Acknowledgments

The author is much obliged to Laurie Campbell, David Dyer-Bennet, Lydia Nickerson, and Beth Friedman, for commentary;

to Jan Murphy and Richard Knowles, for the loan of their telescope books;

to Karen Uhrig, for advice on astronomical detail and psychology;

to Hilary Hertzoff, for recommended reading;

to Patricia Wrede, Elise Matthesen, and Caroline Stevermer, for support and patience;

and to Emma Bull, Steven Brust, Raphael Carter, Kara Dalkey, and Will Shetterly, for detailed and honest opinions.