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Fiction

Jeebo

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22. Niven and Pournelle wrote some great science fiction.

Reply to TexLaProgressive (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 25, 2024, 10:06 PM

Aug 2024

I have a first trade edition of "Lucifer's Hammer" signed by Niven and Pournelle because they were the guests of honor at a science fiction convention I went to back then. It is a very entertaining read.

-- Ron

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