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by Larry Niven

A collection of speculative fiction stories featuring a tale about a man who accidentally succeeds at witchcraft, a woman stalked by a telepathic, flesh-eating alien, and selections from the Draco's Tavern series.

Accession 9132 ISBN 0708880622 Publisher Futura
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