Bald New World

AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Bald New World would not be possible without some amazing folks. I would like to thank James Chiang, Jason Jordan, Kristine Ong Muslim, Kyle Muntz, Ofer E., Richard Thomas, and God. Craig Wallwork is not just an amazing writer, but one of the most gracious people I know and I’m indebted for his support. A big thanks to pacificREVIEW and editor Shannon Snyder at San Diego State University who published the short story, “Rennaili,” which was the inspiration for the first chapter in the book. Thank you to editor John Berbrich of the Barbaric Yawp who published the first ever Larry Chao story, “58 Random Deaths and Unrequited Love,” back in 2005. I also would like to thank all the amazing writers and filmmakers who created the crazy dystopias that fired the imagination of my youth — there are too many to list here. Thank you to my incredible editor, Phil Jourdan, at Perfect Edge Books for giving my baldies a home, as well as Dominic James for his wonderful copy editing. And thank you to my wife, Angela Binxin Xu, my caring and generous in-laws, and my uncle and aunt-in-laws — my family.