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Empire star / Samuel R. Delany ; with a new introduction by David G. Hartwell

by David G. Hartwell, Samuel R. Delany

This edition includes a new introduction by David G. Hartwell and reprints the text originally published in The Ace Science Fiction Reader in 1971.

Accession 32890 ISBN 0839823940 Publisher Gregg Press
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