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A classic from one of the masters of the science fiction genre
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Doona was a jewel of a planet - a pastoral paradise with rivers and lakes and mountains and seas.
The Hrrubans needed it to revitalise their decadent race, to give them back something of the old pioneering spirit. The Terrans needed it as an overspill from the hysterical crowding of Earth, a place to breathe and move without restrictions.
So they both sent a colonising party - and they both began to think of Doona as Home. And then one day the smooth-skinned, two-legged mammal known as Man came face to face with the furry, four-pawed mammal known as Hrruban...
The Hrrubans needed it to revitalise their decadent race, to give them back something of the old pioneering spirit. The Terrans needed it as an overspill from the hysterical crowding of Earth, a place to breathe and move without restrictions.
So they both sent a colonising party - and they both began to think of Doona as Home. And then one day the smooth-skinned, two-legged mammal known as Man came face to face with the furry, four-pawed mammal known as Hrruban...
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- PublisherRapp & Whiting Ltd
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0853911495
- ISBN 13 9780853911494
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages248
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Book Description 1st ed. The 3rd sci-fi novel by Anne McCaffrey. A few spots of foxing on page fore-edge; top edge of first signature a little roughly cut; binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped, but slightly worn at edges; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS124564I
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