The secret to successful scrying was to realize that the future was not fixed and there was no way of predicting it. None. All one could do was to id… - Michael Swanwick

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The secret to successful scrying was to realize that the future was not fixed and there was no way of predicting it. None. All one could do was to identify what already existed unacknowledged. Lovers pledged themselves to each other long before their first kiss. Murder was implicit in friendship. A carcinoma that looked like a speck of dust on the X-ray spelled death. So much of what appeared to be random event was simply the working out of consequences.

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About Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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