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The universe maker

by A. E. van Vogt

This British paperback edition contains the 1953 science fiction novel Universe Maker, originally published as part of an Ace Double, alongside the 1968 short story The Proxy Intelligence.

Accession 9085 ISBN 0722187335 Publisher Sphere
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