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Alien Artifact

An inscrutable relic of a vanished civilization, dangerous to touch and impossible to ignore.

1 title

Common themes

First Contact 1 Colonization 1

Peaks in

1960s

Used most by

William R. Doede

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A City Near Centaurus

Cover of A City Near Centaurus by William R. Doede

A City Near Centaurus

William R. Doede · 1962

ColonizationFirst Contact