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Vulcan's hammer

by Philip K. Dick, John Brunner

The first volume of a two-part bibliography of science fiction and fantasy literature from 1700 to 1974. It includes indexes organised by author, title, series, and awards, alongside an index of Ace and Belmont doubles.

Accession 8901 ISBN — Publisher Ace Books, Inc.
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