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Satellite Five by John Barnes:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
Interesting space yarn about explorers who range the solar system to bring back the most interesting beasts for Earth zoos. No problems - until they encounter an enormous lizard-like creature that breathes flaming acid!
('Satellite Five' by Arthur K. Barnes)
"The greatest woman explorer in the solar system embarks on her strangest quest - and makes the most hazardous journey in the history of rocketry!"
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Automatic Commercial Deletion - no more commercials |
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Surface Car |
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