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1301 The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany

On the orders of Argo, the White Goddess, an itinerant poet and his three companions journey to the island of Aptor. Their mission: to seize a jewel from the dark god Hama and bring it back home. With this precious stone Argo may defeat the malign forces gathered against her and the land of Leptor. But, as the group presses deep into the enigmatic heart of Aptor, easy distinctions between good and evil blur, and somehow the task seems less straightforward.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 209 | Votes: 6 | Score: 5.97
Size: 278KB | 52,871 words | Posted:

1302 Uniform of a Man by Dave Dryfoos

After rescue, revenge was uppermost in Chet Barfield's mind; the hideous, bestial Agvars had to be taught a lesson they'd never forget. His rescuers seemed to disagree, however--until Chet learned his lesson too!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 232 | Votes: 14 | Score: 5.96
Size: 27KB | 5,074 words | Posted:

1303 Warm by Robert Sheckley

It was a joyous journey Anders set out on. to reach his goal . but look where he wound up!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 203 | Votes: 9 | Score: 5.95
Size: 16KB | 2,968 words | Posted:

1304 Coming Attraction by Fritz Leiber

Women will always go on trying to attract men. even when the future seems to have no future!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 247 | Votes: 7 | Score: 5.94
Size: 26KB | 4,989 words | Posted:

1305 Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas by R. A. Lafferty

The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town--and that was even worse!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 316 | Votes: 11 | Score: 5.93
Size: 13KB | 2,587 words | Posted:

1306 The Big Engine by Fritz Leiber

Have you found out about the Big Engine? It's all around us, you know--can't you hear it even now?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 204 | Votes: 6 | Score: 5.93
Size: 8KB | 1,748 words | Posted:

1307 Atlantida by Pierre Benoît

I hear a step outside. It is our Targa guide, the man who in three days is to lead us across the unknown plateaus of the mysterious Imoschaoch. The lamp casts a yellow light on the paper. Strange fate, which, I never knew exactly why, decided one day when I was a lad of sixteen that I should prepare myself for Saint Cyr, and gave me there André de Saint-Avit as classmate. A great insect has flown in through the window. It is an African May bug, big, black, with spots of livid grey...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 223 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 348KB | 63,711 words | Posted:

1308 Celebrity by James McKimmey

Sound the fanfare! Beat the drums! Shout hosannas! Here he comes....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 144 | Votes: 8 | Score: 5.89
Size: 5KB | 911 words | Posted:

1309 Advanced Chemistry by Jack G. Huekels

A scientist creates a serum which can bring humans back to life.
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Downloads: 189 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 11KB | 2,115 words | Posted:

1310 Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys

Now, if the animal we know as a cow were to evolve into a creature with near-human intelligence, so that she thought of herself as a "person".
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 185 | Votes: 12 | Score: 5.88
Size: 15KB | 2,754 words | Posted:
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