"Eric Flint - Rats ,Bats and Vats" - читать интересную книгу автора (Flint Eric)

Also by Dave Freer:
The Forlorn
Also by Eric Flint:
Mother of Demons
1632

The Belisarius series, with David Drake:
An Oblique Approach
In the Heart of Darkness
Destiny's Shield
Fortune's Stroke

The Federation of the Hub series,
by James H. Schmitz
edited by Eric Flint:
Telzey Amberdon
T'NT: Telzey & Trigger
Trigger & Friends
(forthcoming)


Acknowledgments
by Dave Freer

This book owes a great deal to the advice of several people: Conrad Chu, for
his tolerant explanations of technical aspects, our fellow author John Ringo
for his input on military matters, and Aubrey Rautenbach for his patient
advice on tractors and cropsprayers. I must also thank my longsuffering
biologist/scientist peers, Drs. Ware, Wolber, Baker, Collins and Hawkes, for
their help in solving the biological conundrums involved in building alien
biosystems. Any errors are ours, not theirs. In addition to this, many of the
great crowd at Baen's Bar (http://www.baen.com) helped with suggestions and
snippets of information.
Two other people need especial thanks: my wife Barbara, and Kathy Holton, my
proofreader. Between the two of them they turn my English into something
readable, before I turn my pages over to Eric. Barbs also exercises enormous
restraint and tolerance with a husband who lives in an alien world half the
time.
Finally, I'd like to thank my friend and writing mentor, Eric (the Bear)
Flint. Countless e-mail discussions, the chapters being passed to-and-fro, and
not a few international calls, made this book -- and also made it great fun to
write. The constant sparking off each other produced a book I could never have
written alone.

Dave Freer
Eshowe
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa