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Nemesis

by Isaac Asimov

As the red dwarf star Nemesis hurtles towards a collision with Earth, the inhabitants of the orbiting space colony Rotor attempt to survive after fleeing their decaying home planet.

Accession 14714 ISBN 055340069X Publisher Bantam Press
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