Nova

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Overview:

Title: Nova
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Year: 1983
ISBN-10: 0553236210
Publisher: Bantam Books
Price: $2.95
Pages: 215
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Nova
Notes: Stated 12th Bantam printing.
Cover artist is uncredited and signature is not visible on cover, but same as later re-used on Cobra Strike, credited there to Eddie Jones.