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A daring and original new novel from one of sci fis most provocative voices. This book was commissioned to mark the maps display in a newlybuilt museum, and the map is here seen in context with other detailed maps of the 12th to the 14th centuries. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A novel of hard sf exploring the nature of identity both inherited and. Justina robson is a science fiction author from leeds, england.
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