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551 The Common Man by Mack Reynolds

It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him. And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 555 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.75
Size: 82KB | 15,372 words | Posted:

552 Atom Drive by Charles L. Fontenay

It was a race between the tortoise and the hare. But this hare was using some dirty tricks to make sure the ending would be different....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 414 | Votes: 31 | Score: 7.74
Size: 38KB | 7,008 words | Posted:

553 The Return by A Scribe

A story in the Warhammer 40K Universe
The Sisters of Battle, get some literary attention.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, War, Military
Downloads: 439 | Votes: 18 | Score: 7.74
Size: 20KB | 3,754 words | Posted:

554 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: 1245 | Votes: 65 | Score: 7.74
Size: 64KB | 11,428 words | Posted:

555 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: 422 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.74
Size: 10KB | 1,931 words | Posted:

556 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: 1881 | Votes: 108 | Score: 7.74
Size: 59KB | 11,254 words | Posted: Concluded:

557 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: 489 | Votes: 36 | Score: 7.74
Size: 50KB | 9,135 words | Posted:

558 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: 528 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.72
Size: 257KB | 48,002 words | Posted:

559 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: 336 | Votes: 26 | Score: 7.72
Size: 40KB | 7,412 words | Posted:

560 Pagan Passions by Randall Garrett

Earth has transformed overnight: The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome have returned to Earth with all their awesome powers intact. War on any scale was outlawed, along with boom-and-bust economic cycles, and prudery but no change was more startling than the face of New York, where the Empire State Building has become the Tower of Zeus...
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 605 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.72
Size: 245KB | 44,928 words | Posted:
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