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The best science fiction of E. C. Tubb

by E. C. Tubb

This anthology presents a curated selection of science fiction stories from a key figure of post-war British speculative fiction, compiling works originally published in influential mid-century genre magazines.

Accession 35107 ISBN 1592240720 Publisher Cosmos Books
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