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HALO
by TOM MADDOX (1991)


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From the author:

You may read these files, copy them, and distribute them in any way you
wish so long as you do not change them in any way or receive money for them.
I have entered HALO into the distribution networks of the Net, but I
retain the copyright to the novel.
If you paid for these files, you were cheated; if you sold them, you have
cheated.
Otherwise, have fun and spread the book around.
If you have any comments on the book or this distribution, you can send
me e-mail at:
[email protected]

November, 1994


To the memory of George Maddox, my father; Paul Cohen, my friend; and all
our lamented dead, lost in time.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Here are some of the people I owe in the writing of this book.
My wife Janis and son Tom. They have had to put up with the problems of a
novelist in the house -- including arbitrary mood swings and chronic
unavailability for many of the usual pleasures of life. To both, my love and
gratitude for their love, patience, and understanding.
My best friends: Leo Daugherty, Jeffrey Frohner, Bill Gibson and Lee
Graham.
My mother Jewell, my brother Bill and sister Janet.
Ellen Datlow: she published my first stories in Omni and showed me how a
really good editor works. Also, two friends who patiently read through drafts
of those stories before Ellen got them: Geoff Hicks and Larry Reed.
The readers of various incarnations of this book: Beth Meacham, my editor
at Tor Books; Merilee Heifetz, my agent; Bruce and Nancy Sterling, great
readers; Melinda Howard and Gary Worthington; Lynne Farr; Carol Poole. Also,
the members of the Evergreen Writers' Workshop, especially Pat Murphy.
The Usenet community, friend and foe, for ideas about a quite astonishing
number of things, and for the continuing fascination of life online; with
special thanks to Patricia O Tuana and the members of "eniac."
The usual suspects at the Conference on the Fantastic, with a special nod
to Brian Aldiss, because we'd all be happier if there were more like him