by John Cusick
Thank you to my mother and father, who gave me everything, including my sense of humor. Thank you also to Katie Cusick and Andrea Hanley, two incredibly strong and inspiring women.
Thank you to my friends inside and out of the book business, especially those of you who have always held a place for me on the “writer’s couch.” Your love and support mean more than you could ever know.
Thank you, Zev Elman, for the spiritual and terrestrial guidance.
This book so clearly owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to creators greater than I: Thank you, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Robert Asprin, Shinichirō Wantanabe, and Keiko Nobumoto, as well as perhaps less obvious inspirations and muses Kate Atkinson, Bruce Coville, Louis Sachar, and Bill Watterson.
Thank you to the staff at Krupa Grocery in Windsor Terrace.
And finally, thank you to my brilliant, beautiful, and courageous wife. Molly, you were quite literally the inspiration and impetus for this book. You encouraged me to share it with others. That day we edited the final draft from a hospital bed—I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life.
And thank you, reader. If you’ve enjoyed this reading experience, I highly recommend writing a book of your own.
—John Cusick
About the Author
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JOHN CUSICK is an author and literary agent. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and a large orange cat named Donut. Records indicate he was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no hard evidence to suggest Mr. Cusick is from outer space, and frankly we don’t know how these rumors get started.
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DIMENSION WHY: HOW TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Copyright © 2020 by John Cusick. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Cover art © 2020 by Harry Campbell
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020933698
Digital Edition SEPTEMBER 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-293760-5
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-293758-2
2021222324PC/LSCH10987654321
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