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id: 50921
author: McKenty, Jack
title: $1,000 a Plate
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flesch: 83
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summary:
  Harvey listened with great interest, especially when Dr. Morton flatly stated that each casino, in turn, would get the same publicity in the horoscopes. Dr. Morton expressed wonder at their supply; Harvey explained that they were made right on Mars.


id: 32613
author: Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney)
title: Tabby
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words: 4177
sentence: 290
flesch: 87
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summary:
  Well, we heard the first screen door squeak open, and someone let out a whoop as the group moved out with brooms, palm fronds and sticks to snatch a path through the nightmare of spider webs. Everywhere outside, vision was obscured by the grayish film of webs on which little droplets caught the tropical sun like a million tiny mirrors.


id: 51545
author: Sheckley, Robert
title: The Sweeper of Loray
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words: 4476
sentence: 455
flesch: 88
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summary:
  That'll never do it, Professor Carver pointed out to Fred, with the interested air of a man watching a steam shovel in operation. Tastes like--what's wrong? Professor Carver was staring at Fred, his eyes wide with astonishment.


id: 51231
author: Dye, Charles
title: Syndrome Johnny
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words: 4971
sentence: 481
flesch: 84
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summary:
  Would you care for a lift home, Doctor Alcala? Doctor Ricardo Alcala will die in the next plague, he and his ill wife Nita and his ill little girl....


id: 59287
author: Walton, Bryce
title: Freeway
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words: 5235
sentence: 502
flesch: 92
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summary:
  Stan swung at it again. * * * Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.


id: 59267
author: Peattie, Edward
title: The Laboratorians
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words: 5340
sentence: 372
flesch: 80
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summary:
  He looked at the broad-shouldered young giant, Dr. Whitemarsh, and reflected that this man was rated the most promising scientist the Interspatial Corporation ever had. Here Dr. Whitemarsh was able to have a luxurious apartment in the New Dome sector, could hear lectures and concerts, and could even indulge in winter sports such as skiing in the lava around the craters (protected of course by a heated suit and an oxygen mask.)


id: 59498
author: Anderson, Poul
title: What Shall It Profit?
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words: 6698
sentence: 604
flesch: 86
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summary:
  But nature doesn't care about the individual, friend Radek. Radek shrugged and gave the slot a two-credit piece.


id: 59373
author: Anderson, Poul
title: Catalysis
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words: 7666
sentence: 717
flesch: 87
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summary:
  Gilchrist saw Catherine striding out of the room and hastened after her. Gilchrist yanked Catherine away.


id: 51126
author: Smith, Evelyn E.
title: The Princess and the Physicist
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words: 7879
sentence: 678
flesch: 83
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summary:
  Zen the Omnipotent longed for supernatural powers--for he was also Zen the All-Put-Upon, a galactic sucker! Zen the Terrible lay quiescent in the secret retreat which housed his corporeal being, all the aspects of his personality wallowing in the luxury of a day off.


id: 51075
author: Jones, Raymond F.
title: A Stone and a Spear
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words: 7943
sentence: 753
flesch: 88
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summary:
  My friend, Dr. Dell, is dying, Curt snapped out, refusing to sit down. Dr. Dell isn't going to run away.


id: 51201
author: Guin, Wyman
title: Volpla
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words: 8712
sentence: 816
flesch: 95
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summary:
  He greeted me in volpla language. There would be volpla colonies all up and down the Coast before anyone suspected.


id: 60803
author: Major, R. W.
title: Monument
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words: 1252
sentence: 71
flesch: 66
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summary:
  ] With his explanations to the reporters completed, Dr. King felt that when he pulled the switch he would automatically restore his good name and bring to a close a career of solid scientific achievement. Dr. King did not discover this process directly.


id: 51534
author: Wolfe, Bernard
title: Self Portrait
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words: 9762
sentence: 685
flesch: 85
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summary:
  Kujack was waiting in the fitting room to give them their first tryout, but when I got there I found Len sitting with him. Strange thing about Kujack, he hardly ever says a word to me, but he never closes his mouth when Len's around.


id: 59160
author: Holum, Lee B.
title: The 3rd Party
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words: 10593
sentence: 770
flesch: 81
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summary:
  I'm Roger Lorin, Roger replied. Roger Lorin and his wife waited near the entrances to the boarding tunnels for the announcement that would send them out under the field to their rocket.


id: 52009
author: Williams, Robert Moore
title: New Lamps
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words: 11342
sentence: 1055
flesch: 92
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summary:
  Now tell me what you are doing on Mars, Dr. Ronson? Ronson glanced hastily at the waiter, to make certain that he was out of earshot. Ronson came to the Red Planet on the strangest mission of all ... he only knew he wanted to see Les Ro, but he didn't know exactly why.


