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### About the Author The bestselling author of such classic novels as *Brain Wave* and *The Boat of a Million Years*, **Poul Anderson** won just about every award the science fiction and fantasy field has to offer. He has won multiple Hugos and Nebulas, the John W. Campbell Award, The Locus Poll Award, the Skylark Award, and the SFWA Grandmaster Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books include *Harvest of Stars, The Stars are also On Fire, Operation Chaos, Operation Luna, Genesis, Mother of Kings,* and* Going for Infinity*, a collection and retrospective of his life's work. Poul Anderson lived in Orinda, California where he passed away in 2001. **Larry Niven **is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction masterpieces. His* Beowulf's Children*, co-authored with Jeery Pournelle and Steven Barnes was a* New York Times* bestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.