Tells the stories of a talking bomb, an asteroid vacation land, murder at a settlement where all the inhabitants are identical, a man enjoying his second childhood, a living black hole, and others Library : Science Fiction Formats : EPUB ISBN : 9780425071205
Picnic on Nearside
โ Scribed by John Varley
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Tells the stories of a talking bomb, an asteroid vacation land, murder at a settlement where all the inhabitants are identical, a man enjoying his second childhood, a living black hole, and others
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