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721 Holes, Incorporated by L. Major Reynolds

Would you like to see all hell break loose? Just make a few holes in nothing at all--push some steel beams through the holes--and then head for the hills. But first, read what happened to some people who really did it.
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Downloads: 529 | Votes: 44 | Score: 7.45
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722 The Gravity Business by James E. Gunn

This little alien beggar could dictate his own terms, but how could he--and how could anyone find out what those terms might be?
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Downloads: 300 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.45
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723 Progress Report by Mark Clifton

Progress is relative; Senator O'Noonan's idea of it was not particularly scientific. Which would be too bad, if he had the last word!
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Downloads: 327 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.45
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724 The Skull by Phillip K. Dick

Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. He wasn't concerned about getting the wrong man. He knew what the man looked like. There was no way he could make a mistake about his target's identity -- he had the man's skull under his shoulder.
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Downloads: 286 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.45
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725 The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson

"A new invention. Just perfected a few weeks ago..." Wireless transmission of matter
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Downloads: 505 | Votes: 22 | Score: 7.45
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726 The Gun by Phillip K. Dick

The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However, they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship, a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area, where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope.
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Downloads: 1040 | Votes: 69 | Score: 7.45
Size: 26KB | 4,901 words | Posted:

727 Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard

This story follows a young Conan (still called the Cimmerian during this era) as he pursues a beautiful nymph across a frozen land, making all kinds of enemies along the way.
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Downloads: 431 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.45
Size: 17KB | 3,213 words | Posted:

728 The Wizzard by Laurence M. Janifer

This novel presents timeless themes of faith, redemption, civil conflict, and betrayal. Set in the lost world of central Africa in the 1890's, the Children of Fire and their fatefull visit from " Messenger", a missionary named Thomas Owen. Tribal mysticism and culture clash with Victorian era values of Christianity , with some intrigue, adventure and epic battles.
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Downloads: 230 | Votes: 11 | Score: 7.45
Size: 39KB | 7,339 words | Posted:

729 Cubs of the Wolf by Raymond F. Jones

It may be that there is a weapon that, from the viewpoint of the one it's used on, is worse than lethal. You might say that death multiplies you by zero; what would multiplication by minus one do?
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Downloads: 308 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.45
Size: 93KB | 17,079 words | Posted:

730 Life Sentence by James V. McConnell

"Happy New Year!" she cried. But how often should one hear it said in a single lifetime?
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Downloads: 303 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.45
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