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Campbell memorial award for best science fiction novel, or campbell memorial award, is an annual award presented by the center for the study of science fiction at the university of kansas to the author of the best science fiction novel published in english in the preceding calendar year. Kramer, bantam books began as a mass market publisher and mainly ran reprints of hardcover books. According to their website, spectra publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors. The movie the postman, starring kevin costner, came out in 1997, and was one of my first exposures to the post apocalyptic genre.
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