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Project LAIKA — Nick ABADZIS’s secret works

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February 13, 2006
Posted by: Mark Siegel
Categories: Behind the Scenes

Can’t wait! And neither can Abadzis fans, who are about to be knocked sideways by this extraordinary new project of his, a true labor of love. Sorry: I meant to say a labour of love. More to come, more to come!

Here’s Nick, whose massive research for LAIKA took him — surprise! — to Moscow.

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