Termination Shock

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Stephenson, Neal, author.

Title: Termination shock : a novel / Neal Stephenson.

Description: First Edition. | New York, NY : William Morrow, [2021] | Summary: “A visionary new science fiction thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem. Reamde, and Cryptonomicon”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021031366 (print) | LCCN 2021031367 (ebook) | ISBN 9780063028050 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780063028067 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780063028074 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3569.T3868 T47 2021 (print) | LCC PS3569.T3868 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031366

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021031367

Digital Edition NOVEMBER 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-302807-4

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-302805-0