The Orchid Cage

( German - Der Orchideenkafig - 1961 )

novel by Herbert W. Franke

translated by Christine Priest

Published: DAW Books - paperback - 1973 ( no. 79 )
ISBN: 0879970820 / 9780879970826

synopsis
On a distant planet, not too different from Earth, there stands a mechanized city with no visible inhabitants. Obviously of a highly developed civilization, the questions are, who built it, where are they. and what can humans learn from them?

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