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Tyranopolis / A. E. van Vogt

by A. E. van Vogt

A scientist develops a mental communications system to challenge a global dictatorship. To prevent the regime from seizing the technology, he conceals the discovery within the genetic code of an unborn child.

Accession 9084 ISBN 0722187343 Publisher Sphere
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