id: 32562
author: Sholto, Ralph
title: "And That's How It Was, Officer"
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words: 11674
sentence: 1038
flesch: 92
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summary:
  Uncle Peter checked him off and Bag Ears said, Jeeps! tomorrow every juke box in town can play 'Nearer my God to Thee.' I'm sure, Bag Ears, Joy said, that Tessie would sympathize with our efforts to keep Uncle Peter out of the electric chair.


id: 60421
author: Walton, Bryce
title: Security
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words: 4729
sentence: 370
flesch: 83
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summary:
  And even before that, during the months when Lewis was learning to control the Monster until it seemed an extension of his own nervous system, its work had become useless, due to unobtainable documents and personnel, not to mention lack of communication with other research centers. Lewis loved the Monster and felt the wasteful tragedy of its magnificent potential.


id: 60291
author: Nourse, Alan Edward
title: Bramble Bush
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words: 5188
sentence: 473
flesch: 88
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summary:
  Jack Dorffman burst in: What Dr. Lessing is saying is that they seem effective for our purposes. Lessing glanced sharply at his Field Director and sank down behind his desk with a sigh.


id: 63708
author: Sternig, Larry
title: Total Recall
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words: 3647
sentence: 308
flesch: 87
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summary:
  Roger Kay recognized Corvo North at once from the many photographs he had seen. You say that Corvo North believes there are but six or seven ingredients? Roger Kay nodded wearily.


id: 61228
author: Harmon, Jim
title: The Big Headache
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words: 5998
sentence: 652
flesch: 86
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summary:
  Mrs. Macklin? You are the other one, the clear feminine voice said. Do you have a license to dispense narcotics? What do you mean by that, Mrs. Macklin, Mitchell said sharply.


id: 62619
author: Knight, Damon
title: The Avenger
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words: 5166
sentence: 468
flesch: 91
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summary:
  * * * Young Peter Karson put the last black-print down and sighed with satisfaction. _Peter Karson was dead.


id: 61907
author: Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert)
title: Genesis!
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words: 6738
sentence: 578
flesch: 83
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summary:
  Captain Arlen quit trying to classify himself and his passengers. Captain Arlen corked the bottle and put it aside.


id: 51801
author: Duncan, David
title: The Immortals
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words: 11704
sentence: 1042
flesch: 85
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summary:
  When Dr. Peccary had first seen them, he'd cried out joyfully, You see, Staghorn, all young! Only her image, Dr. Peccary, Staghorn murmured.


id: 63632
author: Adams, James R.
title: Formula for Conquest
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words: 7424
sentence: 543
flesch: 86
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summary:
  Augie had succeeded in tearing one of the tough vines loose from the palace wall and now he lowered it to me, keeping a wary eye on the Hall door. Going quickly up the thin fiber strand, I stepped jubilantly over the rail--and found myself looking directly into the venom-filled eyes of Mon Pordo! Good-day, gendlemen! We watched the receding figures through the bars and, when Pordo was out of sight, Augie said through grim lips: I don't like it, Tod.


id: 7404
author: Burroughs, John
title: John James Audubon
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sentence: 1002
flesch: 72
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summary:
  After a few minutes had elapsed, he begged Captain Hall to ring a bell; a servant came and was asked to bid Miss Scott come to see Mr. Audubon. A visit from Basil Hall, with Mr. Audubon, the ornithologist, who has followed the pursuit by many a long wandering in the American forests.


id: 36189
author: Walsh, William Shepard
title: In Search of a Son
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words: 37262
sentence: 2199
flesch: 82
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summary:
  Then Miette repeated to Paul Monsieur Roger's story; she told him about the departure of Monsieur Roger, his wife, and their little George for America, their voyage on the ship, then the fire at sea. Two Friends 18 CHAPTER III. Monsieur Roger 26 CHAPTER IV. Monsieur Roger's Story 32 CHAPTER V. Fire at Sea 39 CHAPTER VI.


id: 32038
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Flaming Mountain: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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sentence: 3576
flesch: 90
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summary:
  When Rick Brant and his pal Dan Scott fly to the famous resort island to join Rick's father, head of the Spindrift Scientific Foundation, a seemingly inactive volcano is about to explode in an eruption which could easily blow San Luz off the map. It was dark when they rolled out of Calor, Rick driving.


id: 32059
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Pirates of Shan: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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flesch: 92
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summary:
  Rick braced himself for the shock_ THE PIRATES OF SHAN CHAPTER I The Missing Scientists We'd better do something, Rick Brant stated grimly, and we'd better do it fast. Rick half drew his kris, but Chahda whispered hoarsely, Wait!


