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The man with a thousand names : science fiction /​ by A.E. Van Vogt

by A. E. van Vogt

An expedition to the habitable planet Mittend leads to a series of body swaps and the involvement of a young man in a galactic programme directed by a mysterious entity.

Accession 9055 ISBN 0283982292 Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson
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