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The gates of creation

by Philip José Farmer

To rescue his abducted wife from a cruel universe-maker, the demigod Wolff-Jadawin must travel without his extra-human powers through a series of hazardous, multi-level worlds.

Accession 15535 ISBN 0722134282 Publisher Sphere
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