Chalker joined the Washington Science Fiction Association in 1958 and began publishing an amateur SF journal, Mirage, in 1960. After high school he decided to be a trial lawyer, but money problems and the lack of a firm caused him to switch to teaching. He holds bachelor degrees in history and English, and an M.L.A. from the Johns Hopkins University. He taught history and geography in the Baltimore public schools between 1966 and 1978, and now makes his living as a freelance writer. Additionally, out of the amateur journals he founded a publishing house, The Mirage Press, Ltd., devoted to nonfiction and bibliographic works on science fiction and fantasy. This company has produced more than twenty, books in the last nine years. His hobbies include esoteric audio, travel, working on science-fiction convention committees, and guest lecturing on SF to institutions such as the Smithsonian. He is an active conservationist and National Parks supporter, and he has an intensive love of ferryboats, with the avowed goal of riding every ferry in the world. In fact, in 1978 he was married to Eva Whitley on an ancient ferryboat in mid-river They live in the Catoctin Mountain region of western Maryland.
Table of Contents
From the back cover
Title Page
MAP
A Del Rey Book
Dedication
PROLOGUE: Beginning Again
CHAPTER ONE: Rebirth
CHAPTER TWO: Transportation and Exposure
CHAPTER THREE: Orientation and Placement
CHAPTER FOUR: Settling In
CHAPTER FIVE: A Glimmer of a Plan
CHAPTER SIX: Preparations
CHAPTER SEVEN: Final Set-up and Much Prayer
CHAPTER EIGHT: Execution
CHAPTER NINE: Aftermath and Reset
CHAPTER ELEVEN: A Judgement
CHAPTER TWELVE: Project Phoenix
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Easy Way Into an Impregnable Fort
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Facts About Myself, Some Psych Work, and Fruition
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Laroo’s Island
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Wagant Laroo
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Creative Psych and Proposition Time
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: R&D—And a Split Decision
CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Final Scam
Epilogue
About the Author