Beyond Heaven’s River – Bear, Greg

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Beyond Heaven’s River

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locals or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright 1980 by Greg Bear

First e-reads publication 1999

Greg Bear’s stories and novels have won him an important place in the science fiction community.

Initially, Bear was an illustrator for SF novels in the 1970’s. He has since gone on to a prolific writing career. His short story, Blood Music, which he later rewrote as a novel, won him both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. His acclaimed work includes DINOSAUR SUMMER, ANVIL OF STARS, ETERNITY

and DARWIN’S RADIO. He is married and lives in Washington State.

Other works by Greg Bear also available in e-reads editions Eon

Songs of Eearth and Power

To my mother and father,

On the literary side,

this book is for Joseph

Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn

Beyond Heaven’s River