"David Wingrove - Chung Kuo 4 - The Stone Within" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wingrove David)

niceness and for maintaining enthusiasm, and to Alyssa Diamond ("Hi, David!") for always being cheerful
and on the ball. To Nick Sayers, departing editor, huge thanks for all you did (especially for arranging
that football match!), and good luck with the new job. We'll meet again, and all that. . .
In the long, lonely business of writing, a man needs a break and a beer now and then, so here's to my
brother Ian Wingrove, John "Mad Dog" Hindes, Andrew Muir, Tom Jones, Rob Holdstock, Ritchie
Smith, Tony Richards, Robert Allen, Simon (and Julie) Bergin, and Keith ("Teech") Carabine for getting
me away from the word processor.
To Mike "the Shark" Cobley ("Hi, Dave!"), fraternal greetings. Get the book done, Mike! And to
Andrew Sawyer, first-line critic, thanks once again for the thoughtful read.
To friends newтАФRonan, Mike, Niall, Tom, Paul, Laura and Sean, Vikki Lee and Steve, Storm, Sue
and Michelle, Mary Gentle, Geoff Ryman, Iain Banks, Bob Shaw, Gill and John Alderman, and Roger
("Dave")тАФthanks hugely for the wondrous times in Dublin. When shall we three hundred meet again . . .
?
To my old friend Robert Carter, thanks once more for the input on Part Two and for keeping the
science tight. Likewise, to Alex "The Weatherman" Hill, Jean pei for checking my meteorology
homework!
Special thanks, as ever, must go to Brian Griffin, to whom I owe the usual massive debt, for reading
the beast at its crudest state andтАФ as everтАФunderstanding it far better than me. May The Awakening
find the cult audience it deserves.
Music this time around was provided by the late, great Miles Davis, the Cardiacs, Nirvana, Frank
Zappa, and the boys from IQ. Bless you lads.
To Gerry Francis and the boys from the Bush, a big thank you for that New Year's Day performance.
See you on Saturday.
To Susan and the girls (Jessica, Amy, and Georgia) go the usual thanks for keeping my priorities right
and providing a healthy balance to my life. What more could a megalomaniac need?
And, finally, to my biggest fan over there in North America, John Patrick Kavanagh, cowriter of the
Chung Kuo screenplay, Empire of Ice, fraternal greetings! Here's another to take down to the Keys . . .

CONTENTS
BOOK4

The Stone Within
PROLOG U E Spring 2209тАФ IN THE SPACE BETWEEN

HEAVEN AND EARTH

PA RT 1 Spring 2209тАФ MONSTERS OF THE DEEP

Chapter i: Earth

Chapter 2: In the World of Levels

Chapter 3: Fathers and Sons

Chapter 4: Waves Against the Sand

Chapter 5: The Chain of Being

Chapter 6:, Into Emptiness