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The zap gun

by Philip K. Dick

Set in a future of ritualised warfare, this 1967 science fiction novel follows weapons designers who create non-functional armaments to maintain a peaceful global stalemate. The work was originally serialised in the mid-1960s under the title Project Plowshare.

Accession 9033 ISBN 0586041125 Publisher Panther
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