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      Venus on the Half-Shell

      by Kilgore Trout
      Published
      Jan 1975
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      204
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      Kilgore Trout's Epic Science Fiction saga of The Space Wanderer, an Earthman wearing an eye-patch, levis, and a shabby gray sweater who roams the cosmos in a Chinese spaceship...

      The Space Wanderer, a man without a planet who has gained immortality from an elixir drunk during a sexual interlude with an alien queen in heat...

      The Space Wanderer, an intergalactic rover whose constant companions are a dog, an owl, and a female robot programmed for, among other things, unique fleshly delights...

      The Space Wanderer, a pretty nice guy whose only fault is that he asks questions that no one can answer: primarily, Why are we created only to suffer and die?

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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction Space Opera

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      First Edition Jan 1975 Dell ISBN13 9780440161493 ISBN10 0440161495
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      First Edition Jan 1975 Bantam ISBN13 9780440061496 ISBN10 0440061490
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      Sep 1988 Bantam ISBN13 9780440361497 ISBN10 0440361494
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      Nov 1996 Buccaneer Books ISBN13 9780899683065 ISBN10 0899683061
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      May 2024 Open Road Publishing ISBN13 9781504094528 ISBN10 1504094522
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