Weird evening," he said. "With this wind and all." Gladhand… - Tim Powers

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Weird evening," he said. "With this wind and all."
Gladhand nodded. "Several hundred years ago it was considered a valid defense in a murder trial if you could prove the Santa Ana wind was blowing when the murder was committed. The opinion was that the dry, hot wind made everybody so irritable that any murder was almost automatically excusable. Or so I've heard, anyway."
Thomas pondered it. "There might be something to that," he said.
"No," Gladhand said. "There isn't. Start sanctioning heat-of-anger crimes and you've lost the last hold on the set of conventions we call…society, civilization.

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Timothy Thomas Powers (born 29 February 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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Birth Name: Timothy Thomas Powers

Alternative Names: Timotheus Powers • Timothy Powers • William Ashbless

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