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501 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: 255 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.85
Size: 26KB | 4,650 words | Posted:

502 Salvage in Space by Jack Williamson

To Thad Allen, meteor miner, comes the dangerous bonanza of a derelict rocket-flier manned by death invisible.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1178 | Votes: 93 | Score: 7.85
Size: 47KB | 8,617 words | Posted:

503 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: 457 | Votes: 29 | Score: 7.84
Size: 57KB | 10,305 words | Posted:

504 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:

505 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: 439 | Votes: 28 | Score: 7.84
Size: 3KB | 753 words | Posted:

506 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: 313 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.84
Size: 23KB | 4,456 words | Posted:

507 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:

508 The Mercenaries by H. Beam Piper

Once, wars were won by maneuvering hired fighting men; now wars are different--and the hired experts are different. But the human problems remain!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1045 | Votes: 44 | Score: 7.83
Size: 49KB | 8,643 words | Posted:

509 Alarm Clock by Everett B. Cole

Most useful high explosives, like ammonium nitrate, are enormously violent. once they're triggered. But they will remain seemingly inert when beaten, burned, variously punished--until the particular shock required comes along....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 635 | Votes: 34 | Score: 7.83
Size: 65KB | 12,433 words | Posted:

510 Destiny Interlude: a Summer Cruise by Lumpy

A Destiny Saga Story
A Destiny Saga Short Story. After a long year Caspian and his family decide to take a relaxing summer cruise through the Caribbean. Sadly, it seems things never go as they are planned for Caspian. His summer vacation is interrupted when some new friends need a helping hand.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Coming of Age, Romance, Violence, Travel
Downloads: 2420 | Votes: 95 | Score: 7.83
Size: 77KB | 15,473 words | Posted: Concluded:
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