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801 The Affair of the Brains by Anthony Gilmore

Hawk Carse himself goes to keep Judd the Kite's rendezvous with the sinister genius Ku Sui.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 343 | Votes: 6 | Score: 7.36
Size: 135KB | 24,162 words | Posted:

802 A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury

An old woman comes to Mars because a fraudulent travel agent offers a "trip to heaven". She and other members of her traveling group find an extremely battered and derelict rocket which was supposed to be used for the last part of the trip. And it is used for that trip, in a pretty literal sense.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 482 | Votes: 31 | Score: 7.35
Size: 13KB | 2,595 words | Posted:

803 After London, Wild England by Richard Jefferies

After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part, The Relapse into Barbarism, is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, Wild England, is an adventure set many years later in the wild landscape and society.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 1206 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.35
Size: 454KB | 84,075 words | Posted:

804 The Fifth-dimension Catapult by Murray Leinster

The story of Tommy Reames' extraordinary rescue of Professor Denham and his daughter--marooned in the fifth dimension.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 519 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.35
Size: 122KB | 22,233 words | Posted:

805 Vital Ingredient by Charles V. De Vet

It is man's most precious possession--no living thing can exist without it. But when they gave it to Orville, it killed him.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 313 | Votes: 24 | Score: 7.35
Size: 16KB | 2,928 words | Posted:

806 The Problem Makers by Robert Hoskins

They had only one mission in the Galaxy, with its infinite problems--make more of 'em!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 199 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.35
Size: 71KB | 13,133 words | Posted:

807 Operation R.S.v.P by H. Beam Piper

A gem of short story in the form of correspondence between the leaders of two opposing Political Blocs whose escalation of hostilities is rapidly suppressed from a surprise third party.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 409 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.35
Size: 17KB | 2,810 words | Posted:

808 R/red63tennis by Gerald Armitage

A writing prompt that I decided to build out into a story. I was thinking of the old twist at the end pulp stories in terms of the genre with a bit of a supra-normal element. A Reddit subreddit called r/red63tennis has some strange coincidences until one of its users seeks some help. It's a short piece but I had fun writing it.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 342 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.35
Size: 15KB | 2,875 words | Posted:

809 Advance Agent by Christopher Anvil

Raveling Porcy's systematized enigma, Dan found himself with a spy's worst break--he was saddled with the guise of a famed man!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
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Downloads: 385 | Votes: 14 | Score: 7.35
Size: 60KB | 11,188 words | Posted:

810 Sjambak by John Holbrook Vance

Wilbur Murphy sought romance, excitement, and an impossible Horseman of Space. With polite smiles, the planet frustrated him at every turn--until he found them all the hard way!
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Downloads: 184 | Votes: 7 | Score: 7.35
Size: 53KB | 9,493 words | Posted:
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