item: #1 of 24
          id: 18139
      author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
       title: Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
        date: None
       words: 52788
      flesch: 88
     summary: Rip knelt and sighted upward. The Gray World CHAPTER SIX: Rip's Planet CHAPTER SEVEN: Earthbound! CHAPTER EIGHT: Duck--or Die! CHAPTER NINE: Repel Invaders!
    keywords: air; asteroid; blast; boat; commander; connie; cruiser; cut; dowst; fire; foster; hand; kemp; koa; landing; men; nuclear; o'brine; officer; planeteers; right; rip; rocket; santos; scorpius; ship; sir; snapper; space; speed; sun; thorium; time; tubes; voice; way
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        item: #2 of 24
          id: 20869
      author: Garby, Lee Hawkins
       title: The Skylark of Space
        date: None
       words: 87820
      flesch: 82
     summary: From daylight until dark Seaton worked in the laboratory, either alone or superintending and assisting the men at work there. I know Dick Seaton better than you do--better than he knows himself.
    keywords: air; bar; brookings; car; copper; course; crane; dick; door; dorothy; dunark; duquesne; earth; eyes; face; feet; find; force; girl; good; half; hand; left; life; look; man; margaret; mart; martin; men; metal; nalboon; party; perkins; place; power; right; room; seaton; skylark; solution; space; steel; stuff; things; think; thought; time; use; vessel; way; work; world; | |
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        item: #3 of 24
          id: 23408
      author: Taylor, J. A.
       title: Far from Home
        date: None
       words: 6695
      flesch: 74
     summary: Johnny was not inboard at the time, but floating, spacesuited alongside, freeing a fouled lead to the radar bowl, swearing occasionally but without any real passion at the stupidity of the unknown maintenance man who failed to secure it properly. Now Johnny had to face the fact that he was in such a position--entirely and utterly alone, except for the useless flotsam that came with him.
    keywords: able; cylinder; end; jake; johnny; ship; space; station; suit; thought; time
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        item: #4 of 24
          id: 23443
      author: Yaco, Murray F.
       title: Unspecialist
        date: None
       words: 4536
      flesch: 86
     summary: Banner stared at Warcraft, Warcraft stared at Arnold. Item two, said Banner, taking his eyes off the ceiling and pointing a finger at Arnold.
    keywords: arnold; banner; bean; brain; harcraft; patrol; ship
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        item: #5 of 24
          id: 26843
      author: Sharkey, Jack
       title: The Dope on Mars
        date: None
       words: 5635
      flesch: 96
     summary: Kroger tells me that the pilot's name is Patrick Desmond, but that I can call him Pat when I get to know him better. Where, said Jones, are Pat and Kroger?
    keywords: jones; june; kroger; lloyd; martians; pat; trip; water
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        item: #6 of 24
          id: 29822
      author: O'Hara, Thomas J.
       title: Rescue Squad
        date: None
       words: 4940
      flesch: 84
     summary: Donnelly and Williams both looked at the little psychiatrist. With a muffled groan of disgust, Donnelly sprang to the radio once again, pushing Williams roughly aside.
    keywords: doc; doctor; donnelly; face; moment; space; williams
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        item: #7 of 24
          id: 31664
      author: Smith, Evelyn E.
       title: Once a Greech
        date: None
       words: 9768
      flesch: 82
     summary: Just because you happen to be the commander of this expedition doesn't mean you're God, Captain Iversen! Harkaway, the captain barked, this smacks of downright mutiny! Thirteen planets, Captain Iversen snarled, wishing there were someone on whom he could place the blame for this mischance, and we spend a full year here exploring each one of them with all the resources of Terrestrial science and technology, and what happens?
    keywords: bridey; captain; flimbotzik; harkaway; iversen; life; like; officer; planet; right; ship; sir; smullyan
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        item: #8 of 24
          id: 32133
      author: Marlowe, Stephen
       title: The Graveyard of Space
        date: None
       words: 4904
      flesch: 93
     summary: Years, alone in space, here in the sargasso, with dead men and dead ships for company. Ralph looked at her and said nothing.
