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About the author

Michael Ashley

1948

Mike Ashley is a full-time writer and researcher and a former local government officer and auditor. He has specialised in the history of science fiction, fantasy and other popular fiction for 30 years with over 50 books and 500 articles to his credit. He received the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award in 2002 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science-fiction scholarship.

Author

Michael Ashley

Pages

374

Read time

≈ 9h

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Language

English

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

ISBN

9781472114921

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