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861 The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix by Homer Eon Flint

Bringing proofs which will satisfy the most skeptical Dr. William G. Kinney G. Van Emmon E. Williams Jackson and John W. Smith who left the earth on December 9 in a powerful sky-car of the doctor's design returned on the 23rd after having explored the two planets which lie between the earth and the sun.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 169 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 365KB | 66,466 words | Posted:

862 The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life by Homer Eon Flint

In The Lord of Death, four scientists, aided by reverse-magnetism, travel to a dead planet where they discover that one human's lust for power destroyed all life there-except for him. In suspended animation, he awaits the newcomers. In The Queen of Life, (considered a feminist tale) the scientists (one has revealed herself as a woman) travel to a planet encased in a glass sphere to protect the overpopulated planet from the sun's radiation. Conflict leads to a riot.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 163 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 257KB | 47,514 words | Posted:

863 This World Must Die! by H. B. Fyfe

Social living requires the elimination, or at very best, the modification of many elements necessary to survival in "nature". And when an emergency arises, very often it is the person who would be considered a "criminal", in other situations, who alone is able to cope with the necessities. If we manage to eliminate "violence" from human affairs, what will we find when a need for "violence" arises--a need outside of man's artificial control of his environment?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 251 | Votes: 13 | Score: 7.28
Size: 43KB | 7,854 words | Posted:

864 The Last Supper by T. D. Hamm

Before reading this story, prepare yourself for a jolt and a chill in capsule form. O. Henry could have been proud of it. It could well become a minor classic.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 256 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.28
Size: 2KB | 467 words | Posted:

865 Anthem by Ayn Rand

In a future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, and all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment, Equality 7-2521 dares to stand apart from the herd--to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance, Violence, Fantasy, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 716 | Votes: 20 | Score: 7.27
Size: 95KB | 19,115 words | Posted:

866 Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg

Consider the poor mailman of the future. To "sleet and snow and dead of night"--things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds--will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won't stay put. Maybe he'll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain't worth it.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 353 | Votes: 29 | Score: 7.27
Size: 15KB | 2,713 words | Posted:

867 The Day Time Stopped Moving by Ed Earl Repp

All Dave Miller wanted to do was commit suicide in peace. He tried, but the things that happened after he'd pulled the trigger were all wrong. Like everyone standing around like statues. No St. Peter, no pearly gate, no pitchforks or halos. He might just as well have saved the bullet!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 610 | Votes: 47 | Score: 7.27
Size: 32KB | 5,973 words | Posted:

868 After a Few Words by Randall Garrett

This is a science-fiction story. History is a science; the other part is, as all Americans know, the most fictional field we have today.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 570 | Votes: 24 | Score: 7.26
Size: 15KB | 2,904 words | Posted:

869 The Terror of Air-level Six by Harl Vincent

From some far reach of leagueless Space came a great pillar of flame to lay waste and terrorize the Earth.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 271 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.26
Size: 88KB | 16,128 words | Posted:

870 Spacemen Die at Home by Edward W. Ludwig

One man's retreat is another's prison. and it takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 444 | Votes: 32 | Score: 7.26
Size: 25KB | 4,919 words | Posted:
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