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- Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which advances in science, or contact with more scientifically advanced civilizations, create situations different from those of both the present day and the known past. Although science fiction is often written primarily to entertain, many authors use the genre to provide insight into science, society, or the human condition.
Top 10 Most Popular stories in this genre EVER!
Chronicles: Prologue (5874), Chronicles: Chapter 1 (5709), In His Image (5457), Chronicles Chapter 2 (5398), Chronicles: Chapter 3 (5244), Chronicles: Chapter 4 (5153), Chronicles:Interlude (4903), Chronicles:Chapter 5 (4879), Chronicles:Chapter 6 (4744), Chronicles: Chapter 7 (4706), - Thingamabob, by qmpash, Length in chars; 11,371
Date added: 2013-05-23 Total reads: 65 - "Wishing" can be a dangerous thing.
- THE DEVICE Part Twelve, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 63,960
Date added: 2013-05-22 Total reads: 121 - David Evans takes steps to impove his life, or does he?
- A Drink of Water, by qmpash, Length in chars; 23,683
Date added: 2013-05-20 Total reads: 256 - A story about the near future that just may come true!
- Lonliness, Inc., by qmpash, Length in chars; 15,585
Date added: 2013-05-14 Total reads: 215 - A man finds his dream wife
- THE DEVICE Part Eleven, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 46,957
Date added: 2013-05-14 Total reads: 150 - David is busy with planet building but he's also busy with pet projects. Realizing his time is precious, he hires someone to help with the maintenance of his car and motorcycle fleet. Then things get a little complicated and he had to deal with it.
- Natural Selection, by alexwj4, Length in chars; 48,605
Date added: 2013-05-10 Total reads: 163 - The gene that makes a person a killer has been found. In order to prevent future crimes, the children who have this gene are taken at birth and put through a program to rid them of the K-Gene. This Is their story.
- THE DEVICE Part Ten, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 28,018
Date added: 2013-05-06 Total reads: 105 - David is about to exploit his 'idea' concerning Mars but has a hicup with the government before he can do anything with it.
- THE DEVICE Part Nine, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 40,656
Date added: 2013-05-02 Total reads: 156 - David get the notion to do a little game keeping from the past.
- THE WANDERER, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 37,428
Date added: 2013-05-01 Total reads: 190 - Stranded in and unforgiving world, a lone woman tries to find water and stay alive.
- FERAWAY, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 36,030
Date added: 2013-04-27 Total reads: 344 - A lone frieghter pilot needing a contract takes on a passenger with more surprises to him that she could ever have imagined.
- Machines in the Sky , by jroe123, Length in chars; 25,297
Date added: 2013-04-17 Total reads: 186 - Agents of Chaos, by TripMcneely, Length in chars; 102,029
Date added: 2013-04-12 Total reads: 232 - After his recent break up Charlie Simpson decides to exact a bit of revenge. With the help of the agents of chaos he will go farther than he ever imagined!
- Citadels, by David Stevens, Length in chars; 39,923
Date added: 2013-04-06 Total reads: 177 - A tale of a society facing its extinction and how it might arrive and perhaps be survived.
- The Power Plant, by fiddlerzvi, Length in chars; 203,903
Date added: 2013-04-05 Total reads: 259 - It seemed like the ideal power source, cleaner and safer than atomic energy. But unexpected problems arose.
- The Long Wait by David Stevens, by David Stevens, Length in chars; 13,112
Date added: 2013-04-03 Total reads: 185 - a picture of mans desire to explore and the hidden pitfalls of so doing
- Excre-Mental By David Stevens, by David Stevens, Length in chars; 35,503
Date added: 2013-04-02 Total reads: 127 - This is the tale of a world under threat whose people set out to discovere and create a new life and the pitfalls they encounter.
