Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
“Supertoys Last All Summer Long,” which inspired the Steven Spielberg film Artificial Intelligence , headlines this collection of 18 short stories by Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster Bri…
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