Reamde

“Neal Stephenson has made a name for himself as a writer whose imagination knows no limits.”—Salon.com

“The Seattle writer is hard-wired to tell stories, explore technology and riff on anything that catches his fancy.”—Oregonian

“The cult legend.”—Popular Mechanics

“The view from Stephenson’s world is a marvel.”—Seattle Times

“For all of his achievements, Neal Stephenson’s most impressive may be his ability to attract a following equal parts hacker and literati… It’s not just that his prose is smooth and often witty or that his intelligence is wide-ranging and speculative, but that he wrestles with concepts … in ways that would shame most ‘literary’ novelists.”—Los Angeles Times

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COPYRIGHT

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

REAMDE. Copyright © 2011 by Neal Stephenson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stephenson, Neal.

Reamde / Neal Stephenson.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-06-197796-1

1. Computer games—Fiction. 2. Virtual reality—Fiction. 3. Money laundering—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3569. T3868R43 2011

813′.54—dc22

2011020573

ISBN 978-0-06-210642-1 (international edition)

EPub Edition © SEPTEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780062101341

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