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Copyright © 1976 by Michael Crichton
A Factual Note on Eaters of the Dead copyright © 1992 by Michael Crichton
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The material contained in the first three chapters is substantially derived from the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan as translated by Robert P. Blake and Richard N. Frye, and by Albert Stanburrough Cook; the Arabic jokes are substantially derived from translations by Massud Farzan. All these scholarly works are gratefully acknowledged.
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