"Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Sime Gen 01 - First Channel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lichtenberg Jacqueline)

To my parents, especially Daddy, who always knew I'd write a book some day,
To Mike Amsden, who sent me a copy of House of Zeor, and got me into all this,
And, of course, to Jacqueline Lichtenberg, who created a universe and shared a dream.
JEAN LORRAH



My work on this book must be dedicated to Jean Lorrah, and through her to the imaginative faculty that somehow
allows people to share their dreams.
JACQUELINE LICHTENBERG



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Since publication of the second Sime/Gen novel, Unto Zeor, Forever, (Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978, Play-boy
Books, 1980), the number of people involved in the work has risen steadily until now we have three fanzines dedicated
to the Sime/Gen universeтАФAmbrov Zeor, A Companion in Zeor, and Zeor Forum: Transfer for An-cientsтАФall three of
which can be reached care of Ambrov Zeor, Box 290, Monsey, New York 10952. Please include a self-addressed
stamped envelope.
We must acknowledge here the aid and assistance of the fanzine contributors and staffs in answering mail and
providing information -to the fans as this book progressed. We must also thank those who read and commented on
portions of the manuscript as it was written.
In particular, we owe thanks to Anne Golar, editor of

Ambrov Zeor, Karen Litman, editor of Companion in Zeor, arid Katie Filipowicz, editor of Zeor Forum, who is also
working on a Sime universe concordance and so helped us with continuity, and to Judy Segal for the care and
attention she has lavished on the story of Rimon Farris.
A separate acknowledgment goes to Mary Jo DiBella, the special production assistant on the AZ staff, who has
spent untold hours helping us with this manuscript.
We would also like to thank Victor Schmidt of the Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped for his personal help in pro-viding access to the Sime/Gen novels as well as many other SF
and Star Trek books to the handicapped readers. As we were finishing the rough draft of this book, we were on our
way to the 1978 August Party. We stayed over at Mary and Vic's house, and Mary let us use her typewriter to finish
the book. It takes a lot to maintain one's cool with two frantic writers as houseguestsтАФbut then Mary Schmidt is a
writer, too, so she understood.
And as always, we must thank Doubleday for their quick and courteous forwarding of mail so that we have been
able to meet and interact with so many readers. If ever the post office box number doesn't reach us, you can reach us
through any of our publishers for more informa-tion on the sequel to First Channel, the sequel to Unto Zeor, Forever
or its early drafts (being published in Am-brov Zeor) or other works that we are doing.

Jean Lorrah Murray, Kentucky July 1979
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Monsey, New York
July 1979




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