"Gould,.Steven.C.-.Jumper" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gould Stephen Jay)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii

Teleportation is, I hope, a classic
trope of science fiction, and not a clich@e.
Certainly without Alfred Bester's The Stars
My Destination, Robert Heinlein's
Tunnel in the Sky, Larry Niven's
"Flash Crowd," Phyllis Eisenstein's
Born to Exile, and even "Star Trek"'s
hoary old transporter beam, I wouldn't have
asked myself certain questions about teleportation--
certain questions that resulted in the novel you now
hold. I'll let you judge whether I've
perpetrated a clich@e or something new, but I
freely acknowledge my debt to those who've already
plowed this particular furrow.
I'd also like to thank Bob Stahl for the
original question; Jack Haldeman and Barbara
Denz for information on the Adams Cowley Shock
Trauma Center in Baltimore; the
Authorized Personnel Writer's Group;
Rory Harper, Martha Wells, Tom
Knowles, and Laura J. Mixon, for their
support and perceptive comment; and the folks at
Tor--particularly, but not exclusively, my
editor, Beth Meacham, the best editor in this
field.