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Alien art

by Gordon R. Dickson

On the planet Arcadia, a young man, a young woman, and a swamp otter embark on a journey to haul the otter's eleven-hundred-pound statue overland to meet a delivery deadline for an off-world buyer.

Accession 35213 ISBN — Publisher E. P. Dutton & Co.
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