This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright (c) 2000 by James P. Hogan
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
A Baen Books Original
Baen Publishing Enterprises
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ISBN: 0-671-31945-0
Cover art by Dru Blair
First printing, October 2000
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hogan, James P.
The legend that was Earth / James P. Hogan.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso
ISBN 0-671-31945-0
1. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6058.O348 L4 2000
823'.914—dc21 00-042926
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BAEN BOOKS by JAMES P. HOGAN
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The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
The Two Faces of Tomorrow
Giants' Star
Voyage from Yesteryear
Code of the Lifemaker
The Proteus Operation
Endgame Enigma
The Mirror Maze
The Infinity Gambit
Entoverse
The Multiplex Man
Realtime Interrupt
Minds, Machines & Evolution
The Immortality Option
Paths to Otherwhere
Bug Park
Star Child
Rockets, Redheads & Revolution
Cradle of Saturn
The Legend That Was Earth
Thrice Upon a Time (forthcoming)