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First Time in Mass Market. Technology is Wonderful Stuff—but Watch Out for The Occasional Unexpected Side Effect! Science Fiction by a Master of Humorous Adventure. Science and technology have mad
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Humans—there’s no understanding them, and no dealing with them either. Or even with their planet. Pity the poor aliens, whose shape-changing ability should
Humans on the space frontiers may have enough problems with befuddled bureaucrats, rules that don’t fit the realities of very dangerous situations, and general rear-echelon incompetence without
The crew of the ship were marooned on a planet with no ship repair facilities, where the well-meaning schemes of social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. They had their own inventi
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In the most sweeping claim yet made for Milton's puritanism, Georgia B. Christopher holds that the great poet assimilated classical literature through Reformation categories, not humanist ones. Examin
In the most sweeping claim yet made for Milton's puritanism, Georgia B. Christopher holds that the great poet assimilated classical literature through Reformation categories, not humanist ones. Examin
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