Jim Norton wrote the foreword and Bobby Slayton wrote the afterword. The foreword was written by Quentin Tarantino and the afterword by Bakshi. The book includes a foreword by Thora Birch and afterword by Mick Garris. Noddy Holder provided the foreword and Noel Gallagher the afterword. It also included a foreword by Rocky Johnson and an afterword from Brian Blair. There is an afterword and a brief author's bio after the chapters. The second edition includes an insightful Afterword by Claire Kramsch. Each story and essay features an afterword by Butler. The new edition is edited with an introduction, afterword, and notes by Sean Donnelly. In its original French edition, the book consisted of twelve chapters and a brief afterword. The afterword was written by Iwo Wiklander. In the afterword, Crichton gives a few comments on book's origin. In a brief afterword, Powers discusses some of his sources and writing methods. In the 2012 edition, Schlosser published a revised edition that included an afterword. Lessing wrote an afterword for a UK edition.