title: The Game: A Novel
author:  A. S. Byatt 
description: Vintage continues to reprint works by Byatt, the acclaimed author of Possession : this season brings a novel about two estranged sisters, The Game , and the collection Sugar and Other Stories . <br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Gamearth 02
  
    
  
  by Kevin J. Anderson
  
    
  
  Copyright (c)1989 by Kevin J. Anderson
  
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  Science Fiction
  
    
  
  To Ginger LaJeunesse
  
    
  
  (Charles Dickens said it best ... )
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
    
  
  Many people have offered encouragement and comments during the writing of this
  book. I would like to thank especially the members of my writers workshop for
  critiquing above and beyond the call of duty: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, Michael C.
  Berch, Clare Bell, M. Coleman Easton, Lori Ann White, Gary Shockley, and Avis
  Minger. I also express my appreciation to Chuck Beason, Kristine Kathryn
  Rusch, and Doug Beason ... for a whole bunch of things.
  
  "Always remember this: every character on Gamearth was created by the
  Outsiders. We exist solely for the amusement of those who Play our world. Our
  ambitions, our concerns mean nothing _―_ everything is determined by the roll
  of the dice."
  
   _―_ _The Book of Rules_
  
    
  
  PROLOGUE*
  
    
  
  Melanie blew warm breath against the