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491 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: 718 | Votes: 56 | Score: 7.87
Size: 43KB | 7,893 words | Posted:

492 The Odyssey of Sam Meecham by Charles E. Fritch

The underlying struggle, if you look into the characters' hearts, is terrifyingly real and human--the kind of struggle so many of us go through. But Sam Meecham was lucky. He not only got what he wanted, but something he hadn't realized he wanted.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 265 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.87
Size: 18KB | 3,479 words | Posted:

493 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
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Downloads: 553 | Votes: 41 | Score: 7.87
Size: 72KB | 13,524 words | Posted:

494 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
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Downloads: 1629 | Votes: 42 | Score: 7.86
Size: 278KB | 51,111 words | Posted:

495 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
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Downloads: 178 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.86
Size: 58KB | 10,830 words | Posted:

496 The People of the Crater by Andre Norton

"Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These were the tasks Garin must perform to fulfill the prophecy of the Ancient Ones--and establish his own destiny in this hidden land!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 936 | Votes: 46 | Score: 7.86
Size: 82KB | 15,382 words | Posted:

497 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
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Downloads: 321 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.86
Size: 55KB | 9,773 words | Posted:

498 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
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Downloads: 377 | Votes: 35 | Score: 7.86
Size: 34KB | 6,206 words | Posted:

499 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
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Downloads: 468 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.86
Size: 33KB | 6,142 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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Downloads: 592 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.85
Size: 36KB | 6,467 words | Posted:
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