    keywords: diane; gormann; ralph; sargasso; ship
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        item: #9 of 24
          id: 32208
      author: Ellanby, Boyd
       title: The Star Lord
        date: None
       words: 21451
      flesch: 89
     summary: The men all watch for you to come back, their wives sigh with relief, and old man Jasperson toddles around and searches the dance floor and bleats, 'Where's Miss Tanya? Captain Evans was annoyed to find that his hands were shaking as he leafed through the pages, and he paused a few seconds, trying to control his excitement.
    keywords: alan; boat; captain; davis; evans; jasperson; lord; man; passengers; people; professor; right; ripples; room; ship; sir; space; star; tanya; time
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        item: #10 of 24
          id: 32347
      author: Garrett, Randall
       title: Time Fuze
        date: None
       words: 1647
      flesch: 81
     summary: If Leicher hadn't seen the star begin to swell and brighten, if he hadn't known what it meant, or if Commander Benedict hadn't been quick enough in shifting the ship back into ultradrive--Leicher had a vision of an incandescent cloud of gaseous metal that had once been a spaceship. Commander Benedict took off his cap and looked at the damp stain in the sweatband.
    keywords: benedict; commander; leicher
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        item: #11 of 24
          id: 32457
      author: Hardy, William
       title: Pioneer
        date: None
       words: 1446
      flesch: 88
     summary: Max's big hand caught me before I got halfway through the window. Max's gentle voice sounded a long way off.
    keywords: air; car; max
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        item: #12 of 24
          id: 32657
      author: Galouye, Daniel F.
       title: Spillthrough
        date: None
       words: 9181
      flesch: 87
     summary: Anything serious? Altman had come in to unload at Arcturus II Spaceport while the Fleury was still docked, Brad recalled. But Altman turned suddenly in his direction and pointed a gun at Brad's stomach.
    keywords: altman; brad; cargo; cluster; fleury; hatch; port; queen; scope; ship; space; time
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        item: #13 of 24
          id: 32734
      author: Savage, Arthur Dekker
       title: Fly By Night
        date: None
       words: 5198
      flesch: 83
     summary: You probably already think of each other as Carol and Ken. While the general continued his prepared speech into the mike, focus of the hollow, hungry eyes of the video cameras, Ken pulled Carol to his side and held her with an arm about her waist, glaring when the crowd murmured and the cameras swung their way again.
    keywords: carol; couch; eyes; ken; love; psychologists; ship; time; way; world
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        item: #14 of 24
          id: 32802
      author: Phillips, Rog
       title: Tillie
        date: None
       words: 5923
      flesch: 87
     summary: Jud went to the telescope and started looking for a stray chunk of silvery looking stuff. Well, to cut a long story short, two days later Mallory, the biochemist, Jud Taylor, and I were speeding along the state highway with the needle hovering around eighty-five, the engine out of gear and dead, and a crazy bit of silver stuff encased in a special frame in the dashboard with reinforcing bars down to the chassis holding it steady.
    keywords: jud; lahoma; mallory; ship; space; stuff; tellecarbon; thought
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        item: #15 of 24
          id: 32906
      author: Walton, Bryce
       title: Thy Name Is Woman
        date: None
       words: 8214
      flesch: 90
     summary: And that's the only way Earth men can ever get into space. [Sidenote: _Women of earth had finally attained their objective: a new world all their own and--without men!
    keywords: bowren; earth; face; man; men; thought; way; women
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        item: #16 of 24
          id: 33919
      author: Parker, Watson
       title: Suzy
        date: None
       words: 2634
      flesch: 96
     summary: He never really thought what she might be.] Suzy, Suzy, Suzy! Whit Clayborne looked at the luminous face of the bulkhead clock for the hundredth time that day. The door closed on Miss Graham's back, and Suzy began to think of Whit Clayborne.
