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Laughing space : funny science fiction chuckled over by Isaac Asimov and J. O. Jeppson

by Isaac Asimov, J. O. Jeppson

A collection of humorous science fiction stories, poems, and cartoons, organised to showcase a variety of lighthearted perspectives on the genre.

Accession 8261 ISBN 0395305195 Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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