title: Copyright Handbook, The: What Every Writer Needs to Know
author: Stephen Fishman JD
description: "A thorough (and thoroughly enjoyable) discussion of the subject of copyright law as it applies to writers." Writers Market (Writers Market <i>Writers Market</i>)<br /><br />"The Copyright Handbook will be a hit with librarians, copyright researchers, and anyone who wants to protect their work." Cheryl LaGuardia, Library Journal<br /><br />Presents a lucid, jargon-free explanation of copyright laws... Library Journal
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  Legacy
  
  
  by Greg Bear
  
  
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  Copyright (c)1995 by Greg Bear
  
  
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  _For Bertha Merriman_
  
  
  _A pioneer who lived in a tougher time..._
  
  
  _With love from a grandchild_
  
  
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  *PROLOGUE: JOURNEY YEAR 753*
  
  
  I stood on the lip of the southern borehole, clutching a service line, and,
  for the first time in my life, stared beyond the mass of Thistledown at the
  stars. They spread through deep space as many and sharp as a cloud of crystal
  snow blown against black onyx. The uncharted constellations spun with a
  stately haste