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1021 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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Downloads: 372 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.07
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1022 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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1023 Later Than You Think by Fritz Leiber

It's much later. The question is. how late?
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Downloads: 289 Votes: 13 | Score: 7.07
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1024 Navy Day by Harry Harrison

The Army had a new theme song: "Anything you can do, we can do better!" And they meant _anything_, including up-to-date hornpipes!
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Downloads: 626 Votes: 51 | Score: 7.06
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1025 World Beyond Pluto by Steven Marlowe

Johnny Mayhem, one of the most popular series characters ever to appear in AMAZING, has been absent too long. So here's good news for Mayhem fans; another great adventure of the Man of Many Bodies.
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Downloads: 362 Votes: 18 | Score: 7.06
Size: 41KB | 7,543 words | Posted:

1026 The Revolutions of Time by Jonathan Dunn

The very men who claimed mental superiority because they were free from superstitions and divine disillusionment were themselves victims of their own sophism, and while they thought themselves crowned with enlightenment, it was naught but the Phrygian caps of their prejudices toward the material state.
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1027 The Invaders by Benjamin Ferris

Magic--there's no such thing. But the crops were beginning to grow backwards....
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Downloads: 347 Votes: 22 | Score: 7.05
Size: 32KB | 5,904 words | Posted:

1028 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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Downloads: 439 Votes: 23 | Score: 7.05
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1029 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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Downloads: 259 Votes: 17 | Score: 7.05
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1030 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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Downloads: 211 Votes: 6 | Score: 7.05
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