This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
THE PLANET ON THE TABLE
Copyright © 1986 by Kim Stanley Robinson
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
First printing: July 1986
A TOR Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates
49 West 24 Street
New York, N.Y. 10010
ISBN: 0-312-93595-1
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 85-52258
Printed in the United States
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