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371 To Choke an Ocean by Jesse F. Bone

Gourmets all agree that nothing can beat oysters on the half-shell--not even the armed might of the Terran Confederation!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 365 | Votes: 23 | Score: 8.10
Size: 48KB | 8,942 words | Posted:

372 Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles L. Fontenay

Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant,ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.The Phoenix had been destroyed not once, not twice, but three times! But this time the resurrected Dark had new plans, plans which involved dangerous experiments in mutation and psionics. And now the rebels realized they were in double jeopardy..
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 432 | Votes: 7 | Score: 8.09
Size: 256KB | 47,120 words | Posted:

373 The Carnivore by Katherine MacLean

Why were they apologetic? It wasn't their fault that they came to Earth much too late.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 363 | Votes: 22 | Score: 8.08
Size: 11KB | 2,093 words | Posted:

374 The Barbarians by Algis Budrys

History was repeating itself; there were moats and nobles in Pennsylvania and vassals in Manhattan and the barbarian hordes were overrunning the land.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 613 | Votes: 41 | Score: 8.08
Size: 52KB | 9,611 words | Posted:

375 Now We Are Three by Joe L. Hensley

Where are we going? What will the world be like in the days--perhaps not too distant--when we have tested and tested the bombs to the finite degree? Joe L. Hensley, attorney in Madison, Indiana, and increasingly well known in SF, returns with this challenging story of that Tomorrow.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 257 | Votes: 17 | Score: 8.07
Size: 19KB | 3,637 words | Posted:

376 The Unnecessary Man by Randall Garrett

Sometimes an organizational setup grows, sets its ways, and becomes so traditional that once-necessary jobs become unnecessary. But it is sometimes quite hard to spot just which man is the unnecessary one. In this case. not the one you think!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 619 | Votes: 36 | Score: 8.07
Size: 43KB | 8,117 words | Posted:

377 All Day September by Roger Kuykendall

Some men just haven't got good sense. They just can't seem to learn the most fundamental things. Like when there's no use trying--when it's time to give up because it's hopeless....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 294 | Votes: 25 | Score: 8.07
Size: 30KB | 5,643 words | Posted:

378 The Final Figure by Sam Merwin

Was it a wild talent that MacReedy had, or was it just prophetic genius that led him to figure out new, improved ordnance weapons and make models of them--before the armed forces had them? Whichever it was, MacReedy was both valuable and dangerous--and when the general saw MacReedy's final figure, the weapons following the mobile rocket A-missile launcher....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1124 | Votes: 79 | Score: 8.06
Size: 43KB | 7,701 words | Posted:

379 Two Timer by Fredric Brown

Two Timer in the February 1954 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Here is a brace of vignettes by the Old Vignette Master. short and sharp. like a hypodermic! - Experiment - Sentry
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 264 | Votes: 16 | Score: 8.06
Size: 3KB | 708 words | Posted:

380 Human's Shame by Chaon

A little known species defends the Galaxy with an ultimate weapon.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens, Space
Downloads: 1250 | Votes: 84 | Score: 8.06
Size: 13KB | 2,499 words | Posted:
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