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501 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:

502 Half Past Alligator by Donald Colvin

It takes sportsmanship to make a ball team. and foul play to get a backward race civilized!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 253 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.85
Size: 26KB | 4,650 words | Posted:

503 Sorry: Wrong Dimension by Ross Rocklynne

So the baby had a pet monster. And so nobody but baby could see it. And so a couple of men dropped out of thin air to check and see if the monster was licensed or not. So what's strange about that?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 699 | Votes: 73 | Score: 7.85
Size: 16KB | 3,087 words | Posted:

504 Sunrunner by K. P. Sweeney

The gods have long since left and magic has gone along with them. Might is found at the trigger of a gun and adventure is found in the stars. Sunrunner is a fast-paced, sci-fi adventure with a tinge of eldritch horror. Follow a motley crew of mercenaries as they are swept up in a tale of corporate overreach gone awry.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Futuristic, Nanotechnology, Robots, Drama, Violence, Horror, Bounty Hunters, Drugs, Fantasy, Elves
Downloads: 4719 | Votes: 71 | Score: 7.85
Size: 397KB | 72,157 words | Posted: in progress Updated:

505 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 546 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.84
Size: 71KB | 13,898 words | Posted:

506 Morale - a Story of the War of 1941-43 by Murray Leinster

The Wabbly, uncombatable engine of war, spreads unparalleled death and destruction--until Sergeant Walpole "strikes at the morale" of its crew.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 450 | Votes: 29 | Score: 7.84
Size: 57KB | 10,305 words | Posted:

507 Missing Link by Frank Herbert

The Romantics used to say that the eyes were the windows of the Soul. A good Alien Xenologist might not put it quite so poetically. but he can, if he's sharp, read a lot in the look of an eye!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 379 | Votes: 25 | Score: 7.84
Size: 32KB | 5,877 words | Posted:

508 Printcrime by Cory Doctorow

A man goes to prison for illegal printing.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 436 | Votes: 28 | Score: 7.84
Size: 3KB | 753 words | Posted:

509 Where Stars Sleep in a Calm Black Stream by Haro James

Sometimes you do find what you were looking for in high school - then have to decide if it is a good thing or not. ~ 4300 words.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 498 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.84
Size: 23KB | 4,366 words | Posted:

510 Sea Legs by Frank Quattrocchi

Rootless and footloose, a man in space can't help but dream of coming home. But something nobody should do is bet on the validity of a homesick dream!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 417 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.83
Size: 76KB | 14,149 words | Posted:
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