STARSHIP OF FOOLS - (C) 1986 Jerry Kindall and Rex Crossley

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     The authors wish to thank the editors of the Galactic Tomes of
Knowledge for permission to use the excerpt in the prologue.  We also
gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the holders of galactic
copyrights covering songs by the rock groups Bark Of Platovia and Pete
Moss & The Fertilizers, excerpts of which are reprinted, by permission,
in this book.
     This book is a work of fiction.  Although many of the characters
appearing in this novel are real, and many of the locations and events
described actually do exist and did happen, respectively, this should
not be construed as implying that the story has any truth in it
whatsoever.
     We also wish to express our deepest condolences to the widow of
Jordann the Immensely Fat.  Jordann died of a heart attack in a galactic
prison shortly after reading this fictional account of his ill-fated
attempt to conquer the galaxy.  We are very sorry about any
inconvenience the body may have caused the family and any difficulty
they may have had in disposing of it.

                                                        -- The Authors
