Ocean on Top

HAL CLEMENT

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First published in Great Britain by Sphere Books Ltd 1976 Copyright © Harry C. Stubbs 1976 Magazine serial version copyright © Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1967 for Worlds of If TRADE MARK

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Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five