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571 The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton

Varta, the last of the virgin Maiden of Asti, is watching her world die. The barbarians of Klem have hunted Memphir to its death and even here, in the forgotten mountain retreat of Asti, Varta can smell the stench of the fires of their destruction. It's time to leave.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 823 | Votes: 51 | Score: 7.70
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572 The King of the City by Keith Laumer

He was a sort of taxi-driver, delivering a commuter to the city. The tank traps and armored cars were the hazards of the trade!
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Downloads: 617 | Votes: 38 | Score: 7.70
Size: 52KB | 10,279 words | Posted:

573 A Transmutation of Muddles by H. B. Fyfe

An experienced horse-trader, bargain-haggler, and general swapper has a very special talent for turning two headaches into one aspirin pill....
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Downloads: 295 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
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574 A Stone and a Spear by Raymond F. Jones

Given: The future is probabilities merging into one certainty. Proposition: Can the probabilities be made improbables so that the certainty becomes impossible?
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Downloads: 321 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
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575 Hail to the Chief by Randall Garrett

A great politician need not be a statesman. but it is inherently futile to be a great statesman, and no politician. Except, of course, for a miracle.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 353 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
Size: 71KB | 12,910 words | Posted:

576 Shipping Clerk by Joseph Samachson

If Ollie knew the work he was doing, he would have resigned--if resigning were possible!
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Downloads: 644 | Votes: 57 | Score: 7.70
Size: 31KB | 5,977 words | Posted:

577 The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley

When Myles Cabot, inventor of radio transmission of matter, found himself alone on an unknown continent of the planet Venus, he realized that getting back to his old headquarters and his loved ones presented some impossible problems. He'd have to settle a war between primitive natives and an unholy alliance of monsters, dinosaurs and giant insects. He'd have to build an electronic device from raw rocks and untapped resources. And if he succeeded in all that, he'd still have to find his way home
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Futuristic, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 531 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.69
Size: 399KB | 72,734 words | Posted:

578 Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper

Lane Fleming was a prominent collector of antique firearms. One night when he was working in his gunroom on a new acquisition, a shot rang out and he was found dead on the floor. The coroner somewhat hastily ruled that the death was an accident; more sober heads assumed it was suicide, but that the truth was hushed up for fear of scuppering a major takeover deal involving Fleming's company.
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Downloads: 1223 | Votes: 37 | Score: 7.69
Size: 375KB | 69,212 words | Posted:

579 The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst

What is the mystery centered in Jupiter's famous "Red Spot"? Two fighting Earthmen, caught by the "Pipe-men" like their vanished comrades, soon find out.
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Downloads: 235 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.69
Size: 132KB | 24,169 words | Posted:

580 Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper

To upset the stable, mighty stream of time would probably take an enormous concentration of energy. And it's not to be expected that a man would get a second chance at life. But an atomic might accomplish both--
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Downloads: 785 | Votes: 56 | Score: 7.69
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