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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Mythologies of outer space / edited by Jim Ellis & Noreen Humble.
Names: Ellis, Jim, 1964- editor | Humble, Noreen, 1962- editor
Series: Calgary Institute for the Humanities series ; no. 4.
Description: Series statement: Calgary Institute for the Humanities series ; no. 4 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20240511212 | Canadiana (ebook) 20240511271 | ISBN 9781773855875 (softcover) | ISBN 9781773855868 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781773855905 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781773855899 (PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Outer space—In art. | LCSH: Outer space—In literature. | LCSH: Outer space—Social aspects. | LCSH: Outer space—Mythology. | LCSH: Outer space—Pictorial works.
Classification: LCC N8234.O8 M98 2025 | DDC 704.9/4952—dc23
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