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Dreamsnake

by Vonda N. McIntyre · 1978

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In a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a young healer named Snake travels the world, healing the sick and injured with her companion, the alien dreamsnake. But she is being pursued. . . .

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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