HOPSCOTCH
A Bantam Spectra Book


PUBLISHING HISTORY
Bantam Spectra hardcover edition published February 2002
Bantam Spectra mass market edition / May 2003


Published by Bantam Dell
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York, New York


Some substantially revised portions of this novel have been published in Analog magazine under the titles “Identity Crisis” and “Club Masquerade.”


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Copyright © 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001043264


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eISBN 0-553-89752-7


Published simultaneously in Canada


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