Another advantage of having
the hardcover edition of a book you first read in manuscript form is that you can
check out the "Acknowledgments" and see if you made the cut. So,
Ace indeed gives "Perennial thanks to Jack Pendarvis" (so far so good!) for my "fuzzy memories" (!!!) of "the
Atlanta bar scene and life down on
Highland and
Ponce." I would argue that
Dr. Theresa and I supplied Ace with memories of our
old neighborhood that were vivid, crisp, and sharp as a tack! I do realize that
I described my brain as "fuzzy" as recently as November 9.