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The Alien

by Raymond F. JonesBook 6 of 31 in Galaxy Science Fiction
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Description

Speculate for a moment on the enormous challenge to archaeology when interplanetary travel is possible... and relics are found of a race extinct for half a million years! A race that was so far in advance of ours that they held the secret of life restoration! What happens when a member of that race is brought back after 500,000 years of death...

What it’s like

ThemeSpace FantasySpace ExplorationWonderCosmic DreadLast of Their KindImmortality
ViolenceStandard
HorrorCreepy

Details

First published
1951
Pages
160
Reading time
About 3 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Wildside Press, LLC
Language
English
ISBN
9781434461940
Series
Galaxy Science Fiction, Book 6

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