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প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের প্রথম এই বইটি নয়টি গল্প রয়েছে- ১. ব্যোমযাত্রীর ডায়রি (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬১ সনের সেপ্টেম্বর-নভেম্বর সংখ্যায়)২. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও হাড় (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের জানুয়ারি সংখ্যায়)৩. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও ম্যাকাও (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪... -
![Lost in Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon]()
Lost in Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn "A Door Into Time," Alex Hawk stepped through a mysterious, shimmering door in his basement and found himself flung in time. He is still on Earth, but it is an earth with giant creatures and no technology.Now, Alex is called upon to rescue the young girl who is thought to be the Chosen One - the savior of Kragdon-ah...Categorized as:
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![ಕರ್ವಾಲೋ [Karvalo] by K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi]()
ಕರ್ವಾಲೋ [Karvalo] by K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Karvalo, the protagonist is a well educated farmer, who is also the narrator of the story. In spite of his great interest in rural lifestyle, his unsuccessful agricultural work makes him consider ending his life as a farmer to move to the city.[citation needed] During this time he meets Karvalo, a middle aged scientist in search of a rare lizard... -
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Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on... -
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![The Vintage Bradbury: The Greatest Stories by America's Most Distinguished Practioner of Speculative Fiction by Ray Bradbury]()
The Vintage Bradbury: The Greatest Stories by America's Most Distinguished Practioner of Speculative Fiction by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe author of Fahrenehit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, offers a personal selection of his best stories, featuring "Dandelion Wine," "The Illustrated Man," The Veldt, "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit," and twenty other classics... -
![1984 (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) by SparkNotes, Brian Phillips]()
1984 (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) by SparkNotes, Brian Phillips
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCreated by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; and a review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers... -
![Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dave Eggers]()
Complete Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Dave Eggers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing five never-before-published Vonnegut stories!Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the twentieth century’s foremost imaginative geniuses. More than half of Vonnegut’s output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together... -
![Novels & Stories 1950–1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]()
Novels & Stories 1950–1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKurt Vonnegut’s signature qualities as a writer—what John Updike called “his free flow of invention, the surreal beauty of his imagery, and a colloquial American style justly ranked with Mark Twain’s”—are everywhere on display in this authoritative collection of his early fiction...Categorized as:
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![The Jungles of Alabama by E. William Brown]()
The Jungles of Alabama by E. William Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe System gave everyone on Earth a status screen, the ability to level up, and an endless supply of monsters to fight. To bad it seems to think the whole planet should be covered in adventure zones, and it doesn't believe in holidays or advance warning... -
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For a Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTaking place long after the self-extinction of Man, "For a Breath I Tarry" recounts the tale of Frost, a sentient machine ("...a silver-blue box, 40x40x40 feet,... featured in whatever manner he chose.") Though Man has disappeared, his robotic creations (and their creations in turn) continue to function... -
![The Bridge to Lucy Dunne by Exurb1a]()
The Bridge to Lucy Dunne by Exurb1a
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mad astronaut ejects a starship's sleeping crew into deep space. A playwright conjures her perfect lover into existence. Three time travellers appear to a motorbike mechanic, drink a little tea, and ruin his life. Mankind discovers the secrets of travelling to the stars, and promptly forgets them again.Exurb1a has collected 18 of his best received short stories into a book...Categorized as:
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![The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros]()
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo paints a spellbinding and eerie picture of society’s collapse, and the relationships that persist after everything as we know it disappears. After nuclear disaster, Rowenna and her young son are among the rare survivors in rural north-west Wales...Categorized as:
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![The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg]()
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nebula Award Winners for Best Novella, Best Novelet, and Best Short Story for the years 1965 - 1969 inclusive... -
![The Road Is A River by Nick Cole]()
The Road Is A River by Nick Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart Hemingway, part Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. The Road is a River is a suspenseful odyssey into the dark heart of the Post-Apocalyptic American Southwest. The Road is a River concludes Nick Cole’s fantastic Wasteland Saga...Categorized as:
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![The Magic of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson]()
The Magic of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExperience The Magic of Shirley Jackson with this generous selection of the author's greatest work.This collection consists of three complete books:The Bird's NestLife Among the SavagesRaising Demonsand eleven short stories--including the world-famous "The Lottery... -
![The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories by Rod Serling]()
