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Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council and the Multiculturalism Programmes of
the Department of Canadian Heritage, for financial assistance while I completed this project.
For patient, insightful critique, encouragement, invention and general correction of my wacky concepts of
science and social systems, thank you to Bob Boyczuk, Laurie Channer, Debbie Donofrio, Candas Jane
Dorsey, David Findlay, Peter Halasz, Brent Hayward, Dora Knez, Kelly Link, Pamela Mordecai, Peter
Watts, and my agent Don Maass and editor Betsy Mitchell.
Appreciation to David Findlay for permission to quote тАЬStolen.тАЭ Thank you, doux-doux.
Love, respect, blessings to my mother, Freda, and brother Ke├пta for their boundless support and
enthusiasm.



UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM FOR AN AMAZING NEW TALENT
NALO HOPKINSON
Winner of the Aspect First Novel Contest
Finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award
MIDNIGHT ROBBER
тАЬItтАЩs been many a day since IтАЩve read anything so bursting with robust, inventive energy and singing
language . . . a wonderful job.тАЭ
тАФSuzy McKee Charnas, author ofWalk to the End of the World
тАЬA lovely novel and a rousing adventure, with a unique setting and complex, intriguing characters.тАЭ
тАФVonda McIntyre, author ofThe Moon and the Sun
тАЬTransports you not only to a different world, but to a different way of looking at the world. This is what
SF is supposed to be and so often isnтАЩt: provocative, intelligent, original.тАЭ
тАФDelia Sherman, author ofThrough a Brazen Mirror
тАЬIn rich and vibrant language, Hopkinson tells a universal tale of a young womanтАЩs struggle to reclaim her
life from dark forces.тАЭ
тАФCandas Jane Dorsey, author ofBlack Wine
BROWN GIRL IN THE RING
тАЬAn impressive debut precisely because of HopkinsonтАЩs fresh viewpoint.тАЭ
тАФWashington Post Book World
тАЬSimply triumphant.тАЭ
тАФDorothy Allison, author ofBastard Out of Carolina
тАЬFusing Afro-Caribbean soul and speech in an intriguing landscape of spirits . . . a terrifying battle
between good and evil.тАЭ
тАФBlack Issues Book Review
тАЬA wonderful sense of narrative and a finely tuned ear for dialogue . . . balances a well-crafted and
imaginative story with incisive social critique and a vivid sense of place.тАЭ
тАФEmerge
тАЬA parable of black feminist self-reliance, couched in poetic language and the structural conventions of
classic SF.тАЭ
тАФVillage Voice
тАЬSplendid. . . . Superbly plotted and redolent of the rhythms of Afro-Caribbean speech.тАЭ
тАФKirkus Reviews
тАЬA book to remember.тАЭ
тАФCleveland Plain Dealer
тАЬActive, eventful . . . a success.тАЭ
тАФPhiladelphia Inquirer
тАЬRich and rewarding . . . one of the best debut novels in years.тАЭ