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for Quentin and Casey, because I said so
Acknowledgments
I’d like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Chris Schluep, Shelly Shapiro, Scott Edelman, and Simon
Spanton for understanding and believing in this project. Wouldn’t trade you guys for diamonds. Also, for
their help in nailing down the basic ideas on which the novel rests, I’m indebted to Gary Snyder, Richard
Powers, and especially Shawna McCarthy for being so difficult to please. The many people who helped
with technical details are listed separately in Appendix C, but I’ll extend special thanks here to Bernhard
Haisch for inspiration and for serving as a brilliant sounding board, and to Sid Gluckman for making a