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    Misrule • A Bad Town for Spacemen
    Misrule • A Bad Town for Spacemen
    Misrule • A Bad Town for Spacemen
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    Misrule • A Bad Town for Spacemen

    By Robert Scott

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    “Misrule” and “A Bad Town for Spacemen” were both first published in Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in 1962. In this reformatted edition you can read both science fiction short stories.

    Science fiction often answers the question, “What if?” In “Misrule”, author Robert Scott ex

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEli Jayne
    Release dateJan 29, 2020
    ISBN9781087863344
    Misrule • A Bad Town for Spacemen
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    Robert Scott

    Rob Scott oversees international outreach at St. Helen's Bishopsgate Church in London, where he hosts meetings for better understanding with Muslim and Christian partners. He previously worked in Bangladesh with the World Health Organization.

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