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Outnumbering the dead

by Frederik Pohl, Steve Crisp

Set on a far-future Earth where a childhood organisation grants immortality to almost everyone, this novel follows a mortal actor navigating life within an immortal society.

Accession 15039 ISBN 0712645764 Publisher Century
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