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311 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!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 646 | Votes: 34 | Score: 8.27
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312 Confidence Game by James McKimmey

Cutter demanded more and more and more efficiency--and got it! But, as in anything, enough is enough, and too much is...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 307 | Votes: 14 | Score: 8.27
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313 The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Planet Savers, introduces the reader to the now legendary world of Gotten IV., and it reveals the awesome and terrifying powers of the infamous Sharra Matrix.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 988 | Votes: 40 | Score: 8.27
Size: 147KB | 27,339 words | Posted:

314 Day of the Moron by H. Beam Piper

It's natural to trust the unproven word of the fellow who's "on my side"--but the emotional moron is on no one's side, not even his own. Once, such an emotional moron could, at worst, hurt a few. But with the mighty, leashed forces Man employs now....
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Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 557 | Votes: 37 | Score: 8.27
Size: 63KB | 11,318 words | Posted:

315 PL03 - Sail South, to the Sea by Haro James

From the Phantom of the Louvre collection
A young Australian, resilient and yearning to set her own course in life, journeys far to do so: first sailing South to the sea, then ... ~5,560 words.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Steampunk, Coming of Age
Downloads: 373 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.27
Size: 30KB | 5,599 words | Posted:

316 The Edge of the Knife by H. Beam Piper

In the distant future of 1973, Professor Chalmers of Blanley University is having a little trouble with his history class. He knows the subject and all his facts are true, the only problem is none of them have happened yet. After a disastrous lesson where he accidently revealed foreknowledge of an assassination yet to happen, Professor Chalmers has to face down against a dean threatening to fire him in spite of tenure.
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Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 805 | Votes: 52 | Score: 8.27
Size: 90KB | 16,506 words | Posted:

317 The Rat Racket by David H. Keller

With Dr. Keller's genius for hitting at vital spots every time, he now gives us a brand new idea and an ingenious solution. We hope no racketeers read this story. They might, as a result, cause the police some trouble. Fortunately, however, the racket has a flaw.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 281 | Votes: 19 | Score: 8.27
Size: 37KB | 7,129 words | Posted:

318 The Fires of Vulcan by Lumpy

Imperium (5)
War has come to the continent and Lieutenant Commander Ky, a test pilot from the far future and Consul of the Britannic Empire, leads armies scattered across Germania and Hispania to liberate them from Carthaginian rule. The Carthaginians , however, refuse to surrender without a fight. Led by a seasoned commander, new armies with weapons from the far east are sent to counter the Britannians, with the entirety of Europe as the ultimate prize.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline, Nanotechnology, AI, Politics, Violence, Historical, War, Military
Downloads: 1482 | Votes: 17 | Score: 8.27
Size: 654KB | 119,753 words | Posted: Concluded:

319 What the Left Hand Was Doing by Randall Garrett

There is no lie so totally convincing as something the other fellow already knows-for-sure is the truth. And no cover-story so convincing....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 321 | Votes: 18 | Score: 8.27
Size: 57KB | 10,557 words | Posted:

320 Academic Hero by Lazlo Zalezac

A story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
Professor Edwin Jackson taught history, for the simple reason that he had a desire to live in historical times. Although offered many times to go to Chaos, he had always refused. He knew that the suggestion of a medieval world with Damsels in Distress was a result of the misguided imaginings of his good friend Gerald Jones. Better late than never.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens, Romance, Violence
Downloads: 2897 | Votes: 127 | Score: 8.27
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