Richter 10 by Arthur C. Clarke and Mike McQuay
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. —Charles Caleb Colton
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius. —Oliver Wendell Holmes
To the memory of Mike McQuay,
who never lived to know what a good job he had done
—A.C.C.
