Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank several critique groups that significantly aided my
development as a writer: the Slugtribe in Austin, Texas, and theWhensday People and SFX groups in California. I also receivedgood, constructive criticism of this novel from my Clarion West
classmates, particularly Ojvind Bernander, Syne Mitchell, and By-
ron Tetrick. I’d especially like to thank my Hemingway expert, Bill
Burkett, and my cataclysmic variable experts, Dr. Tod Ramseyer
and Dr. Chris Mauche. Wolf Read provided not only commentary
on the manuscript but also the great interior illustration of SSCygni. My editor Beth Meacham provided encouragement andexcellent direction with the finishing polish. Finally I’d like tothank my wife, Leah Cutter. She read and critiqued this novelmore times than I read and critiqued her first novel and always
told me what I needed to hear when I needed to hear it.iii
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