id: 31598
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Egyptian Cat Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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sentence: 3758
flesch: 90
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summary:
  A snub-nosed revolver was pointed at Rick's midriff_ _ Hands pulled Rick from the saddle_ THE EGYPTIAN CAT MYSTERY CHAPTER I The Winston Plan


id: 31581
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Scarlet Lake Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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words: 42955
sentence: 3932
flesch: 91
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  Rick hung in the air, as though suspended by some weird magic_ CHAPTER I Spindrift Rick Brant released the sling pouch with his left hand and let it drop smoothly to the end of its double string. What are you two doing? Scotty just won the rock-throwing championship of the East Coast, Rick told her.


id: 5230
author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
title: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance
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sentence: 3559
flesch: 87
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summary:
  While these things were going on in the parlour, and while Mr. Huxter was watching Mr. Marvel smoking his pipe against the gate, not a dozen yards away were Mr. Hall and Teddy Henfrey discussing in a state of cloudy puzzlement the one Iping topic. Said he'd consider it.


id: 34067
author: Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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sentence: 1579
flesch: 50
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title:
  Catholic Churchmen in Science [First Series] Sketches of the Lives of Catholic Ecclesiastics Who Were Among the Great Founders in Science

summary:
  He listened to this without any impatience, and she said it a number of other times, half jokingly perhaps, but much more than half in earnest. During the Thirty Years' War, however, the invasion of Germany very seriously disturbed university work, and finally in 1631 Father Kircher was sent by his superiors to Avignon in South France, where he continued his teaching some four years, attracting no little attention by his wide interest in many sciences and by various scientific works that showed him to be a man of very broad genius.


id: 25992
author: Brewster, David
title: The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
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flesch: 52
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summary:
  Niccolini, however, recommended the palace of the Archbishop Piccolomoni as a more suitable residence; and though the Archbishop was one of Galileo's best friends, the Pope agreed to the arrangement, and in the beginning of July Galileo quitted Rome for Sienna. Galileo Galilei was born at Pisa, on the 15th of February, 1564, and was the eldest of a family of three sons and three daughters.


id: 32270
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Golden Skull: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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sentence: 4637
flesch: 93
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summary:
  Rick and Scotty leaped forward, grasping for the shadow. None of the other Spindrift scientists could be spared, so Tony Briotti had only Rick and Scotty as assistants.


id: 32269
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
title: The Caves of Fear: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
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flesch: 93
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summary:
  What I'm most interested in is a use for heavy water Rick hasn't mentioned. He removed from the 'scope the masking bits of cardboard Rick had used to convert it to a camera view finder, thus making it a telescopic rifle sight once more.


id: 42324
author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
title: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
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flesch: 71
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  Several other men were examined concerning my landing; and they agreed, that, with the strong north wind that had arisen during the night, it was very probable that I had beaten about for many hours, and had been obliged to return nearly to the same spot from which I had departed. Young men should be diffident of themselves, you know, M. Clerval: I was myself when young; but that wears out in a very short time.


id: 19080
author: Hubbard, Elbert
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sentence: 4107
flesch: 72
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title:
  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

summary:
  They do me great honor, he said; I am forbidden to converse with great men, but God has ordered for me a procession. The boys remembered the event and wrote of it in their journal, mentioning the kindly pats on their heads and the prophecy that they would grow up and be great men.


id: 8664
author: Glaspell, Susan
title: The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
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flesch: 88
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  Just when he's ready to let himself go he'll pull himself together and say it's so nice to have plenty of time for reading, that Ernestine has been reading a lot of great things to him this summer, and he believes now he is really going to begin to get an education. Could she do greater things for him than that?


id: 35489
author: Bolton, Sarah Knowles
title: Famous Men of Science
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flesch: 70
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summary:
  FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE BY SARAH K. BOLTON AUTHOR OF POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS, GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS, FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS, FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN, SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLAND, STORIES FROM LIFE, FROM HEART AND NATURE, ETC. _SEVENTH THOUSAND_ The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Tenderness to animals seems to be a striking characteristic of great men and women.


id: 16775
author: Arago, François
title: Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men First Series
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words: 134608
sentence: 5751
flesch: 61
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summary:
  Can it be said, after this, that great men are not subject to strange weaknesses? It is with great men, as it is with great movements in the arts, we cannot understand them without studying them under various points of view.


id: 6078
author: Agassiz, Louis
title: Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
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sentence: 7449
flesch: 67
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summary:
  Notwithstanding his close habits of work Agassiz was eminently social, and to this club he was especially attached. They were talking of a great fair held that day at the town of Morat, on the opposite side of the lake, to which M. Agassiz had gone in the morning, not crossing upon the ice, however, but driving around the shore.


