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471 The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard

In this epic, Conan fights to recover the throne of Aquilonia from Nemedian invaders aided by the Acheronian wizard Xaltoltun. This collection also includes 'The Hyborian Age,' a description of the times and lands that Conan was familiar with.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 811 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.90
Size: 399KB | 72,841 words | Posted:

472 Terrors Unseen by Harl Vincent

One after another the invisible robots escape Shelton's control--and their trail leads straight to the gangster chief Cadorna.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 188 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.90
Size: 50KB | 9,315 words | Posted:

473 The Cavern of the Shining Ones by Hal K. Wells

Layroh's hiring of husky down-and-outers for his expedition is part of a plan made ages past.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 228 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.90
Size: 47KB | 8,605 words | Posted:

474 The Snowball Effect by Katherine MacLean

Tack power drives on a sewing circle and you can needle the world into the darndest mess!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 220 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.89
Size: 27KB | 4,925 words | Posted:

475 I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Mack Reynolds

One can't be too cautious about the people one meets in Tangier. They're all weirdies of one kind or another. Me? Oh, I'm A Stranger Here Myself
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 401 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.89
Size: 10KB | 1,907 words | Posted:

476 The Quantum Jump by Robert Wicks

Captain Brandon was a pioneer. He explored the far reaches of space and reported back on how things were out there. So it was pretty disquieting to find out that the "far reaches of space" knew more about what went on at home than he did.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 617 | Votes: 47 | Score: 7.89
Size: 19KB | 3,657 words | Posted:

477 The Runaway Skyscraper by Murray Leinster

Highly entertaining story of a New York skyscraper being drawn into the past by a change in its fourth dimension. The building arrives in a time before Columbus's discovery of America. An enterprising engineer, a bank manager, and a office assistant save the people and the building.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1017 | Votes: 58 | Score: 7.89
Size: 89KB | 16,439 words | Posted:

478 Traders Risk by Roger D. Aycock

Keeping this cargo meant death--to jettison it meant to make flotsam and jetsam of a world!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 390 | Votes: 29 | Score: 7.89
Size: 28KB | 4,892 words | Posted:

479 Problem on Balak by Roger D. Aycock

Sometimes you can solve your problem by running out on it!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 208 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.89
Size: 25KB | 4,802 words | Posted:

480 Home Again, Home Again by Cory Doctorow

The customs officer isn't even human, so it feels like just another R&R, another halting conversation carried on in ugly trade-speak, another bewilderment of queues and luggage carousels. Outside: another spaceport, surrounded by the variegated hostels for the variegated tourists, and bipeds are in bare majority. The thing he can't think of it is, is a homecoming.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 268 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.89
Size: 56KB | 10,925 words | Posted:
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