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"This fast-paced adventure will appeal to techo-freaks and antitotalitarians. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
"It's always seemed to me that the murder mystery is a great vehicle for showing a new world. Murder in the Solid State is an exceptionally good illustration of the point. Besides being an excellent mystery, it is a convincing look at the near future of nanotechnology."
-Vernor Vinge
"Nanotechnology, cyberspace, and glitzy weapons technology spice up McCarthy's third novel but take a backseat to fast and frequently graphic action and exciting plot twists. Well-written, escapist futurism."
-Booklist
"McCarthy does an exceptional job developing both the SF and mystery elements, and the fact that he has a fine cast of characters doesn't hurt any."
. -Science Fiction Chronicle
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"McCarthy's story weaves politics and science so deftly that the mystery shines."
-Midwest Book Review


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MURDER IN THE SOLID STATE
WIL MCCARTHY


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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
MURDER IN THE SOLID STATE Copyright (c) 1996 by Wil McCarthy
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
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ISBN: 0-812-55392-6
Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 95-52863
First edition: August 1996
First mass market edition: November 1998
Printed in the United States of America 0987654321
This book is dedicated to the memory of artist and teacher Evelyn B. Higginbottom, who remains a lady even now.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout, Walter Jon Williams, and especially David Hartwell for suffering through early drafts and helping to shape this novel into its current form. For technical assistance, I am deeply indebted to the following people: In the field of nanotechnology, K. Eric Drexler, J. Storrs Hall, and all the regulars on sci.nanotech. In the area of law enforcement and courtroom procedure, J. Michael Schell and Donald Polk. In the martial arts, Gaku Homma Sensei and Michael Fuhriman of Aikido Nippon Kan and Sherry Woodruff of the Cheyenne Fencing Society.
A number of other people are also very much in need of thanks. For character inspiration and notes on acade-mia: Richard M. Powers and Gary Snyder. For clearing the path for me in large ways and small: Charles C. Ryan, Dorothy Taylor, Ed Bryant, Rose Beetem, Doug and Tomi Lewis, Karen Haber, Robert Silverberg,
Richard Gilliam, Al and Penny Tegen, and Bruce Holland Rogers, all of whom believed in me on the very flimsiest of evidence. For musical inspiration: Enya, Phil Collins, David Crosby, Lemon Interrupt, and Antonio Vivaldi. Literary influences are too numerous to mention, but I would like to extend special thanks to Vernor Vinge, John Stith, and Walter Jon Williams for showing how it ought to be done. For moral and logistical support: my parents, Michael and Evalyn McCarthy, and especially my wife, Cathy, who puts up with an awful lot.