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No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming

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No Earth from Nowhere : Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming. / Egholm Lund, Sebastian.

In: Dix-Neuf, Vol. 26, No. 3, 14.11.2022, p. 169-185.

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Harvard

Egholm Lund, S 2022, 'No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming', Dix-Neuf, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2022.2144339

APA

Egholm Lund, S. (2022). No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming. Dix-Neuf, 26(3), 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2022.2144339

CBE

Egholm Lund S. 2022. No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming. Dix-Neuf. 26(3):169-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2022.2144339

MLA

Egholm Lund, Sebastian. "No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming". Dix-Neuf. 2022, 26(3). 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2022.2144339

Vancouver

Egholm Lund S. No Earth from Nowhere: Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming. Dix-Neuf. 2022 Nov 14;26(3):169-185. doi: 10.1080/14787318.2022.2144339

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Egholm Lund, Sebastian. / No Earth from Nowhere : Jules Verne's Critique of Terraforming. In: Dix-Neuf. 2022 ; Vol. 26, No. 3. pp. 169-185.

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