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Project pope

by Clifford D. Simak

On the planet End of Nothing, humans and robots work to construct an infallible computer Pope. The project is thrown into turmoil when a psychic sensitive discovers Heaven, involving three outsiders in a power struggle between human and machine.

Accession 9127 ISBN 0345291395 Publisher Ballantine Books (Firm)
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