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The iron dream

by Norman Spinrad

Written from the simulated perspective of Adolf Hitler, this science fiction novel explores themes of genetic warfare and an invasion of Europe by extraterrestrial mutants.

Accession 11327 ISBN 0586040196 Publisher Panther
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