- The Guardian, by Ekrons, Length in chars; 3,116
Date added: 2013-04-02 Total reads: 228 - Matt Spencer was a good cop. He worked hard and always tried to do the right thing. That is, until that fateful night. Now Matt is the Guardian, the watcher of lonely souls. An everyman, trying to maintain justice in a world run my drug smugglers and gang lords.
- Dr Voltan By David Stevens, by David Stevens, Length in chars; 11,161
Date added: 2013-04-01 Total reads: 143 - An interesting view of the dentist in sc/fi format that might open some eyes
- Dinnertime, by Oldsam, Length in chars; 3,886
Date added: 2013-03-20 Total reads: 460 - Janie won't eat
- The Penitent, by fiddlerzvi, Length in chars; 59,916
Date added: 2013-03-16 Total reads: 152 - Jon Worthyman is a flawed but basically good man whose church demands a penance for the sin of adultery. Jon is a Branch Davidian, and worships David Koresh.
- What’s on the television?, by Derek McMillan, Length in chars; 25,639
Date added: 2013-03-14 Total reads: 231 - I think we all have views on what would happen if we ruled the world. I admit Xavier's are particularly idiosyncratic.
- STAR WARS: House Of The Glaive 0 (Contents, etc.), by Shadowstar Boxer, Length in chars; 52,584
Date added: 2013-03-08 Total reads: 224 - Within the universe of STAR WARS there are many stories that go untold. In those lost tales we can find endless continuity and exploration. This is the tale of a group that dedicated itself to justice by ANY means necessary.
- STAR WARS: House Of The Glaive, Chapter One, by Shadowstar Boxer, Length in chars; 22,709
Date added: 2013-03-07 Total reads: 143 - Within the universe of STAR WARS there are many stories that go untold. In those lost tales we can find endless continuity and exploration. This is the tale of a group that dedicated itself to justice by ANY means necessary.
- A Medical Exam, by fiddlerzvi, Length in chars; 26,398
Date added: 2013-03-03 Total reads: 817 - Donald Farber, MD, is a specialist in Mesmor therapy. He hates it, even though it's an effective treatment for neurosis. Now, what should he do about his own neurotic problems?
- THE SILENT KILLER, by J.L.WHITEHOUSE, Length in chars; 13,098
Date added: 2013-02-10 Total reads: 257 - When Halls Are Musical, by Chizzo, Length in chars; 5,914
Date added: 2013-02-10 Total reads: 184 - Strange and scattered science fiction
- After Death, by WHAM, Length in chars; 10,667
Date added: 2013-02-08 Total reads: 287 - Filetype [Audio-text-transcript] // Source [Alpha-Centaur-IV-EEP-006A] // [Classified>Red Rose III]
- But They Don't Look Like Us., by qmpash, Length in chars; 5,012
Date added: 2013-02-05 Total reads: 518 - An alien invader, like no other, invades the Earth.
- THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Twenty One, by actung, Length in chars; 14,556
Date added: 2013-01-31 Total reads: 184 - Final part.
- Pandora's Box, by qmpash, Length in chars; 19,950
Date added: 2013-01-30 Total reads: 422 - A very unusual disease strike the world
- Beyond the Final Frontier, by Cheyenne-Rivers, Length in chars; 62,688
Date added: 2013-01-21 Total reads: 394 - The year 2374, a planetoid was heading straight for Earth at a colossal speed, time was fast running out. Centuries of data had been fed into computers to simulate the flight scenario to a new world. What it came up with was so frightening that several of the most hardened crew members pulled out saying they would rather die back on Earth.
- THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Twenty, by actung, Length in chars; 23,135
Date added: 2013-01-20 Total reads: 241 - THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Nineteen, by actung, Length in chars; 19,943
Date added: 2013-01-12 Total reads: 260 - THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Eighteen, by actung, Length in chars; 19,909
Date added: 2013-01-10 Total reads: 265 - Circles, by R.J.Richards, Length in chars; 9,848
Date added: 2013-01-09 Total reads: 283 - everything goes in circles whether its an argument between a housewife and her husband, or the cosmos.
