by Mike Heppner
There, that’s it. Gotta run now—eight o’clock bed check. Back to our regular program.
Mike Heppner
The Egg Code
Mike Heppner grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, received an MFA from Columbia University, and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
FIRST VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES EDITION, NOVEMBER 2003
Copyright © 2002 by Mike Heppner
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Heppner, Mike.
The egg code: a novel / Mike Heppner —1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Computer networks—Fiction. 2. Computer users—Fiction.
3. Middle West—Fiction. 4. Internet—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.E58 E35 2002
813’.6—dc21
2002019022
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