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Jem : the making of a utopia

by Frederik Pohl

In a resource-starved 21st century, three competing global power blocs discover a habitable new planet named Jem. However, instead of finding salvation, they export their bitter political rivalries to the new world and its three native intelligent species.

Accession 8895 ISBN 0586050787 Publisher Granada
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