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- ↑ 2010 Hugo Award winners, Locus Magazine, Sept. 5, 2010, accessed August 27, 2013
- ↑ Locus Index to SF Awards, Entry for Will McIntosh Archived 2002-08-03 at the Wayback Machine , accessed August 27, 2013.
- ↑ FROM THE AUTHOR, by Will McIntosh, The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011, page 75; edited by Kevin J. Anderson, published by Macmillan Publishers, 2011 (via Google Books)
- ↑ Science fiction roundup – reviews at the Guardian, by Eric Brown; published July 20, 2013; retrieved August 27, 2013
