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      This ebook edition first published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2015

      First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1976

      Portions of this novel appeared in a different form in Orbit 12, copyright © Damon Knight 1973

      Copyright © Brian Aldiss 2015

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007482368

      Ebook Edition © October 2015 ISBN: 9780007482375

      Version: 2015-08-28