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    The Machine that Saved the World
    The Machine that Saved the World
    The Machine that Saved the World
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    The Machine that Saved the World

    By Murray Leinster

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    They were broadcasts from nowhere—sinister emanations flooding in from space—smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could Earth devise against science such as this?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOzymandias Press
    Release dateMay 24, 2016
    ISBN9781531278953
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    Murray Leinster

    Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American science fiction and alternate history writer. He was a prolific author with a career spanning several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the science fiction genre.

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