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The nail and the oracle : volume xi : the complete stories of Theodore Sturgeon / Theodore Sturgeon

This volume collects ten short stories from the 1960s, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to detective and Western fiction. Themes include social conventions, cloning, and the centralised control of power.

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