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The end of eternity

by Isaac Asimov

Set in a world where temporal engineers regulate history to eliminate risk, a lone rebel fights to save a loved one, favouring human individuality and adventure over a stifling bureaucracy.

Accession 10438 ISBN 0739435574 Publisher Science Fiction Book Club, Doubleday
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