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A near-fine first edition of Sir Terry Pratchett's second book. In the original green binding with gold lettering. There are several very slight wrinkles to the first 6 pages, but otherwise, an unblemished copy. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket, with a small strip of sun discoloration along the top of the back cover.
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About the book
THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS.
Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads, 'End Nuclear Testing Now', doesn't dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth.
But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new...
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About the Author
Terry Pratchett
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