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1953 Books
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Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,882,562 ratings — published 1953
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.12 — 175,030 ratings — published 1953
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.61 — 468,199 ratings — published 1953
The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.96 — 334,089 ratings — published 1953
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.74 — 97,385 ratings — published 1953
Nine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.18 — 155,402 ratings — published 1953
The Go-Between (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,956 ratings — published 1953
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.28 — 204,730 ratings — published 1953
A Kiss Before Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.01 — 14,836 ratings — published 1953
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.06 — 83,779 ratings — published 1953
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.19 — 47,279 ratings — published 1953
The Demolished Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.96 — 34,118 ratings — published 1953
The Night of the Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,118 ratings — published 1953
A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #6)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.93 — 54,442 ratings — published 1953
Someone at a Distance (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,966 ratings — published 1953
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.99 — 6,674 ratings — published 1966
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.84 — 224,372 ratings — published 1951
The Adventures of Augie March (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.84 — 18,997 ratings — published 1953
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.16 — 50,133 ratings — published 1955
Réquiem por un campesino español (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,777 ratings — published 1953
The Erasers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,894 ratings — published 1953
The Lost Steps (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,778 ratings — published 1953
The Sound of the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.84 — 9,708 ratings — published 1954
After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.92 — 50,427 ratings — published 1953
Life Among the Savages (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,689 ratings — published 1953
Il mare non bagna Napoli (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.57 — 3,246 ratings — published 1953
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.15 — 140,176 ratings — published 1953
Black Wings Has My Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,769 ratings — published 1953
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,753 ratings — published 1953
Bóvedas de acero (Robot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,021 ratings — published 1953
Destination Moon (Tintin, #16)
by (shelved 3 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.22 — 16,403 ratings — published 1950
Lucky Jim (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.75 — 32,381 ratings — published 1954
Madeline's Rescue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.24 — 29,772 ratings — published 1953
The Unconquered (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.12 — 24 ratings — published 1953
The Violins of Saint-Jacques (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.70 — 755 ratings — published 1953
The Man Who Planted Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.18 — 20,983 ratings — published 1953
Red Lights (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,464 ratings — published 1953
Quién de nosotros (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,307 ratings — published 1953
The Kraken Wakes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.77 — 11,821 ratings — published 1953
Savage Night (Mulholland Classic)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,609 ratings — published 1953
Guard Your Daughters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.80 — 531 ratings — published 1953
Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.25 — 13,779 ratings — published 1953
The Last Days of Stalin (Audio CD)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 3.79 — 934 ratings — published 2016
The Captive Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,011 ratings — published 1953
The Calculus Affair (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,156 ratings — published 1956
Explorers on the Moon (Tintin #17)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,776 ratings — published 1953
The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
by (shelved 2 times as 1953)
avg rating 4.36 — 157,540 ratings — published 1971
“Between love and the automatic garbage chute, young people everywhere have made their choice and prefer the garbage chute. [Entre l'amour et le vide-ordure automatique la jeunesse de tous les pays a fait son choix et préfère le vide-ordure.]”
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“While Milke gingerly carried the packet of explosive across the lake, Paskell stood by the port watching. Milke surveyed the landscape with fine calculation, setting down the packet, moving it a few yards to the right, another few yards toward the defile. Finally satisfied, he looked back to Paskell for approval. Paskell signaled casually, and his hand fell against the detonation switch. He looked out toward Milke, hastily jumped into his [pressure] suit, let himself through the port, ran across the lake.
Milke asked, "What's the trouble?"
Paskell said, "That remote detonator doesn't work. I'd better take a look at it."
Milke stared at him truculently. "How do you know it doesn't work?"
Paskell made a vague gesture, knelt beside the packet, unfolded the wrapping.
"You couldn't have just sensed it," Milke insisted.
"Well, as a matter of fact, my hand accidentally hit the switch, and it didn't go off—so I though I'd better run out and see what was wrong."
Milke seemed to sink in his suit. For a moment there was silence. "Ah," said Paskell. "Nothing very serious; I neglected to clip down the battery leads . . . .now it's ready to go—"
"I'm going back to the ship," said Milke thickly.”
― The Augmented Agent and Other Stories
Milke asked, "What's the trouble?"
Paskell said, "That remote detonator doesn't work. I'd better take a look at it."
Milke stared at him truculently. "How do you know it doesn't work?"
Paskell made a vague gesture, knelt beside the packet, unfolded the wrapping.
"You couldn't have just sensed it," Milke insisted.
"Well, as a matter of fact, my hand accidentally hit the switch, and it didn't go off—so I though I'd better run out and see what was wrong."
Milke seemed to sink in his suit. For a moment there was silence. "Ah," said Paskell. "Nothing very serious; I neglected to clip down the battery leads . . . .now it's ready to go—"
"I'm going back to the ship," said Milke thickly.”
― The Augmented Agent and Other Stories
