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To live again

by Robert Silverberg

In a future where the wealthy can transplant their consciousness into living hosts, a corporate struggle erupts for control of a deceased billionaire's stored persona, despite the risk of the host's mind being completely overtaken.

Accession 8916 ISBN 0006146090 Publisher Fontana
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