"Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Those of My Blood" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lichtenberg Jacqueline)

Victor Schmidt introduced me to Frank Kurt Cylke, the director of the National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the division of the Library of
Congress that records books and which has recorded some of my novels. I have gained
great respect for these people and their high professional standards, but from my
readers, I have also gained a deep appreciation of the hunger among the users of the
national service for total access to my writing as well as to other тАЬStar TrekтАЭ and sf
publications.
As a result of this, Kerry Lindemann-Schaefer, editor and publisher of the Sime/Gen
fanzine Ambrov Zeor, Marjorie Robbins, Ellie Miller, and a host of other volunteers
energized and organized by Karen Litman, editor and publisher of Companion in Zeor,
have run an auction and book sale to raise money for a pair of the special tape recorders
needed, and the Sime/Gen fans are now finishing the job of putting all the Sime/ Gen
fanzines and many other materials on tape. Victor Schmidt, a quality assurance technician
for the national recording service, strives mightily to help us achieve the highest possible
standards.
As we have struggled with this task, our admiration for Mr. CylkeтАЩs achievements at
the National Library Service has grown daily. There is no substitute for the quality
product his service turns out, and we can only hope that sighted readers will write their
congressmen urging greater appropriations for the recording program. Of the over eight
hundred titles in sf/f published last year, they could only record seventy-two, a colossal
achievement but far short of adequate.
In another context, I have to thank my chiropractor, Larry Suchoff. Every writer with
a bad back knows what IтАЩm thanking him for.
For contact with any of the above-mentioned individuals, with Sime/Gen fandom, or
its publications, or for current status and availability on Sime/Gen or any of my other
novels, send a legal size self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Ambrov Zeor, Dept. B, P.O.
Box 290, Monsey, New York 10952.
If this fails to reach me, I may be contacted through any of my publishers or in care of
my agent, Russell Galen, at Scott Meredith Literary Agency, 845 Third Ave., New York,
N.Y. 10022, who deserves an Award of Valor and the Grankite Order of Tactics Class of
Excellence for the heroic efforts he has put forth on behalf of this book.
Stuart Moore, my editor, who had the courage to make a leap of faith, has given me
the courage to do what had to be done with this book. I am especially eager to hear from
readers of this novel with comments, criticism, or questions because I am now working on
a companion volume for this novel, titled Dream Spy.
And now I come to the foundation of all the efforts alluded to above. My husband,
Salomon, does what husbands do and it works. WhoтАЩd dare to ask for more?
chapter one
The tarmac of the Quito spaceport shimmered in the harsh sun. The group of scientists
bound for Project Hail on Luna milled about within the red-painted circle under the sign
reading, HIGH SECURITY PASSENGER PICKUP.
They all wore Project Hail flight suits. Most had stacked their identical flight bags, each
stenciled with the Project logo, at the place where the people-mover would soon pick
them up. Two armed guards flanked the pile.
Dr. Titus Shiddehara, clutching his own flight bag, hovered at the edge of the crowd,
with them but not of them. He scanned them, searching for the one who would be his
adversary, reminding himself not to squint against the sun.
Remember to act human, Connie had admonished him, and whatever you do, this
time keep your objectivity. Titus intended to do just that. Connie had made it very clear
when sheтАЩd chosen him for this mission that, this time, his life depended on his objectivity.