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971 Navy Day by Harry Harrison

The Army had a new theme song: "Anything you can do, we can do better!" And they meant _anything_, including up-to-date hornpipes!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 614 | Votes: 49 | Score: 7.14
Size: 10KB | 1,856 words | Posted:

972 The Best Made Plans by Everett B. Cole

There are some people that it is extremely unwise to cross. and the fireworks start when two such people cross each other!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 525 | Votes: 15 | Score: 7.14
Size: 230KB | 43,665 words | Posted:

973 The Feeling by Roger D. Aycock

If this story holds true in real practice, it may reveal something about us that we've never known.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 218 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.14
Size: 10KB | 1,998 words | Posted:

974 The Six Fingers of Time by R. A. Lafferty

Time is money. Time heals all wounds. Given time, anything is possible. And now he had all the time in the world!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 311 | Votes: 18 | Score: 7.13
Size: 50KB | 9,686 words | Posted:

975 Lost in Translation by Laurence M. Janifer

In language translation, you may get a literally accurate word-for-word translation. but miss the meaning entirely. And in space-type translation. the effect may be the same!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 262 | Votes: 17 | Score: 7.13
Size: 23KB | 4,224 words | Posted:

976 The Deadly Daughters by Winston Marks

These gorgeous fanatics were equally at home with men, murder, or matrimony, and they used all three with amazing success.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 398 | Votes: 19 | Score: 7.13
Size: 19KB | 3,536 words | Posted:

977 Oops by Chaon

How does the world end? Not with a bang or a whimper but with an oops.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Near Future
Downloads: 875 | Votes: 65 | Score: 7.13
Size: 13KB | 2,475 words | Posted:

978 Who Were They? by Chaon

They arrived from deep space and ignored us. When they left, they left scars all over the planet and especially on our souls. We didn't know who they were or why they came, but when they left, we knew what they had done.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Aliens, Space
Downloads: 1170 | Votes: 87 | Score: 7.12
Size: 15KB | 3,164 words | Posted:

979 Remember the Alamo! by T. R. Fehrenbach

This Is, I Think, One of the Most Powerful Comments on the Modern Social Philosophy I Have Seen--a Really Blood-Chilling Little Tale....
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 400 | Votes: 21 | Score: 7.11
Size: 22KB | 4,241 words | Posted:

980 New Hire by Dave Dryfoos

Very admirable rule: Never do tomorrow what you can put off until after the age of forty!
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 276 | Votes: 16 | Score: 7.11
Size: 11KB | 2,179 words | Posted:
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