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Benchmarks Concluded: F&SF "Books" Columns 1987-1993

Benchmarks Concluded: F&SF "Books" Columns 1987-1993

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Benchmarks Concluded: F&SF "Books" Columns 1987-1993

Benchmarks Concluded: F&SF "Books" Columns 1987-1993

Penned By Algis Budrys
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Collected reviews by Algis Budrys that originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1987-1993. This is the third of three volumes of Budrys's reviews from that magazine.

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Length 272 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Ansible Editions
Released 2013
Identifier (ISBN) 40688690
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