Acknowledgments
For
Tom and Sara Purdom,
who won’t read this one either.
The author would like to thank the following people for their help, support, criticism, and inspiration:
Robert Silverberg, Jack Dann, Susan Casper, Donald G. Keller, Jack C. Haldeman II, Virginia Kidd, Joanna Russ, Kirby McCauley, Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Carol Emshwiller, Eileen Gunn, Pat Cadigan, Karen Faraguna, Trina King, John Douglas, Ginjer Buchanan, Gene Di Modica, Victoria Schochet, George R.R. Martin, Judith Weiss, Michael Swanwick, Robin Rosenthal, the members of the Milford Science Fiction Writers’ Conference 1973, the members of the Guilford Writers’ Workshop 1973, and very special thanks to my editor, David G. Hartwell, and to Dr. Pat Hartwell.