Jim Aikin has written hundreds of articles on music technology for Keyboard, Electronic Musician, Mix, and other magazines. He is the author of Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming, Chords & Harmony, Picture Yourself Playing Cello, and two out-of-print science fiction novels. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and other magazines. He is also active as a hobbyist computer programmer, having released half a dozen freeware text adventure games. To learn more about his varied activities, visit www.musicwords.net.