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Slavic including russian, languages and literature. The peace war across real time, book 1 by vernor vinge. He is best known for his hugo awardwinning novels and novellas a fire upon the deep 1992, a deepness in the sky 1999, rainbows end 2006, fast times at fairmont high 2002 and the cookie monster 2004, as well as for his 1984 novel the peace war. Its sequels are the ungoverned, which was a novella published in his collection true names and other.
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