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The coming of the quantum cats / Frederik Pohl

Competing parallel civilisations discover inter-dimensional travel and use Earth as a strategic staging ground for their conflicts. This science fiction narrative follows the invasion of our reality by rival alternate worlds seeking military advantage.

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