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491 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:

492 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: 317 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.86
Size: 55KB | 9,773 words | Posted:

493 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:

494 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: 460 | Votes: 30 | Score: 7.86
Size: 33KB | 6,142 words | Posted:

495 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:

496 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:

497 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:

498 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
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Downloads: 590 | Votes: 39 | Score: 7.85
Size: 36KB | 6,467 words | Posted:

499 The Trouble With Telstar by John Berryman

The real trouble with communications satellites is the enormous difficulty of repairing even the simplest little trouble. You need such a loooong screwdriver.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 545 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.84
Size: 71KB | 13,898 words | Posted:

500 Clean Break by Roger D. Aycock

A veteran veterinarian might have vamoosed--but Watts had to help any sick animal....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 475 | Votes: 37 | Score: 7.84
Size: 32KB | 5,476 words | Posted:
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