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551 Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett

Millions of years in the distant future, a posthuman scientist is attempting to build a time machine and tests it by sending two boxes with a hastily gathered batch of educational toys into the past. When the boxes fails to return, he believes the entire experiment to be a failure, he discontinues his efforts. One box arrives in the middle of the 20th century and the second in the latter part of the 19th century. Both have had their time-travel circuitry irreparably damaged by the journey.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1246 | Votes: 65 | Score: 7.74
Size: 64KB | 11,428 words | Posted:

552 The Alternate Plan by Gerry Maddren

The operation was a very serious one and Bart Neely was willing to put himself into Dr. Morton's hands. But if things turned out badly, Bart was going to teach them a lesson. He was going to refuse to die.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 431 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.74
Size: 10KB | 1,931 words | Posted:

553 The Contagion by Ernest Bywater

A deadly virus sweeps the world bringing dead back to life. A Think Tank Group is at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex when the alert is issued. Its senior members join in a conference with the Commander of the United States Northern Command who relays their orders from the Pentagon. Maximilian 'Mad Max' Milton, the 2nd in-charge of the Think Tank gives reason to his nickname, and the war is on with those afflicted with The Contagion. Will they win the war, can they win the war? 11,400 words. / (Reviews)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Pandemic, Politics, Horror, Military, Zombies
Downloads: 1901 | Votes: 108 | Score: 7.74
Size: 59KB | 11,254 words | Posted: Concluded:

554 Toy Shop by Harry Harrison

The gadget was strictly, beyond any question, a toy. Not a real, workable device. Except for the way it could work under a man's mental skin....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1001 | Votes: 73 | Score: 7.74
Size: 10KB | 1,907 words | Posted:

555 The Space Rover by Edwin K. Sloat

Young Winford heads a desperate escape from the prison mines of Mercury.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 495 | Votes: 36 | Score: 7.74
Size: 50KB | 9,135 words | Posted:

556 The Radio Man by Ralph Milne Farley

The exciting first novel in the "Radio Man" series of stories starring Myles Cabot. Read about his advent on the planet Venus, his encounter with the Ant-Men and the Cupians (human-like beings).
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 569 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.72
Size: 257KB | 48,002 words | Posted:

557 The Crystal Crypt by Phillip K. Dick

Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl. and the grim red planet was not far behind. First published in 1954.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 338 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.72
Size: 40KB | 7,412 words | Posted:

558 Breakaway by Stanley Gimble

She surely got her wish. but there was some question about getting what she wanted.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 246 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.72
Size: 11KB | 2,203 words | Posted:

559 The Hohokam Dig by Theodore Pratt

From_ where _had these attacking Indians come? Out of a long forgotten and dim past? Had their medicine man seen the one supreme vision?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 476 | Votes: 49 | Score: 7.72
Size: 24KB | 4,538 words | Posted:

560 Programmed Evolution by Rodriac Copen

In the distant future, the interstellar starship Calypso and its human crew encounter a gigantic megastructure inhabited by ancient robots known as the Custodians. As the humans, led by Lieutenant Brenda Ivanova, attempt to restore ancient data to uncover the robots’ origins, they face ethical dilemmas about the nature of self-awareness and the evolution of these machines. Amidst philosophical debates and crucial decisions, leading the humans to rethink how to aid these robots in their evolution
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Futuristic, Robots, AI
Downloads: 681 | Votes: 42 | Score: 7.72
Size: 56KB | 9,664 words | Posted:
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