Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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| ISBN-13: | 9780544057005 |
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| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date: | 06/11/2012 |
| Series: | Pirx the Pilot Series |
| Sold by: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Sales rank: | 204,550 |
| File size: | 762 KB |
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