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Grave, earnest, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Robert J. Sawyer
- First published
- May 1993
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Ace Books, NewEnglish Library, SFWRITER.COM Inc.
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781988415376
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First sentence
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