by Ian Watson
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* A curious misnomer, Seashells, for the main city of Indica! Set almost in the heart of a continent as it is, beside a few freshwater lakes; and at least fifteen hundred miles from the nearest part of the African Ocean. But there’s the wisdom of the Sleepers for you …