Cyberdrome (45 page)

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

To our
families, Cheryl, Gia, Jaida, and Jaxon; thank you for your patience and
understanding during the many years it took to write, rewrite, edit, and polish
this manuscript.

Thanks also to
the writers and editors of the Online Writing Workshop
(onlinewritingworkshop.com), the members of the HarperCollins UK website,
Authonomy (Authonomy.com), the writers at Critters (Critters.org), and
especially the generous individuals including Cheryl, George, Bill, and Eve,
who gave up their free time to help edit this story.

Finally, a
special thanks to award-winning author, Dianne K. Salerni (HighSpiritsBook.com)
who not only gave us our first glowing review for PODRAM (podbram.blogspot.com)
but also went out of her way to promote our book wherever she could. Thank you,
Dianne!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

This novel was
written by Joseph Rhea, a research scientist working in Washington, DC, and
codeveloped and illustrated by his brother, David Rhea, a mechanical special
effects artist working in Southern California. The Rhea Brothers (pronounced “Ray”)
actually invented the word “Cyberdrome” in 1985, bringing together
cyber
(referring to man-machine interface) and
drome
(meaning field or arena).
They trademarked the name and used it for a 3D multi-player computer game they
created in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Since then, their
Cyberdrome
-related
projects have expanded to include a 3D artificial life simulator, the
beginnings of an illustrated ebook and digital comics, and finally, this novel.
Future projects include a sequel to this book, a new massively-multiplayer
online (MMO) game, and even a movie script, all based on
Cyberdrome
.

For more information,
please visit

www.cyberdrome.org