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Before the universe : and other stories

by Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth

This collection of speculative fiction features stories set in fantastical worlds where sea creatures colonise Earth, shape-shifting beings transform at will, and scientists travel back to the beginning of time to play God.

Accession 8953 ISBN 055311042X Publisher Bantam Press
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