The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

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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. | Galland, Nicole, author.

Title: The rise and fall of D.O.D.O. : a novel / Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : William Morrow, [2017]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016051782 (print) | LCCN 2016043352 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062409164 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780062409157 (paperback) | ISBN 9780062409171 (Ebook)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3569.T3868 R57 2017 (ebook) | LCC PS3569.T3868 (print) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016051782

ISBN 978-0-06-240916-4 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-06-269586-4 (Barnes & Noble signed edition)

EPub Edition JUNE 2017 ISBN 978-0-06-240917-1