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Young mining engineer, possessed of strange powers, joins a society dedicated to saving the world from the terror of technology.
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Classical in form, grave, epic and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Gordon R. Dickson
- First published
- December 1991
- Pages
- 190
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam~mass, Doubleday, Ace Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441568543
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First sentence
“The mine, generally speaking, was automatic.”
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