Fractions (85 page)
Authors: Ken MacLeod
Thanks to Carol, Sharon and Michael for love (and peace) while writing the book; to Iain Banks for reading the draft in good drinking time; to Mic Cheetham for believing in it; to John Jarrold for keeping his nerve; to the partisans of Libertaria, and of Nowhere (you know who you are); to Lara Byrne, for an inspiration (and a genotype).
From Tom Doherty Associates
T
HE
F
ALL
R
EVOLUTION
The Star Fraction
The Stone Canal
The Cassini Division
The Sky Road
T
HE
E
NGINES OF
L
IGHT
Cosmonaut Keep
Dark Light
Engine City
Newton's Wake
Learning the World
The Execution Channel
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these novels are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
FRACTIONS: THE FIRST HALF OF THE FALL REVOLUTION
Copyright © 2008 by Ken MacLeod
The Star Fraction
copyright © 1995 by Ken MacLeod
The Stone Canal
copyright © 1996 by Ken MacLeod
All rights reserved.
An Orb Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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New York, NY 10010
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Dataa
MacLeod, Ken.
[Star fraction]
Fractions / Ken MacLeod.â1st trade pbk. ed.
   p. cm.â(Fall revolution series)
“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”
ISBN: 978-1-4299-6552-1
1. Life on other planetsâFiction. 2. Computer programsâFiction. I. MacLeod, Ken Stone canal. II. Title.
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