The Time Ships. Stephen Baxter

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 1995

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      Source ISBN: 9780008134549

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