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Spare, contemporary, cool and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- David Brin
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 378
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley, Basic Books, Perseus Books Group
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780201328028
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