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The time hoppers

by Robert Silverberg

In a world where citizens of the twenty-fifth century have escaped into the past to live throughout history, the approaching year of 2490 brings a crisis that threatens to disrupt the timeline and erase centuries of human achievement.

Accession 8935 ISBN 0006151477 Publisher Fontana
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