- Quarantine 0-D276 Part 2, by alvelaisa, Length in chars; 3,251
Date added: 2013-01-09 Total reads: 229 - The year is 2039, and Europe is divided, vying for control over the once prosperous lands. In the wake of nuclear destruction, mankind has also drained every available resource on Earth. Part 2 finds one survivor on a collision course with our antagonist; carrying a deadly virus unbeknownst to him.
- THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Seventeen, by actung, Length in chars; 24,717
Date added: 2013-01-05 Total reads: 323 - XIN: The Veiled Genocides, by robertmoons, Length in chars; 40,170
Date added: 2013-01-03 Total reads: 501 - We are not alone in the Galaxy, but soon we will be. Here are the first 2 chapters of the award winning novel, formerly known as The Chronicles of ZvaXin. See my website near bottom for free download. Also, CONTEST. WATCHMEN DVDs as prizes. Go to my homepage for details: http://sites.google.com/site/chroniclesofzvaxin
- THE PATHFINDER MISSION Part Sixteen, by actung, Length in chars; 17,570
Date added: 2013-01-02 Total reads: 327 - Clams, by Ben J S, Length in chars; 5,715
Date added: 2012-12-18 Total reads: 516 - A Scientist is decides that enough is enough while covering up a mysterious happening...
- Quarantine 0-D276, by alvelaisa, Length in chars; 2,171
Date added: 2012-11-25 Total reads: 437 - The year is 2039, and Europe is divided, vying for control over the once prosperous lands. In the wake of nuclear destruction, mankind has also drained every available resource on Earth. After being underground for 13 years, a Londoner returns to Manchester to search for his family.
- THE DEVICE Part Eight, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 47,292
Date added: 2012-11-24 Total reads: 425 - David rethinks his high altitude transportation while having a head on collision with a gorgeous girl that might need even more attention.
- GLASS, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 30,676
Date added: 2012-11-20 Total reads: 479 - Sometimes you find the strangest little treasures out in the desert.
- THE SHOULDERS OF ORION, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 42,759
Date added: 2012-11-16 Total reads: 469 - A dispatched scout is sent to a terra forming world to discover the the sorce of an unusual disturbance.
- EXAVIOR, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 41,191
Date added: 2012-11-08 Total reads: 817 - A rush to leave a planet and an unusual alliance with the ship's symbiot makes for some quirky thoughts on the future of the two space traveling workers.
- Heart of Steel, by Rowza , Length in chars; 2,376
Date added: 2012-10-24 Total reads: 766 - Hey to all my fans out there. This is just a story I was dreaming of. Basically about a robot girl name 0X26.5 (or Sky) who is taken in by a scientist of 2. Her heart begins 2 beat, she begins to feel. She starts to become human. Im not sure if i should make it a series, plz comment ur opinons!!!
- FULL TILT RUSH, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 27,515
Date added: 2012-10-17 Total reads: 770 - A small town surgeon discovers some new abilities following a recent 'read' of a corpse.
- Terminal Minus Zero, by murraylevy1, Length in chars; 16,718
Date added: 2012-10-14 Total reads: 445 - A thief abandons his wife and child for a model and a fortune. The interplanetary forces have other ideas.
- CLOSE PROXIMITY, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 40,818
Date added: 2012-09-20 Total reads: 738 - A resuply ship finds a strangely quiet and apparently deserted station orbiting a newly discoved planet. Its mystery is soon unraveled and then things begin to get complicated for at least one member of the crew.
- Deadly Virus, by Cheyenne-Rivers, Length in chars; 64,230
Date added: 2012-09-20 Total reads: 1060 - The year 2059 a virus more deadly than rabies strikes Earth with devastating results. A privileged few escape in an old cargo freighter that has seen better days. With 98% women, the outcome is inevitable. Suddenly the tables are turned, men are in high demand and Tracey the sex starved Navigation Officer makes sure she gets her share...
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