The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSubmitted for your approval...These nineteen classic stories confirm Rod Serling as one of the finest fantasy writers of our time. Serling's legendary television series The Twilight Zone consistently demonstrated his remarkable gift for storytelling. In the years that have followed, millions have experienced and remembered these timeless scenarios, now airing regularly on the Sci-Fi Channel... -
![Trail of Misery by N.A. Broadley]()
Trail of Misery by N.A. Broadley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deadly virus has left Beth alone and afraid.She must leave her home with almost no supplies when she is attacked by a neighbor. Now forced to set out on the Appalachian Trail with only her backpack, two guns and a turkey carving knife...Categorized as:
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![The Works of Jules Verne by Jules Verne]()
The Works of Jules Verne by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Works of Jules Verne: 3 Books in 1- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea- A Journey to the Center of the Earth- Around the World in Eighty...Categorized as:
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![Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky]()
Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRed Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits compelled to venture illegally into the Zone and collect the strange artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered there. His whole life, even the nature of his daughter, is determined by the Zone.Tale of the Troika is a sequel to Monday Begins on Saturday and a satire on Soviet bureaucrazy... -
![Rapsodie der eenzaamheid by Agnar Mykle, Maurice Michael]()
Rapsodie der eenzaamheid by Agnar Mykle, Maurice Michael
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDutch translation of Lasso rundt fru Luna...Categorized as:
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![Blindness / Seeing by José Saramago]()
Blindness / Seeing by José Saramago
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Blindness, a city is overcome by an epidemic of blindness that spares only one woman. She becomes a guide for a group of seven strangers and serves as the eyes and ears for the reader in this profound parable of loss and disorientation. We return to the city years later in Saramago’s Seeing, a satirical commentary on government in general and democracy in particular... -
![Escaping Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Escaping Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe jungle hides many secrets waiting to be discovered as allies become enemies and the final countdown begins in book 5, the penultimate chapter of the Extinction series.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world... -
![The Semplica-Girl Diaries (short story) by George Saunders]()
The Semplica-Girl Diaries (short story) by George Saunders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNovelette, Free online fiction.From newyorker.com“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” deals with a family in a not-too-distant future (or perhaps an alternate present or past?) that is struggling to keep up with the Joneses—which, in this society, means leasing some unusual garden ornaments... -
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![Мечтают ли андроиды об электроовцах? by Philip K. Dick, Филип К. Дик]()
Мечтают ли андроиды об электроовцах? by Philip K. Dick, Филип К. Дик
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Только человечество кое-как справилось с ужасающими последствиями отгрохотавшей ядерной войны, как новая опасность нависла над ним: из космоса тайком на Землю стали прокрадываться андроиды - роботы-убийцы, неотличимые по облику от людей. Охотник за андроидами - такова профессия героя третьего романа в данном сборнике... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second volume of the definitive five-book set of the complete collected stories of the twentieth century's greatest sf author includes such masterpieces as the title story, with its endless war being fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robot weapons, and "Impostor" where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question... -
![A Perfect Vacuum by Stanisław Lem]()
A Perfect Vacuum by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn A Perfect Vacuum, Stanislaw Lem presents a collection of book reviews of nonexistent works of literature--works that, in many cases, could not possibly be written. Embracing postmodernism's "games for games' sake" ethos, Lem joins the contest with hilarious and grotesque results, lampooning the movement's self-indulgence and exploiting its mannerisms... -
![Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeginning in the 1960s and 70s, Ursula K. Le Guin redrew the map of modern science fiction...Categorized as:
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![The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells]()
The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSeven of Well's greatest, most startling forays into the realm of the fantastic. Includes The Time Machine, Island of Dr. Moreau, Invisible Man, War of the Worlds, First Men in the Moon, Food of the Gods, and In the Days of the Comet...Categorized as:
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![Retrograde by Tom Abrahams]()
Retrograde by Tom Abrahams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClayton Shepard dropped from the sky. Twice. Now, in the wake of twin cataclysmic blasts of energy from the sun, he is earthbound and far from home. While his family and friends seek safe harbor in an increasingly dangerous Texas, Clayton is forced underground in Colorado. He must free himself and finally find a way home in a world quickly slipping farther into the dark ages...Categorized as:
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![Ascend by K.A. Riley]()
Ascend by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere... -
![Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke]()
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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![Families First: A Post-Apocalyptic Next World Series by Lance K. Ewing]()
Families First: A Post-Apocalyptic Next World Series by Lance K. Ewing
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a devastating Electromagnetic Pulse is detonated over the USA, it leads to a total loss of power and a complete and catastrophic breakdown of everyday society. As the country descends into chaos and anarchy, one man makes an epic decision in order to save his loved ones and find a place of safety...Categorized as:
