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471 The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin

The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage. Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except--
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 847 | Votes: 55 | Score: 7.94
Size: 15KB | 2,942 words | Posted:

472 Spillthrough by Daniel F. Galouye

Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second--if the crews were to live. But it would take Brad suicidal minutes!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 442 | Votes: 35 | Score: 7.94
Size: 49KB | 8,976 words | Posted:

473 New Computer World by Ernest Bywater

Love or hate computers, you'll love this story. This satirical tale of the humiliation of Little Electronic Technologies and the destruction of their computer software monopoly is told from a future viewpoint, as a college assignment. Some determined computer geeks take on the global might of LET, and win! They defeat LET by getting deep inside their own software!
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Near Future, Science, Hackers
Downloads: 1489 | Votes: 93 | Score: 7.93
Size: 76KB | 13,899 words | Posted:

474 Stamped Caution by Raymond Z. Gallun

It's a funny thing, but most monsters seem to be of the opinion that it's men who are the monsters. You know, they have a point.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 231 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.93
Size: 63KB | 11,770 words | Posted:

475 The Dwindling Years by Lester Del Rey

He didn't expect to be last-but neither did he anticipate the horror of being the first!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 444 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.92
Size: 30KB | 5,701 words | Posted:

476 Cum Grano Salis by Randall Garrett

Just because a man can do something others can't does not, unfortunately, mean he knows how to do it. One man could eat the native fruit and live. but how?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 464 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.92
Size: 45KB | 8,324 words | Posted:

477 Innocent at Large by Poul Anderson

A hayseed Martian among big-planet slickers. of course he would get into trouble. But that was nothing compared to the trouble he would be in if he did not get into trouble!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 596 | Votes: 29 | Score: 7.92
Size: 38KB | 7,168 words | Posted:

478 The Devil in Iron by Robert E. Howard

Premium-sized adventure short featuring Conan. While one could say a lot against some of the sexist fantasies in Conan stories, Howard's stories always are crisp and satisfying through their completeness. Don't miss yet another from the master of adventure pulp!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 519 | Votes: 25 | Score: 7.92
Size: 67KB | 12,323 words | Posted:

479 The Measure of a Man by Randall Garrett

What is desirable is not always necessary, while that which is necessary may be most undesirable. Perhaps the measure of a man is the ability to tell one from the other. and act on it.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 486 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.92
Size: 22KB | 4,189 words | Posted:

480 When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard

An Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 692 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 632KB | 120,194 words | Posted:
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