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SCIENCE FICTION-IT WAS A LIQUID PLANET.IT STEAMED.AND MELTED.AND HARDENED AGAIN INTO CHANGING SHAPES AND MOVING MOUNTAINS.SHIPS COULD NOT LAND THERE.THE BOOSTERS WERE USELESS AGAINST A PRESSURE EIGHT HUNDRED TIMES THAT OF EARTH.METAL DISSOLVED IN A FEW MOMENTS TO A POOL OF SLIME.THE INHABITANTS WERE SCALE ARMOURED CREATURES WEIGHING OVER A TON.AND WHEN TWO CHILDREN ONE HUMAN,ONE ALIEN,WERE LOST IN AN EXPERIMENTAL BATHYSCAPE ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET,THEIR RESCUE PRESENTED A FORMIDABLE AND TERRIFYING TASK
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 034521949X
- ISBN 13 9780345219497
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages190
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ISBN 10: 034521949X
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 2nd Printing. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 190 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed at edges with creasing for hinges and spine. Text pages clean but a bit more than yellowed overall, still readable. Ballantine book #01949. Bagged for protection. Seller Inventory # 16782
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author. Signed by Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs). Author signature only on title page. Reading and cover creases, edge wear, pages toned, store stamp inside Ballantine, 1970. Mass Market Paperback First Edition,Second Printing. The book condition is Very Good. Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs). Seller Inventory # 17287
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