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Lance

Lance

Vladímir Nabokov

'The illegible signature of teetering disaster' Three great stories--The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance--the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel ...

Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2018
ISBN:
978-0-241-33952-7
Pages:
54
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Synopsis

'The illegible signature of teetering disaster' Three great stories--The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance--the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel

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