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- ↑ Nelson, Emmanuel S., ed. (26 January 1993). Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood. ISBN 0313280193.
- ↑ Yesterday's Tomorrows: Cordwainer Smith, reviewed by Graham Sleight, in Locus , April 2007; archived online October 18 2007; retrieved December 19, 2017
