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Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled …
Someone with a very long to-read list. I sometimes ignore that and pick something else up though. Not a fish.
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Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled …

First published in Great Britain by The Women's Press Limited 1979. Reprinted 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984. 1985. This edition 1987.