- Author
- Not stated (Wikipedia article, written by many editors)
- Published
- Page last edited 7 November 2026
- Kind
- Wikipedia article on a novel, with plot summary and reception
- Original
- en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reality_Dysfunction
- Subject
- Fiction and literature
What it is
Wikipedia contributors summarize the first book of The Night's Dawn Trilogy. The article covers publication, background, plot, reception and a list of reviews.
What it says
- The novel opens The Night's Dawn Trilogy and appeared in the UK in 1996.
- The setting is the 26th and 27th centuries.
- Humanity has split into Edenists, who share a telepathic gene, and technology-using Adamists.
- One possessed person says the possessing entities are trapped souls of the dead.
- A captured possessed says their combined will could move a planet to another plane.
- Cliff Ramshaw's Arcane review gave the novel 8 out of 10.
- Ramshaw said the early chapters flounder and the pace picks up after page 300.
What evidence it gives
The article cites one magazine review for its reception section. The plot summary is the editors' own retelling of the novel.
Interests and limits
Wikipedia is written by many editors and can change. A banner says the plot summary may be too long. Only one review is quoted. The article reveals plot developments.