"06 - Children of the Mind" - читать интересную книгу автора (Bova Ben)

14. УHow They Communicate with AnimalsФ

15. УWeТre Giving You a Second ChanceФ

16. УHow Do You Know They ArenТt Quivering in TerrorФ

17. УThe Road Goes On without Him NowФ



Afterword



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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My heartfelt thanks to:



Glenn Makitka, for the title, which seems so obvious now, but which never
crossed my mind until he suggested it in a discussion in Hatrack River on
America Online;

Van Gessel, for introducing me to Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe, and for his
masterful translation of Shusaku Endo's Deep River;

Helpful readers in Hatrack River, like Stephen Boulet and Sandi Golden, who
caught typographical errors and inconsistencies in the manuscript;

Tom Doherty and Beth Meacham at Tor, who allowed me to split Xenocide in
half in order to have a chance to develop and write the second half of the
story properly;

My friend and fellow weeder in the vineyards of literature, Kathryn H.
Kidd, for her chapter-by-chapter encouragement;

Kathleen Bellamy and Scott J. Alien for Sisyphean service;

Kristine and Geoff for careful reading that helped me resolve
contradictions and unclarities; and

My wife, Kristine, and my children, Geoffrey, Emily, Charlie Ben, and Zina,
for patience with my strange schedule and self-absorption during the
writing process, and for teaching me all that is worth telling stories
about.