# ID this book: scifi: (80s/90s?) humanity vs. 1st contact aliens, asteroid ships, sol sys colonized

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> [@justanotherbiblophile](#):
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> Yup, is the correct book.

Glad to hear it!

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> Not the most well-written, but a bit better than I recall.

Glad to hear that too.

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