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61 A Terran Trader on Toolondo by FantasyLover

Captain Marc Parker makes a living making four-year hyperspace round-trips to trade with the Karkallians, a race distant from Terra. He meets and falls in love with a beautiful young Karkallian woman, all while trying to avoid screwing up and committing a faux pas while dealing with different social norms between Terrans and Karkallians. He also has to deal with what he learns about her father. Inadvertently becoming involved in a political intrigue, Parker suddenly finds that he's now a targe
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Futuristic, Nanotechnology, Robots, AI, Coming of Age, Politics, Rags To Riches
Downloads: 7619 | Votes: 248 | Score: 8.91
Size: 427KB | 78,586 words | Posted: Concluded:

62 The Asses of Balaam by Randall Garrett

The remarkable characteristic of Balaam's ass was that it was more perceptive than its master. Sometimes a child is more perceptive--because more straightforward and logical--than an adult....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 465 | Votes: 21 | Score: 8.91
Size: 45KB | 8,404 words | Posted:

63 When in Rome by FantasyLover

Modern-day Marine Steven Harris is seriously wounded and on a flight to Germany for further treatment. Instead, he awakens in 200 BC Rome. Aside from wondering how the hell he ended up there--or if he was merely dreaming--he wonders how to go about supporting himself. Then he learns the "why" of his transfer and his life becomes a bit more complicated.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Time Travel
Tags: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Universe, Violence, War, Military, Rags To Riches, Fantasy
Downloads: 9987 | Votes: 269 | Score: 8.90
Size: 606KB | 113,931 words | Posted: Concluded:

64 The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton

A Time Traders/Ross Murdock Story
Travis Fox, Apache Indian and an expert in time travel, volunteers for a mission to colonize the planet of Topaz. But when he and his fellow Apaches find themselves reverting to the ways of their ancient warrior race, Fox suspects that a dangerous force is responsible--and that there's more at stake than just their lives.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Super Hero, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2974 | Votes: 95 | Score: 8.89
Size: 311KB | 57,578 words | Posted:

65 Jade Force #9 Refugees Part 2 by Lazlo Zalezac

A Jade Force Story (9)
The Sumar refugees are still living in the refugee camp. The end of the Sumar/Desera war is nowhere in sight. It is time for them to be looking ahead to the future. An uncertain future is offered to them by Jade Force. Will they take it?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Alternate Universe
Downloads: 1897 | Votes: 94 | Score: 8.88
Size: 133KB | 25,838 words | Posted: Concluded:

66 Happy Harry and the Lee Girls by Lazlo Zalezac

Da Lee and Shao Lee come to America chasing the American Dream. Instead, they find themselves trapped in a hellish nightmare. No one escapes from Hell alone.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance, Drama, Horror
Downloads: 1059 | Votes: 50 | Score: 8.87
Size: 182KB | 35,122 words | Posted: Concluded:

67 Space Prison by Tom Godwin

a colony ship en route to planet Athena 500 light years away is attacked by the Gerns, an alien race with a deep hatred of humans. The colonists are enslaved and some are taken to work on Athena while others are taken to the prison planet Ragnarok. Ragnarok, however, turns out to be an inhospitable world, populated by deadly, aggressive creatures. The novels follows the stranded humans through several generations as they try to survive there.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1629 | Votes: 81 | Score: 8.87
Size: 290KB | 54,384 words | Posted:

68 First Lensman by E. E. Smith

In the not too distance future, while fleets of commercial space ships travel between the planets of numerous solar systems, a traveler named Virgil Samms visits the planet Arisia. There Samms helps to form the Galactic Patrol, a battalion of Lensmen who are larger than life heroes. These solders are the best of the best, with incredible skills, stealth, and drive.They are dedicated and incorruptible fighters who are willing to die to protect the universe from threats.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 4335 | Votes: 73 | Score: 8.87
Size: 558KB | 98,940 words | Posted:

69 A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice-Burroughs

John Carter, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War, goes prospecting in Arizona immediately after the war's end. Having struck a rich vein of gold, he runs afoul of the Apaches. While attempting to evade pursuit by hiding in a sacred cave, he is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Alternate Universe, Romance, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1296 | Votes: 58 | Score: 8.86
Size: 359KB | 67,116 words | Posted:

70 Cut to the Quick by C.Brink

A Make the Cut Story (5)
The fifth and final book in the "Make the Cut" series. If you have not yet read this series, you should probably start with book one. This story is about John Abrams finding his place in the new world he helped bring into existence and using his authority to bring about a risky resolution to the threat posed by the alien Assemblage. Note, the glossary at the end of book four will have a helpful timeline.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Aliens, Space, Clones, Nanotechnology, AI, Science
Downloads: 5681 | Votes: 60 | Score: 8.86
Size: 1418KB | 250,852 words | Posted: Concluded:
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