Show All Tags

Science Fiction Stories

Displaying stories 271 through 280 of 1401

271 Alien Minds by E. Everett Evans

The ability to read minds isn't an unmixed blessing, so learns George Hanlon, Secret Operative of the Inter-Stellar Corps. His unique gift helps him with his assignments, of course -- except that he has a lot of trouble with alien minds. He encounters a whole planet full of alien minds on Estrella when the semi-human inhabitants of this Earth-like world of another sun decide that they want nothing to do with the Federation Planets.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1666 Votes: 37 | Score: 8.33
Size: 369KB | 68,689 words | Posted:

272 Vigorish by John Berryman

If it "takes a thief to catch a thief". what does it take to catch a psi-gifted thief?
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 534 Votes: 39 | Score: 8.33
Size: 61KB | 12,078 words | Posted:

273 Will to Survive by Ernest Bywater

A simple training exercise with brand new fighter aircraft goes very wrong when some thieves are where they shouldn't be and get mistaken for the target drones. The resulting explosion has many consequences for everyone involved, and Will March ends up living in some turbulent times in another era. Read how Will survives those first few years which are the dangerous beginnings of his new life. 65,000 words of action adventure.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Western, Rags To Riches
Downloads: 8024 Votes: 370 | Score: 8.33
Size: 334KB | 67,774 words | Posted:

274 Anchorite by Randall Garrett

There are two basic kinds of fools--the ones who know they are fools, and the kind that, because they do not know that, are utterly deadly menaces!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 683 Votes: 35 | Score: 8.33
Size: 99KB | 18,664 words | Posted:

275 End as a Hero by Keith Laumer

Granthan's mission was the most vital of the war. It would mean instant victory--but for whom?
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 742 Votes: 46 | Score: 8.32
Size: 67KB | 12,493 words | Posted:

276 The Impossibles by Randall Garrett

Kenneth j Malone of the FBI(that's right and from the queen's own FBI!) is back and late model red Cadillacs are being stolen, no suspects are ever seen and it's his job to figure out who, why and how.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1020 Votes: 31 | Score: 8.32
Size: 278KB | 52,338 words | Posted:

277 The Six-Eyed Beast by BenLepp

The opening act of a true space opera. A cynical officer whose career wasn't exactly going great is given a shot at glory and accepts for the wrong reasons. A ship that should not even exist finds itself circling the changeover of eras, the good times have passed and the storms are approaching. A galactic alliance on the brink of a new age, the many parts that make its whole unaware of each other. A hastily-gathered crew learning to become a unit, not by choice, but by necessity.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Aliens, Space, AI, Humor, Politics, Violence, Addiction, Horror, War, Military, Mystery, Assassins, Pirates, Drugs, Spies
Downloads: 4725 Votes: 52 | Score: 8.32
Size: 1239KB | 228,546 words | Posted: in progress Updated:

278 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.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1543 Votes: 52 | Score: 8.32
Size: 327KB | 60,943 words | Posted:

279 Vulcan's Workshop by Harl Vincent

Mighty Luke Fenton swaggers defiantly in Vulcan's Workshop, most frightful of Martian prisons.
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 314 Votes: 24 | Score: 8.31
Size: 51KB | 9,425 words | Posted:

280 The Winds of Time by James H. Schmitz

He contracted for a charter trip--but the man who hired his spacer wasn't quite a man, it turned out--and he wanted more than service!
[More Info]

Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 721 Votes: 33 | Score: 8.31
Size: 67KB | 12,463 words | Posted:
* Not enough votes to show score yet