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571 Pellucidar by Edgar Rice-Burroughs

A Sequel To At the Earth's Core. American David Innes narrates return to exotic, savage land below the Earth crust, old pal Abner Perry, female Mahar, an untamed wilderness where the sun never sets. He seeks beloved Beautiful Dian, torn away by trickery. He crosses the Pellucidar, the Land of Awful Shadow under a pendant moon, encounters prehistoric beasts & strange peoples.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 380 | Votes: 9 | Score: 7.70
Size: 303KB | 57,439 words | Posted:

572 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: 819 | Votes: 51 | Score: 7.70
Size: 30KB | 5,771 words | Posted:

573 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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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 617 | Votes: 38 | Score: 7.70
Size: 52KB | 10,279 words | Posted:

574 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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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 295 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
Size: 33KB | 6,195 words | Posted:

575 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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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 321 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
Size: 42KB | 7,805 words | Posted:

576 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
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 349 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.70
Size: 71KB | 12,910 words | Posted:

577 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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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 641 | Votes: 57 | Score: 7.70
Size: 31KB | 5,977 words | Posted:

578 Flight From Tomorrow by H. Beam Piper

Hunted and hated in two worlds, Hradzka dreamed of a monomaniac's glory, stranded in the past with his knowledge of the future. But he didn't know the past quite well enough....
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Downloads: 771 | Votes: 43 | Score: 7.70
Size: 45KB | 8,109 words | Posted:

579 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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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 777 | Votes: 56 | Score: 7.69
Size: 37KB | 6,971 words | Posted:

580 Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown

It is a tough decision to make--whether to give up your life so you can live it over again!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 272 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.69
Size: 12KB | 2,448 words | Posted:
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