This book would never have been begun without
Robert S. Bravard and David G. Hartwell;
it’s written for my ideal readers,
John Del Gaizo, Kathleen L. Spencer, Anthony C. Lilly, and Marilyn Hacker;
nor would it ever have been finished without
Robert Morales, Ricky and Janet Kagan, Shelley Frier, Mia Wolff, Linda Alexander, Daniel Sundance McLaughlin, Susan Palwick, and Charles Solomon Coup.