Assignment in Eternity: Four Long Science Fiction Stories. [Gulf; Elsewhen; Lost Legacy; Jerry Was a Man]
by HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988)
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Assignment in Eternity, is a collection of four mixed science fiction and fantasy novellas by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in hardcover by Fantasy Press in 1953, with some of the stories somewhat revised from their original magazine publications, as follows: Gulf (written and published in 1949 in Astounding Science Fiction, October-November 1949).
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56451
- Title
- Assignment in Eternity: Four Long Science Fiction Stories. [Gulf; Elsewhen; Lost Legacy; Jerry Was a Man]
- Author
- HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1953
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- LITERATURE;
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