A Reasonable World

A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK NEW YORK

NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

A REASONABLE WORLD

Copyright © 1991 by Damon Knight

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

Passages from Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler on pages 150 and 151 are reprinted by permission of Sterling Lord Literistic,.Inc., and are copyright © 1941 by Arthur Koestler.

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Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.

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New York, N.Y. 10010

Cover art by Martin Andrews

ISBN: 0-812-50978-1

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-48783

First edition: February 1991

First mass market printing: November 1991

Printed in the United States of America