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Title: Invasión.(TT: Starship Troopers)
Author: Javier Betancourt
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 8, 1998
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: n1110Page: p66(1)

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JUNE 1998 ISSUE OF SCI FI UNIVERSE. THE COVER FEATURES JERI RYAN OF STAR TREK VOYAGER. OTHER ARTICLES FEATURE LOST IN SPACE, STARSHIP TARZAN, THE NEW SLIDERS, AND MORE. ... Read more