KB | 8,697 words | Posted:

976 The Sweeper of Loray by Robert Sheckley

You wish a universal panacea? A simple boon to grant--first decide what part of you it is that you wish to have survive!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 221 | Votes: 10 | Score: 6.40
Size: 24KB | 4,369 words | Posted:

977 The Calm Man by Frank Belknap Long

Sally watched the molten gold glow in the sky. Then knew she would not see her son and her husband ever again on Earth.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 515 | Votes: 29 | Score: 6.40
Size: 28KB | 5,385 words | Posted:

978 Desire No More by Algis Budrys

Desire no more than to thy lot may fall....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 229 | Votes: 12 | Score: 6.39
Size: 27KB | 5,127 words | Posted:

979 Syndrome Johnny by Charles Dye

The plagues that struck mankind could be attributed to one man. But was he fiend. or savior?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 203 | Votes: 16 | Score: 6.39
Size: 27KB | 4,893 words | Posted:

980 New Apples in the Garden by Kris Neville

Some problems are perfectly predictable--yet not in the sense that allows a preprogrammed machine to handle them--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 285 | Votes: 18 | Score: 6.39
Size: 19KB | 3,555 words | Posted:
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