Ben Winters: The Last Policeman

Molly Lyons and Joelle Delbourgo

Early readers Nick Tamarkin, Erik Jackson, and Laura Gutin

Michael Hyman (and Wylie the Dog)

And thanks very, very, very much to Diana and Rosalie and Isaac and Milly

Rusty Schweickart, former NASA astronaut and asteroid expert, urged me not to write this book, suggesting I take on instead the vastly more likely scenario of a sub-apocalyptic but still-devastating impact. I failed to honor this request, but I can recommend that everyone visit his work at the B612 Foundation ( www.B612Foundation.org).

Author Ben H. Winters posed this question to a variety of writers, artists, and notable figures.

Visit http://www.quirkbooks.com/thelastpolicemanto:

• Read their answers

• Share your own responses

• Watch the book trailer

• Read a Q&A with Ben H. Winters

• Discover the science behind the science fiction

And much more!

© 2012 by Ben H. Winters

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Number: 2011963358

eISBN: 978-1-59474-577-5

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