Acknowledgements:
Thanks to Vanessa Koman, Jerry O'Connell's No. 1 Fan, for invaluable help with
the interviews. Thanks also to the creators and stars who cooperated above and beyond the
call of duty, and to: Cindy Chang, Senior Director of Universal Studios Publishing Rights;
Robyn Feldman, assistant to the line producer; Meta Puttkamer, the secon AD (assistant
director); Lydia Marano of Dangerous Visions who did the Sliders Cards; Thomas Cron for
his vast knowledge of alternate histories; Jeremy Smith for doing the lion's share of the
Show Bible; Nigel Mitchell for listing my novel in the Technical Manual; Victor and
Veronica, Vanessa's Parents; Gail Higgins for being such a great computer troubleshooter;
James 'Greg' Condon and Ed Kramer for treating the series, and me, so well at their
science-fiction conventions; Bill Ritch for making me watch my first episodes of both
Doctor Who and Sliders; Peter Spellos for being the first to tell me what it was like to
work on Sliders; and finally, to the good folk at the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency -
Herr Ashley himself, his lovely wife Carolyn, and diligent, daring Dan Hooker. |
