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Approaching oblivion : road signs on the treadmill toward tomorrow / eleven uncollected stories by Harlan Ellison ; foreword by Michael Crichton

by Harlan Ellison, Michael Crichton

A 1974 first-edition collection of eleven speculative fiction short stories originally published between 1962 and 1974. The volume includes an introduction by the author and a foreword by Michael Crichton.

Accession 15977 ISBN 0802755410 Publisher —
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