Copyright © 2017 by Neil Clarke

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor.

Title: Galactic empires / edited by Neil Clarke.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Night Shade Books, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016030371 | ISBN 9781597808842 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Science fiction, American. | Imperialism—Fiction. | BISAC:

FICTION / Science Fiction / Short Stories. | FICTION / Science Fiction /

Adventure. | FICTION / Science Fiction / General.

Classification: LCC PS648.S3 G25 2017 | DDC 813/.0876208--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030371

Print ISBN: 978-1-59780-884-2

eISBN: 978-1-59780-617-6

Cover illustration by Toni Justamante Jacobs
Cover design by Jason Snair

Please see page 622 for an extension of this copyright page.

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