The Reality Dysfunction

Name: The Reality Dysfunction
Author: Peter F. Hamilton

1996 novel by Peter F. Hamilton

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Author: Peter F. Hamilton
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Released: January 26, 1996
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Publisher: Pan Books
, WarnerMedia
, Orbit
Language: English
Genre: science fiction

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The Reality Dysfunction is a science fiction novel by British writer Peter F. Hamilton, the first book in The Night's Dawn Trilogy. It is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Publishers on 26 January 1996. The first US edition, which was broken into two volumes, Emergence and Expansion, followed in July and August 1997 from Time Warner Books. The second US edition, published by Orbit Books in October 2008, is published in a single volume.

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Part of the series: The Night's Dawn Trilogy followed by: The Neutronium Alchemist
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Cover art by: Jim Burns
Members / parts: The Reality Dysfunction 1: Emergence (Night's Dawn 1)
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Title: The Reality Dysfunction
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Form of creative work: novel
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Nominations: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel(1998)
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