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The Lunar Observatory on earth is picking up a very strange and unidentifiable signal from the direction of Cygnus. When the meaning of this signal is finally understood, it clearly spells disaster for earth.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and unpretentious.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Donald Moffitt
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 412
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, ereads.com, I Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780759209626
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