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Moorhead Public Library SF LEE (Text) 33500014490122 New Checked out 12/01/2026

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  • ISBN: 9781668059975
  • ISBN: 1668059975
  • Physical Description: 286 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Saga Press hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Saga Press, 2026.

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Summary, etc.:
Three-time Hugo Award finalist Yoon Ha Lee returns ... Read More
Target Audience Note:
A Libraria.
Subject: Artificial intelligence > Fiction.
Censorship > Fiction.
Imperialism > Fiction.
Language and culture > Fiction.
Linguistics > Fiction.
Space warfare > Fiction.
Fiction/Science Fiction - Space Opera.
Fiction/LGBTQ+ - General.
Artificial intelligence
Censorship
Imperialism
Language and culture
Linguistics
Space warfare
Magic > Fiction.
Language and languages > Fiction.
Obedience > Fiction.
Insurgency > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.
Space operas (Fiction).
Queer fiction.
Fiction
Science fiction
Space operas (Fiction)
Queer fiction.
Science fiction.
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