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TIMESCAPE Gregory Benford A Bantam Spectra Book / published by arrangement with Simon & Schuster Copyright © 1980 by Gregory Benford and Hilary Benford. TO RICHARD CURTIS WITH THANKS SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to acknowledge warmly the contribution made by my sister-in-law, Hilary Foister Benford, to this book. She contributed significantly to the manuscript, bringing to it her special qualities of interest in people. Certain characters are in part her creation. As a native of England and a graduate of Cambridge University, she gave invaluable help in developing and maintaining a consistent British idiom. Without her contribution this would be a quite different book. Cambridge August, 1979 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For technical discussions I am indebted to Doctors Riley Newman, David Book and Sidney Coleman. Many facets of this work were improved by my wife, Joan Abbe. Her patience and support, as well as that of my children, Alyson and Mark, were invaluable. For editing and work on the final draft I thank Asenath Hammond. I am indebted to David and Marilee Samuelson, Charles Brown, Malcolm Edwards, Richard Curlils, Lawrence Lienbert an......