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The Avatar

by Poul Anderson · 1978

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From the cover. "In the immeasurable past a mysterious alien race known as The Others left mankind a challenging legacy, a "gate" to the unexplored reaches of the stars."

Genre
science fictionspace operafantasy
Subject
science
Audience
adult
Length
long · 404 pages

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