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Conn Maxwell returns to Poictesme, the Junkyard Planet, seeking Merlin, a mythical super-computer. A sci-fi quest of ingenuity and societal stakes.
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Conn Maxwell returns to Poictesme, the Junkyard Planet, seeking Merlin, a mythical super-computer. A sci-fi quest of ingenuity and societal stakes.
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This novel had its genesis in a much shorter story called "Graveyard of Dreams" (Galaxy, 1958) Piper expanded it to book length, and it appeared in 1963 as Junkyard Planet. Ace later renamed the book The Cosmic Computer for its paperback appearance. This edition returns the book to Piper's original title, Junkyard Planet.Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his home world of Poictesme, dubbed "The Junkyard Planet" because of all the military equipment left behind after the last war. Conn claims he...
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