The Reality Dysfunction
 The Reality Dysfunction is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton and is the first book in The Night's Dawn Trilogy. It is followed by The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Publishers on 26 January 1996. The first US edition which was broken into two volumes Emergence and Expansion (the UK paperback is not) followed in July and August 1997 from Time Warner Books.