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The first edition of the novel was published in april 17th 2008, and was written by alastair reynolds. I dont remember any particular setbacks or impasses at any point in the process, which is an. I have vague intentions to return to the universes of pi and hos, but nothing firm, and i dont intend to return to the worlds of cr or tw, much as im fond of those books. Read house of suns by alastair reynolds available from rakuten kobo. An engaging and aweinspiringsf signal space opera from the criticallyacclaimed author of the revelation space seri. Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, abigail gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones.
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