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A world out of time / a novel by Larry Niven

by Larry Niven

Awakened in a new body centuries after being cryogenically frozen, a man hijacks a starship intended for a deep-space mission. Returning to Earth three million years later, he must survive a transformed and unrecognisable world.

Accession 34996 ISBN 0030177766 Publisher —
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