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Author | Gordon R. Dickson |
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Cover artist | Frank Kelly Freas |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | NESFA Press |
Publication date | 1984 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | xii, 193 pp |
ISBN | 0-915368-27-7 |
OCLC | 11676814 |
813/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3554.I328 D5 1984 |
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