    keywords: miss; suzy; whit
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        item: #17 of 24
          id: 36867
      author: Apostolides, Alex
       title: Progress Report
        date: None
       words: 5599
      flesch: 83
     summary: Progress Report By Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides Illustrated by PAUL ORBAN It seemed to Colonel Jennings that the air conditioning unit merely washed the hot air around him without lowering the temperature from that outside. Right, Colonel Jennings spoke softly, showing none of the excitement he felt.
    keywords: colonel; eddy; general; jennings; major; man; senator; ship
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        item: #18 of 24
          id: 49897
      author: Gunn, James E.
       title: The Gravity Business
        date: None
       words: 7080
      flesch: 91
     summary: The land of the Fweep rotated once on its axis, and Grampa lowered the nippled bottle from his lips. A missionary takes over a non-rowing type cannibal, leaves him there, and then the rowing cannibal takes over the other cannibal and leaves him there and-- Not now, Grampa, Four said inattentively as he watched Fweep making the grand tour of the cabin.
    keywords: fred; fweep; grampa; gravity; joyce; junior; polarizer; reba
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        item: #19 of 24
          id: 49901
      author: Smith, Richard Rein
       title: The Snare
        date: None
       words: 4979
      flesch: 90
     summary: We went single file, first Kane, then his wife Marie. Each of us had reacted differently: Kane's wife was frightened, Verana was calm because of an inner serenity that few people have, I was resigned and Kane was angry.
    keywords: door; kane; marie; moon; room; ship; verana
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        item: #20 of 24
          id: 50682
      author: Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)
       title: The Planet Mappers
        date: None
       words: 62290
      flesch: 88
     summary: THE PLANET MAPPERS 1 As he heard that dread yet telltale _spang_ against the hull of their spaceboat, young Jon Carver dropped his reelbook and sprang to his feet. Star Rover_, Tad Carver owner, Jon Carver pilot, asking permission to land.
    keywords: air; board; bogin; boys; brother; carver; close; control; eyes; father; feet; find; going; good; jak; jon; know; life; look; miles; mom; mother; new; place; planet; pop; right; room; set; ship; space; sun; terra; things; thought; time; voice; way
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        item: #21 of 24
          id: 51171
      author: Bradbury, Ray
       title: A Little Journey
        date: None
       words: 2646
      flesch: 87
     summary: The special helmets were issued to be fitted over every gray or white head to supply extra oxygen in case of a leakage in the ship's hull, and at long last the hour had come and Mrs. Bellowes stood behind Mr. Thirkell and said, We're ready, sir. There goes Mr. Thirkell_, thought Mrs. Bellowes.
    keywords: bellowes; mrs; rocket; ship; thirkell
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        item: #22 of 24
          id: 51331
      author: Miller, R. De Witt (Richard De Witt)
       title: Swenson, Dispatcher
        date: None
       words: 7987
      flesch: 85
     summary: An excellent idea, Mr. Swenson. Swenson reached back to Mister Cerobie.
    keywords: acme; cerobie; dispatcher; esrov; lesquallan; mister; number; o'toole; senator; ship; swenson
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        item: #23 of 24
          id: 51363
      author: Coppel, Alfred
       title: Double Standard
        date: None
       words: 2580
      flesch: 93
     summary: The Kim Hall on the application and you aren't exactly the same person. Kim Hall, age twenty-nine, vocation agri-technician and hydroponics expert, height 171 centimeters, weight 60 kilos.
    keywords: kane; minus; ship; sky; space
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        item: #24 of 24
          id: 61907
      author: Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert)
       title: Genesis!
        date: None
       words: 6738
      flesch: 83
     summary: Captain Arlen quit trying to classify himself and his passengers. Captain Arlen corked the bottle and put it aside.
    keywords: arlen; captain; gheal; mcferson; protoplasm; renzu; ship; venusian
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