For George R. R. Martin
—because He Is There.
The editors would like to thank the following people for their help and support:
Trina King, Jane Yolen, Michael Swanwick, Susan Casper, Jeanne Dann, Bob Walters, Janet and Ricky Kagan, Virginia Kidd, Perry knowlton, Avram Davidson, John Silbersack, Art Saha, John Kessel, Stuart Schiff, Gene Wolfe, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, Bob Frazier, Bruce Sterling, Jeff Levin, Christine Pasanen Morris, Edward Ferman, Pat LoBrutto, Kirby McCauley, Tom Whitehead of the Special Collections Department of the Paley Library at Temple University (and his staff, especially John Betancourt and Connie King), Brian Perry and Tawna Lewis of Fat Cat Books (263 Main Street, Johnson City, New York 13790), Barry Malzberg, David Whalen, the staff at the Sir Speedy Printing Center in Philadelphia (especially Lisa), and special thanks to our own editors, Ginjer Buchanan and Susan Allison.