ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

Part of this novel is adapted from the story “Wang’s Carpets”, which was first published in the anthology New Legends, edited by Greg Bear.

 

Thanks to Caroline Oakley, Anthony Cheetham, Peter Robinson, Annabelle Ager, Kate Messenger, David Pringle, Lee Montgomerie, Gardner Dozois, Sheila Williams, Greg Bear, Mike Arnautov, Dan Piponi, Philipp Keller, Sylvie Denis, Francis Valéry, Henri Dhellemmes, Gérard Klein, and Bernard Sigaud.