for

Don Flamanck and Colin Wilson

two wise Cornishmen

 

 

and for all those traditional musicians

who, wittingly or unwittingly,

but with great good skill,

still seek to recapture that first music

Acknowledgments

Grateful acknowledgments are made to:

 

Robin Williamsonfor permission to use a portion of “Five Denials on Merlin’s Grave” from the book of the same title published by Pig’s Whisker Music Press; copyright © 1979 by Robin Williamson. For further information on Robin Williamson, write: Pig’s Whisker Music Press, P.O. Box 27522, Los Angeles, CA 90027; or Pig’s Whisker Music Press, BCM 4797, London WC1N 3XX, England.

 

James P. Blaylockfor the use of the quote fromLand of Dreams, Arbor House; copyright © 1987 by James P. Blaylock.

 

Paul Hazelfor the use of the quote fromUndersea, Atlantic, Little, Brown; copyright © 1982 by Paul Hazel.

 

Carrie Fisherfor the use of the quote fromPostcards from the Edge, Simon and Schuster; copyright © 1987 by Carrie Fisher.

 

Margaret Mahyfor the use of the quote fromMemory, J. M. Dent & Sons; copyright © 1987 by Margaret Mahy.

 

Hilbert Schenckfor the use of the quote fromChronosequence, Tor; copyright © 1988 by Hilbert Schenck.

 

Tom Robbinsfor the use of the quote fromJitterbug Perfume, Bantam; copyright © 1984 by Tibetan Peach Pie Incorporated.

 

Susan Palwickfor the use of the quote from“The Last Unicorn: Magic as Metaphor,” which first appeared inThe New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1989; copyright © 1989 by Dragon Press, reprinted by permission of the author.

 

Russell Hobanfor the use of the quote fromThe Medusa Frequency, Viking; copyright © 1987 by Russell Hoban.

 

Matt Rufffor the use of the quote fromFool on the Hill, Atlantic Monthly Press; copyright © 1988 by Matt Ruff.Ian Watson for the use of the quote from “The Mole Field,”The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1988; copyright © 1988 by Mercury Press Inc., reprinted by permission of the author.

 

Robert Holdstockfor the use of the quote fromLavondyss, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1988; copyright © 1988 by Robert Holdstock.

 

Colin Wilsonfor the quote fromBeyond the Occult, Bantam Press, 1988; copyright © 1988 by Colin Wilson.

 

Jack Dannfor the quote from “Night Meetings,”Velocities: A Magazine of Speculative Poetry #4, Summer 1984; copyright © 1984 by Jack Dann; all rights reserved; reprinted by permission of the author.