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The father-thing : the collected stories of Philip K. Dick : volume three

by Philip K. Dick, John Brunner

The second volume of these collected science fiction stories contains 27 pieces written during the era of McCarthyism, by the creator of the novel that inspired the film Blade Runner.

Accession 16492 ISBN 0887330533 Publisher U/M Underwood/Miller
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