The Return is part of the Machines, Inventions & Early Science Fiction catalogue. The record identifies McGuire, John J. (John Joseph), 1917-1981, Piper, H. Beam, 1904-1964 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 14,955 words, corresponding to an estimated 66 minutes of reading, and is divided into 2 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 15.9 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.189. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Science fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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