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The Third Planet from Altair

by Edward Packard · 1979

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The reader, en route to the third planet from Altair to seek the source and meaning of extraterrestrial messages, is given choices to make determining the course of the spaceship and the survival of its crew.

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(reissued as Message from Space; also released as Exploration Infinity)

Genre
science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 117 pages

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