Know it or not, man treads between abysses a tightrope that has neither beginning nor end. - Fritz Leiber

You have been told that the Great God rules the universe—earth and sky. I tell you the Great God is fake!

I think all modern cities, especially the crass, newly built, highly industrial ones, should have ghosts. They are a civilizing influence.

Now it may be that in the world of Newhon there are gods of whom even Death does not know and who from time to time take pleasure in putting obstacles in his path. Or it may be that Chance is quite as great a power as Necessity.