The Witling

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

THE WITLING

Copyright © 1976 by Vernor Vinge Originally published in 1976 by DAW Books.

Illustrations copyright © 1986 by Doug Beekman

Map of Giri drawn by Vernor Vinge. Map copyright © 1976 by Vernor Vinge

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vinge, Vernor.

The witing / Vernor Vinge.—1st ed.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN-13: 978-0-765-30886-3

ISBN-10: 0-765-30886-X

1. Life on other planets—Fiction. 2. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. 3. Psychokinesis—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3572.I534W58 2006

813'.54—dc22 2006048189

First Tor Edition: December 2006

Printed in the United States of America

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