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Expendable / James Alan Gardner.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, James Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outer space--Exploration--Fiction.
- Outer space.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 337 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Manufacture:
- [Place of printing not identified] : [Science Fiction Book Club], [1997]
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Avon Books, [1997]
- Summary:
- On any given planetdown mission, there's always someone whose job it is to walk into danger and get killed. What must it be like to be him, knowing your lifespan is as short as a fruitfly's?
- Notes:
- "AvoNova."
- "Jacket art by Luis Royo."--Jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 12835.
- ISBN:
- 1568653786
- OCLC:
- 37501521
- Publisher Number:
- 17123 Science Fiction Book Club
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