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To open the sky

by Robert Silverberg

Set on an overpopulated Earth, this science fiction novel depicts the conflict between a powerful, technology-based religion promising physical immortality and a group of dissenters who champion natural human adaptability.

Accession 8891 ISBN 417021704 Publisher Sphere
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