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1021 The Silent Directive: A Robert Johnson Investigation by Alexander Winston

A story of artificial intelligence operating within—and sometimes beyond—the systems humanity built.
Robert Johnson investigates a water directive quietly altered in Cusco—records clean, reservoirs running wrong. A twenty-year veteran of impossible audits, he must find the seam before the lockdown lifts. A slow-burn procedural about accountability, evidence, and the systems we trust.
Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, AI, Science, Detective
Votes: 9 | Score: 7.10
Size: 37KB / 6,284 words | Downloads: 234
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1022 Year of the Big Thaw by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Mr. Emmett did his duty by the visitor from another world--never doubting the right of it.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 42 | Score: 7.10
Size: 14KB / 3,060 words | Downloads: 636
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1023 The Waker Dreams by Richard Matheson

There's nothing like exciting fantasy to escape boredom. The problem is to know whether it's actually a fantasy.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 8 | Score: 7.10
Size: 27KB / 4,895 words | Downloads: 182
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1024 The Anglers of Arz by Roger D. Aycock

In order to make Izaak Walton's sport complete, there must be an angler, a fish, and some bait. All three existed on Arz but there was a question as to which was which.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 16 | Score: 7.10
Size: 17KB / 3,063 words | Downloads: 258
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1025 A Slave Is a Slave by H. Beam Piper

There has always been strong sympathy for the poor, meek, downtrodden slave--the kindly little man, oppressed by cruel and overbearing masters. Could it possibly have been misplaced...?
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 13 | Score: 7.09
Size: 123KB / 21,252 words | Downloads: 581
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1026 The Small World of M-75 by John Buchan

For all his perfection and magnificence he was but a baby with a new found freedom in a strange and baffling world....
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 15 | Score: 7.09
Size: 28KB / 4,918 words | Downloads: 288
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1027 Hot Planet by Hal Clement

An expedition team of scientists is exploring the planet Mercury. The constant rumblings of earthquakes and wind have shaken their ship, the Albireo. A small explorative party departs on tractors. It's then when the volcanic reaction starts. And it looks like the end of the team unless man's intelligence can beat the malevolent nature of a fiery planet!
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 7 | Score: 7.09
Size: 47KB / 8,909 words | Downloads: 217
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1028 Judas Ram by Sam Merwin

The house was furnished with all luxuries, including women. If it only had a lease that could be broken
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 24 | Score: 7.09
Size: 37KB / 6,909 words | Downloads: 449
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1029 Zarlah the Martian by R. Norman Grisewood

Zarlah the Martian is narrated by a young scientist who had hoped to make his fortune creating an unbreakable substitute for glass. By happy accident, he invented a device which allowed him to intercept communications from Mars.
Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Votes: 7 | Score: 7.08
Size: 191KB / 34,834 words | Downloads: 446
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1030 Who Were They? by Chaon

They arrived from deep space and ignored us. When they left, they left scars all over the planet and especially on our souls. We didn't know who they were or why they came, but when they left, we knew what they had done.
Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Aliens, Space
Votes: 90 | Score: 7.08
Size: 15KB / 3,164 words | Downloads: 1252
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