A slower-than-light starship that was launched in the beginning of 21st century to Tau Ceti, after more than a thousand years of flight is nearing its destination. But technical progress did not stand still back on Earth through all those...
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Автор: Cherryh Caroline J.
Серия: The Alliance-Union Universe #3
Язык: английский
Год: 1981
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