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Copyright © 1974, 2016 by D. G. Compton

Introduction copyright © 2016 by Jeff VanderMeer

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Cover image: John Hilliard, Camera Recording Its Own Condition (7 Apertures, 10 Speeds, 2 Mirrors), 1971; courtesy of the artist

Cover design: Katy Homans

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Compton, D. G. (David Guy), 1930– author.

Title: The continuous Katherine Mortenhoe / D. G. Compton ; introduction by Jeff VanderMeer.

Description: New York : New York Review Books, [2016] | Series: New York Review Books Classics

Identifiers: LCCN 2016009385 | ISBN 9781590179710 (softcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Terminally ill—Fiction. | Reality television programs—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Technological. | GSAFD: Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6053.O45 C66 2016 | DDC 823/.914—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016009385

ISBN 978-1-59017-972-7

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