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![The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman]()
The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere is the essential fans' guidebook to the Star Trek universe--including material from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This compendium features a complete show-by-show guide to the original series as well as the movies and animated shows, including plot summaries, fascinating behind-the-scenes information, and credits. 125 photos... -
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![The Time Machine by Chris Sasaki, H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine by Chris Sasaki, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIllus. in black-and-white. When a turn-of-the-century scientist travels into the distant future in his time machine, he expects to find progress and superior people. But instead he discovers a world in decay. Reading level: 2.4...Categorized as:
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![Russian Stories/Русские Рассказы: A Dual-Language Book by Gleb Struve]()
Russian Stories/Русские Рассказы: A Dual-Language Book by Gleb Struve
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers... -
![Journey to the Center of the Earth by Kathleen Olmstead, Arthur Pober]()
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Kathleen Olmstead, Arthur Pober
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings�Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it.” That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: to a prehistoric world below the earth where dinosaurs and other strange creatures still roam...Categorized as:
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![Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...) by Franz Kafka]()
Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...) by Franz Kafka
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook is formatted with a functional and detailed table of contents.Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism... -
![The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury]()
The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story by Ray...Categorized as:
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![The Ferryman by Justin Cronin]()
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFounded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent... -
![The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff]()
The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered speculative novel about how a small English village prepares for the end of the world. Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in his mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride in life is winning poultry breeding contests...Categorized as:
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![The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison]()
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"It crouches near the center of creation. There is no night where it waits. Only the riddle of which terrible dream will set it loose. It beheaded mercy to take possession of that place. It feasts on darkness from the minds of men. No one has ever seen its eyeless face. When it sleeps we know a few moments of peace. But when it breathes again we go down in fire and mate with jackals...Categorized as:
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![Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection by Isaac Asimov]()
Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-year career of science fiction's transcendent genius, the world-famous author who defined the field of science fiction for its practitioners, its millions of readers, and the world at large... -
![The Virility Factor by Robert Merle, Martin Sokolinsky]()
The Virility Factor by Robert Merle, Martin Sokolinsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe time: the 1970s. The place: America. A menacing epidemic, Encephalitis 16, sweeps the nation. Women, boys and men over sixty are mysteriously immune. Too late, the President realizes that the male population is dying. Congressmen appoint their wives to succeed them. The Administration changes hands: the new President, a woman. Government and business are ruled by elite wonder-women... -
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![The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Great Illustrated Classics) by Mitsu Yamamoto, Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Great Illustrated Classics) by Mitsu Yamamoto, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you... -
![20.000 Mijlen Onder Zee: Oostelijk Halfrond by Jules Verne]()
20.000 Mijlen Onder Zee: Oostelijk Halfrond by Jules Verne
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![Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany]()
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA father must come to terms with his son's death in the war. In Venice an architecture student commits a crime of passion. A white southern airport loader tries to do a favor for a black northern child... -
![The Works of Rudyard Kipling (500+ works) by Rudyard Kipling]()
The Works of Rudyard Kipling (500+ works) by Rudyard Kipling
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature... -
![Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea-Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers: English-French Parallel Text Paperback Edition Volume Two by Jules Verne, David Bannon]()
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea-Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers: English-French Parallel Text Paperback Edition Volume Two by Jules Verne, David Bannon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJules Verne’s classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea—Vingt mille lieues sous les mers is presented in English-French parallel text, complete and unabridged. The story concludes in Volume Two as Aronnax and harpoonist Ned Land, imprisoned on the Nautilus, explore sunken ships, battle exotic creatures and face the misanthropic recluse, Captain Nemo...Categorized as:
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![Minor Angels by Antoine Volodine]()
Minor Angels by Antoine Volodine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Antoine Volodine comes a deeply disturbing and darkly hilarious novel whose full meaning, its author asserts, will be found not in the book’s pages but in the dreams people will have after reading it. In Minor Angels Volodine depicts a postcataclysmic world in which the forces of capitalism have begun to reestablish themselves...
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