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The Playboy book of science fiction / edited by Alice K. Turner
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The Playboy book of science fiction / edited by Alice K. Turner

by Alice Turner

This anthology compiles science fiction stories originally published in Playboy magazine over a period of forty-five years. The collection represents the evolution of short genre fiction across two generations of writers.

Accession 35989 ISBN 0061052884 Publisher Harper Prism
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