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The inner landscape

by Mervyn Peake, J. G. Ballard, Brian Aldiss

This anthology collects three landmark speculative fiction novellas, exploring themes of dark gothic fantasy, existential entropy, and theological dystopia.

Accession 8820 ISBN 0552097489 Publisher Corgi Books
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