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251 From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon by Jules Verne

After the American Civil War, members of the Baltimore Gun Club find themselves idle. To regain purpose, club president proposes launching a projectile to the Moon.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science, Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 26 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 521KB | 89,957 words | Posted:

252 The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

A shop owner steps outside his shop one afternoon and is horrified to see a man hanging from a lamppost in the town square.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Horror, Science Fiction, Vignettes
Downloads: 59 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 28KB | 5,349 words | Posted:

253 Off on a Comet! a Journey Through Planetary Space by Jules Verne

The story begins in Algeria, where a French army officer and his orderly Ben Zoof experience a massive shockwave.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Parody, Science, Science Fiction, Space, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 23 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 571KB | 100,401 words | Posted:

254 In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne

The story begins in Scotland, where Lord Glenarvan of the yacht Duncan finds a bottle washed ashore, containing a message in three languages.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Travel, Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 34 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 868KB | 155,156 words | Posted:

255 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Edgar Allan Poe

The book continues Poe’s blend of Gothic horror, satire, mystery, and adds humorous and philosophical tales.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Romance, Parody, Science Fiction, Gothic, Vignettes
Downloads: 13 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 549KB | 99,725 words | Posted:

256 Mars Is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long

Jed Hargraves is a rebellious Earthman who finds himself caught between the interests of Earth's controlling elite and Mars' revolutionary movement.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Politics, Science Fiction, Space, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 38 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 336KB | 65,458 words | Posted:

257 Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne

A five-week journey across the African continent in a specially designed hydrogen balloon called the Victoria.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Travel, Science Fiction, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 22 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 509KB | 91,593 words | Posted:

258 The Man the Martians Made by Frank Belknap Long

The story begins with a space expedition returning from Mars.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction, Space, Vignettes
Downloads: 18 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 39KB | 7,722 words | Posted:

259 Lorelei of the Red Mist by Leigh Brackett

The protagonist is a notorious outlaw and smuggler who is mortally wounded while fleeing from a heist gone wrong on the planet Venus.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Pulp Classic, Vignettes
Downloads: 28 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 122KB | 22,989 words | Posted:

260 The Vibration Wasps by Frank Belknap Long

The story centers around a brilliant scientist investigating strange vibrational phenomena in a remote region of Earth.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Horror, Science Fiction, Vignettes
Downloads: 10 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 33KB | 6,112 words | Posted:
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