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- ↑ Langford, David (1 November 1999). "Rog Peyton". www.ansible.co.uk. Ansible. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "Creditors' Voluntary Winding-up" (PDF). London Gazette. 21 February 2002. p. 2234. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "The Venture SF Series - An Illustrated Bibliography". SFandFantasy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ↑ "Drunken Dragon Press - Bibliography". www.isfdb.org. ISFDB . Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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