ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & DEDICATIONS
“If a Flower Could Eclipse,” from Worlds of If (Winter 1970) edited by Ejler Jakobsson; “Old Folks at Home,” from Universe 8 (May 1978), ed. by Terry Carr; “The Windows in Dante’s Hell,” from Orbit 12 (Jul 1973), ed. by Damon Knight; “The Samurai and the Willows,” from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Feb 1976), ed. by Edward L. Ferman; “Allegiances,” from Galaxy (Feb 1975), ed. by James Baen; “At the Dixie-Apple with the Shoofly-Pie Kid,” from Cosmos (Nov 1977), ed. by David Hartwell.
“Prelude: the Domes,” “Interlude: The Testimony of Leland Tanner,” “Interlude: The City Takes Care of Its Own,” “Interlude: Volplaning Heroes,” “Interlude: First Counselor Jarboe,” “Interlude: The Cradle Begins to Rock,” “Interlude: After Jalyrica’s Fall,” and “Death Rehearsals,” all first appeared, in different formats, in Catacomb Years © 1979 by Michael Bishop (New York: Berkley/G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Jan 1979), ed. by David Hartwell.
A Little Knowledge, ed. by David Hartwell, consisting of a prologue and sections titled “Genesis,” Psalms,” and “Revelation,” is © 1977, by Michael Bishop (New York: Berkley/ G.P. Putnam’s Sons; May 1977). The stories, the prelude, interludes, and the Chronology from A Little Knowledge in this omnibus volume have all been extensively revised by the author and embody his preferred texts of each constituent unit.
The excerpt from Dickey’s “Kudzu” at the beginning of “Allegiances,” is copyright ©1963 by James Dickey, reprinted from Poems 1957-1967 by permission of Wesleyan University Press; “Kudzu” first appeared in The New Yorker.
This remade alternative history, The City and the Cygnets, is for
David Zindell,
a once-and-future friend from the early 1980s
until this unimaginable day.
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The original dedication to A Little Knowledge reads—
This book is for the grandparents of my children: Nora Hobeika Bishop and Lee Otis Bishop. Minnie Ellis Whitaker and John Gregory Whitaker. Maxine Elaine Willis and Charles Willis. With much love, always.
(My children are luckier than most.)
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The original dedication to Catacomb Years reads—
“Do you like science fiction?”
“No, my husband writes it.”
Jeri, this book is for you. . . .