Conventions of War
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Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams (born October 15, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Several of Williams' novels have a distinct cyberpunk feel to them, notably Hardwired (also an homage to Roger Zelazny's novel Damnation Alley), Voice of the Whirlwind and Angel Station. However, he has...
Copyright date:
- 2005
- Sep 27, 2005
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