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The best from new writings in SF : a selection chosen from volumes 1-4

by John Carnell, Isaac Asimov

An anthology of eleven science fiction short stories selected from the first four volumes of New Writings in SF.

Accession 9322 ISBN 0552089257 Publisher Corgi Books
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