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They shall have stars

by James Blish

Set in 2018, this science fiction novel follows humanity's attempt to build a colossal bridge on the hostile planet of Jupiter, a massive engineering project whose true and unsettling purpose is known to only one man.

Accession 15473 ISBN 0099086700 Publisher Arrow
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