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The world of Null-A

by A. E. van Vogt

After discovering his memories are false and he possesses replacement bodies, a man seeks his identity. He is soon embroiled in a galactic conflict between an expansionist empire and the non-Aristotelian civilisations of Earth and Venus.

Accession 9038 ISBN 0722187653 Publisher Sphere
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