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Also by Chad Oliver
Novels
Mists of Dawn (1952)
Shadows in the Sun (1954)
The Winds of Time (1956)
Unearthly Neighbors (1960)
The Wolf is My Brother (1967)
The Shores of Another Sea (1971)
Giants in the Dust (1976)
Broken Eagle (1989)
The Cannibal Owl (1994)
Collections
Another Kind (1955)
The Edge of Forever (1971)
A Star Above and Other Stories (2003)
Far From This Earth and Other Stories (2003)
Acknowledgments
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Proof reading was provided by a stalwart band: Pam Fremon, Deb Geisler, David Grubbs, Tony Lewis, Mark Olson, and Sharon Sbarsky.
Rick Katze and Lis Carey helped with scanning.
Mark Olson kept the computers (and the editor) up and running. George Zebrowski nagged me (in the very nicest way!) to finish it.
Thanks to all.
—Priscilla Olson
November 2007
Dedication
Dedicated to …
the ape that walks like a chicken
Chad Oliver (1928–1993)
Chad Oliver was the working name that US anthropologist and writer Symmes Chadwick Oliver used for his SF titles. He was born in Ohio but spent most of his life in Texas, where he studied for his MA. He later took a PhD in anthropology at the University of California, which led to his appointment as a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Oliver’s SF work reflected both his professional training and personal roots: much of it is set in the outdoors of the US Southwest and most of his characters are deeply involved in outdoor activities. Oliver was also always concerned with the depiction of Native American life. His first published story, “The Land of Lost Content”, appeared in Super Science Stories in November 1950.
Copyright
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