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First contacts : the essential Murray Leinster / edited by Joe Rico

by Murray Leinster, Joe Rico

This science fiction collection explores themes of first contact, the internet, and parallel universes. It includes two previously unpublished stories and an introduction.

Accession 34150 ISBN 0915368676 Publisher —
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