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“Call it Genius.”

Acknowledgments

With thanks to Astrid, my constant provider of balance, to my diligent and tireless editor, John Joseph Adams, and to David and Diane Clark, careful and wonderful readers.

For help with my languages, I owe a debt of gratitude to Kathy Wellen, Judith Bosnak, Richard Curtis, and most especially to Kathleen Alcala.

Any errors that remain are of course my own.

About the Author

© Astrid Anderson Bear

Greg Bear has written more than thirty novels and five story collections, earning him five Nebulas, two Hugos, two Endeavours, and the Galaxy Award (China). He is one of the original founders of San Diego Comic-Con.

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Copyright

Copyright © 2021 by Greg Bear

All rights reserved

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bear, Greg, 1951– author.

Title: The unfinished land / Greg Bear.

Description: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. | “A John Joseph Adams book.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2020004939 (print) | LCCN 2020004940 (ebook) | ISBN 9781328589903 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781328592361 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3552.E157 U54 2021 (print) | LCC PS3552.E157 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020004939

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020004940

Cover design and illustration by Jim Tierney

Map by Carly Miller

Author photograph © Astrid Anderson Bear

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