"Michael Flynn - Wreck of The Rivers of Stars" - читать интересную книгу автора (Flynn Michael)

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First Edition: April 2003

Charles SheffieldA gentleman, scholar and good friend

Acknowledgments
As always in a book of this sort, there were many people who tried to screw my head on straight. It
didn’t always work, but I’m grateful for the twists. Among the chiropractors:

Mariesa Julien introduced me to the Meyers-Briggs personality scales, which in a way was the seed for
this story. Tom Ligon explained about Farnsworth cages. They can’t do what they do in this story, but
NASA is funding research on them, so who knows? Robert Zubrin first imagined the magnetic sail, but
there’s a host of folk out there on the Web now working on his idea. Charles Sheffield advised on some
points of astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and constant acceleration, as well as on plot. Jerry Pournelle’s
essay, “Those Pesky Belters and Their Torchships” (A Step Farther Out, Ace [1980]), was especially
helpful. Basheer Alawamleh and Saraji Umma Zaid gave advice on Muslim practices, suitable hadith,
and the kalima shahada. Paul Berman gave helpful advice on radars.

In addition, Nancy Kress, Maureen McHugh, Eleanor Wood, Moshe Feder, David Hartwell, and Jerry
Pournelle contributed valuable comments on plot, character, background, and/or wordsmithing.

My thanks to all.

The Crew



Evan Dodge Hand captain
Stepan Gorgas first officer
’Abd al-Aziz Corrigan second officer


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Eugenie Satterwaithe third officer and sailing master
The late Enver Bey Koch engineer
Ramakrishnan Bhatterji engineer
Mikoyan Hidei engineer’s mate
The Lotus Jewel sysop and purser
Eaton Grubb biosystems/life support/cook
Fransziska Wong, M.D. ship’s doctor