My intent is primarily to tell a story, but if the story leads some readers to learn more about the Bushmen, and about a way of life that none of us can afford to ignore, I will be very happy.įoreword It started in mud, as many things do. If I have offended or exploited, I have failed. However I have trimmed the truth, I have done my best to make the spirit of my portrayal accurate. One of my most dubious bits of truth-manipulation may turn out to be the simple assertion that there will be anyone left pursuing the hunter-gatherer life in the bush by the middle of the twenty-first century. But the Bushmen's old ways are indeed disappearing fast. I have simplified and sometimes transposed Bushman thoughts and songs and stories. The Bushmen do not have a monolithic folklore-each area and sometimes each extended family can sustain its own quite vibrant myths-or a single culture. I freely admit that I have taken great liberties in my portrayal of Bushman life and beliefs in this novel. For more information, visit the Tad Williams web site at: Author's Note The aboriginal people of Southern Africa are known by many names-San, Basarwa, Remote Area Dwellers (in current government-speak), and, more commonly, Bushmen.

As always, many thanks are due to my patient and perceptive editors, Sheila Gilbert and Betsy Wollheim. Kramer, Mark Kreighbaum, Bruce Lieberman, Mark McCrum, Peter Stampfel, Mitch Wagner. Hartman, John Jarrold, Roz Kaveney, Katharine Kerr, M. Actually, Dad doesn't read fiction, so if someone doesn't tell him about this, he'll never know.Īcknowledgments This has been a hideously complicated book to write, and I am indebted to many people for their assistance, but especially the following, who either provided desperately needed research help or waded through another giant-economy-sized Tad manuscript and had encouraging and useful things to say afterward: Deborah Beale, Matt Bialer, Arthur Ross Evans, Jo-Ann Goodwin, Deborah Grabien, Nic Grabien, Jed This book is dedicated to my father, Joseph Hill Evans, with love. Third ANOTHER COUNTRY Beneath Two Moons Hunger Hunters and Prey Bride of the Morning Star A Visit to Uncle Tomb of Glass In the Emperor's Gardensįourth THE CITY Someone Else's Dream Butterfly and Emperor Lord of Temilún The Singing Harp Johnny's Twist A New Day Blue Fire

Second RED KING'S DREAM Thorns Inside the Beast Looking Through the Glass Eland's Daughter's Son His Master's Voice Friends in High Places The Deadly Tower of Senbar-Flay A Call from Jeremiah Red and White Fragments Lord Set Up the Ladder Gear Blue Dog Anchorite

Original Copyright 1996 DAW Books ISBN 0-88677-763-1įirst UNIVERSE NEXT DOOR Mister Jingo's Smile The Airman Empty Signal Gray The Shining Place A World Afire No Man's Land The Broken String Dread Mad Shadows

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