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271 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.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Western, Rags To Riches
Downloads: 8078 Votes: 370 | Score: 8.33
Size: 334KB | 67,774 words | Posted:

272 Clinging to Hope as the World Falters by Vincent Berg

A Great Death Story
A man and his daughter encounter a massive meteor shower which disrupts their lives, but it's only the beginning. It's the beginning of the end, or is it? An Apocalyptic tale that focuses on individuals trying to maintain love, hope and family amongst death and dying. This is a pre-Post-Apocalyptic tale, asking what happened to all the people before most PA stories even begin. Previously published as "Love and Family During the Great Death".
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Near Future, Pandemic, Romance, Science
Downloads: 8202 Votes: 142 | Score: 8.33
Size: 1175KB | 226,103 words | Posted: Concluded:

273 Youth by Isaac Asimov

Red and Slim found the two strange little animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 1311 Votes: 48 | Score: 8.32
Size: 55KB | 10,373 words | Posted:

274 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: 1555 Votes: 52 | Score: 8.32
Size: 327KB | 60,943 words | Posted:

275 Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper

Earth scientists investigating the remains of a Martian city.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1286 Votes: 72 | Score: 8.32
Size: 91KB | 16,483 words | Posted:

276 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?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 747 Votes: 46 | Score: 8.32
Size: 67KB | 12,493 words | Posted:

277 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.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1030 Votes: 31 | Score: 8.32
Size: 278KB | 52,338 words | Posted:

278 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!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 731 Votes: 33 | Score: 8.31
Size: 67KB | 12,463 words | Posted:

279 Wailing Wall by Roger D. Aycock

An enormous weapon is forcing people to keep their troubles to themselves--it's dynamite!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 181 Votes: 7 | Score: 8.31
Size: 29KB | 5,212 words | Posted:

280 Vulcan's Workshop by Harl Vincent

Mighty Luke Fenton swaggers defiantly in Vulcan's Workshop, most frightful of Martian prisons.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 320 Votes: 24 | Score: 8.31
Size: 51KB | 9,425 words | Posted:
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