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Heinlein six prophetic novels by the dean of science fiction. Often called the dean of science fiction writers, 4 he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time. And through the past by writing a novel 60 years, he seems a little naive, but no less lovely and attractive. The door into summer 1957 is an immensely enjoyable timetravel story told effortlessly by robert a.
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