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251 Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton

The Throg task force struck the Terran survey camp a few minutes after dawn, without warning, and with a deadly precision which argued that the aliens had fully reconnoitered and prepared that attack. Eye-searing lances of energy lashed back and forth across the base with methodical accuracy. And a single cowering witness, flattened on a ledge in the heights above, knew that when the last of those yellow-red bolts fell, nothing human would be left alive down there.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2395 | Votes: 102 | Score: 8.37
Size: 336KB | 62,169 words | Posted:

252 A Captain Decision by Pars001

A man with extremely powerful Esper power, summons his favorite sci-fi characters. He also brings those who embrace chaos.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Extra Sensory Perception, Fan Fiction, Science
Downloads: 3763 | Votes: 99 | Score: 8.37
Size: 303KB | 59,942 words | Posted: Concluded:

253 Chandler's Ride by Lazlo Zalezac

A story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
Malcolm Charles Chandler is a rather quiet man and good neighbor who occasionally takes a trip through a portal to another world -- Crossroads. His caretaker, Alice, sends him on an adventure to rescue a Damsel in Distress. The rescue goes fine, but the ride home takes a long time.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens, Violence
Downloads: 2698 | Votes: 89 | Score: 8.36
Size: 141KB | 27,086 words | Posted: Concluded:

254 The Mission by Pars001

A story in the Time Travel Adventures Universe
For years Charles had hid as far from women as he could, then a chance encounter with trouble brought her to him. Now he had to not only save her and her kingdom but his self as well. Problem is her Kingdom is thousands of years in the past!
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Aliens, Space, Futuristic, Alternate Timeline, Clones, AI, Romance, Humor, Politics, Violence, War, Military, Assassins, Pirates, Spies
Downloads: 9491 | Votes: 312 | Score: 8.36
Size: 189KB | 36,111 words | Posted: Concluded:

255 At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice-Burroughs

David Innes, a man with a remarkable story to tell, is a mining heir who finances an experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned. It burrows 500 miles into the Earth, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 705 | Votes: 9 | Score: 8.36
Size: 261KB | 49,566 words | Posted:

256 Plague Ship by Andre Norton

Lured by exotic gems and valuable oils, the crew of the space trader Solar Queen landed on the newly discovered planet Sargol, only to find their most ruthless competitor there ahead of them. Still they tried for fair trade, even according to the sly rules of the feline natives-- whose beauty and grace were equalled only by their determination to drive a hard bargain.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1487 | Votes: 51 | Score: 8.36
Size: 327KB | 60,943 words | Posted:

257 Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard

Conan the Barbarian is employed by one of the civilized countries to help in it's push to claim lands from the primitive Picts. The Picts are not excited about the idea however. Old gods and mythical creatures are called up by the Pict witches to contest the invading army and Conan finds himself battling for his life amid the blood thirsty hordes that include saber-toothed tigers, 40 foot long venomous snakes and a demon from another dimension who is intent on crushing him.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 672 | Votes: 21 | Score: 8.36
Size: 119KB | 22,165 words | Posted:

258 The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson

We have said that there are many and strange shadows, memories surviving from dim pasts, in this FANTASTIC UNIVERSE of ours. Poul Anderson turns to a legend from the Northern countries, countries where even today the pagan past seems only like yesterday, and tells the story of Cappen Varra, who came to Norren a long, long time ago.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 404 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.36
Size: 27KB | 5,255 words | Posted:

259 Tedric by E. E. Smith

Aided by Llosir, his strange, new god, Tedric enters into battle with Sarpedion, the sacrifice-demanding god of Lomarr.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 487 | Votes: 23 | Score: 8.36
Size: 38KB | 7,043 words | Posted:

260 Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper

Since Logic derives from postulates, it never has, and never will, change a postulate. And a religious belief is a system of postulates. so how can a man fight a native superstition with logic? Or anything else...?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 416 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.36
Size: 96KB | 17,826 words | Posted:
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