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491 And Devious the Line of Duty by Tom Godwin

Sometimes the most diligent and loyal thing an old man can do is fumble, drink beer, and let a young man get into trouble....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 545 | Votes: 41 | Score: 7.87
Size: 72KB | 13,524 words | Posted:

492 Heist Job on Thizar by Randall Garrett

In the future, we may discover new planets; our ships may rocket to new worlds; robots may be smarter than people. But we'll still have slick characters willing and able to turn a fast buck--even though they have to be smarter than Einstein to do it.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 299 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.86
Size: 23KB | 4,456 words | Posted:

493 Appointment in Tomorrow by Fritz Leiber

Is it possible to have a world without moral values? Or does lack of morality become a moral value, also?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 317 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.86
Size: 55KB | 9,773 words | Posted:

494 Warning From the Stars by Ron Cocking

Don't believe in flying saucers? Neither do we, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there can be no other way for Earth to get its last....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 377 | Votes: 35 | Score: 7.86
Size: 34KB | 6,206 words | Posted:

495 The Guardians by Irving E.Cox

It's not always "The Truth shall set you free!" Sometimes it's "Want of the Truth shall drive you to escape!" And that can be dangerous!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 464 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.86
Size: 33KB | 6,142 words | Posted:

496 The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Murray Leinster

If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 692 | Votes: 55 | Score: 7.86
Size: 43KB | 7,893 words | Posted:

497 Empire by Clifford D. Simak

In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidentally develop a completely new form of energy supply and threaten the corporation's monopoly. Naturally, the corporation can't allow this to happen... A stunning story about the manipulation of pure energy, climaxing in interstellar conflict.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1581 | Votes: 42 | Score: 7.86
Size: 278KB | 51,111 words | Posted:

498 The Floating Island of Madness by Jason Kirby

Far above the Arabian Desert three Secret Service men find an aerial island whose inhabitants are--madmen.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 178 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.86
Size: 58KB | 10,830 words | Posted:

499 The Flying City by H. Thompson Rich

From Space came Cor's disc-city of Vada--its mighty, age-old engines weakening--its horde of dwarfs hungry for the Earth!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 253 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.85
Size: 58KB | 10,112 words | Posted:

500 Diplomatic Immunity by Robert Sheckley

He said he wasn't immortal--but nothing could kill him. Still, if the Earth was to live as a free world, he had to die.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 590 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.85
Size: 36KB | 6,467 words | Posted:
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